Gamescom 2024
Gamescom 2024 will take place between 2024-08-21 and 2024-08-25 with the Opening Night Live (ONL) kicking off the event on 2024-08-20 evening, in Cologne, Germany.
Funcom will be at the event to feature a world premiere of Dune: Awakening. There will be a 5-minute gameplay trailer during ONL, a booth every day of the event where visitors can get loot bags and see a giant Sandworm display, as well as "live gameplay" which will be streamed via their partner streamers and have dev commentary, in several languages[1]
In addition to this, there will be an in-person Dune Book Club session near the event on the Saturday 2024-08-24 09:00 CEST[2]
Opening Night Live
- heat exhaustion
- ammo
- durability
- crosshair
- compass and other HUD
- "unsheltered"
- journeys not tracked
- shield "health"?
- thumper
- rocket launcher
- character creation
- vehicles
- weapon giving "emote"?
- climbing
- skills consume stamina
- shield repell all ranged attacks
- shields can be used while range shooting
- enemies can be knocked down
- hunter seeker range?
- blood extraction
- wind electricity generation
- base
- access levels?
- crafting station
- carpets
- floating lights
- blood purifier
- blueprint system
- vehicle modularity
- ornithopter ?afterburn?
- ornithopter controls and interface + status?
- a few locations
- a dead worm??
- different ornithopters
- Harko Village - community hub
- spice blow
- carryall + sandcrawler
- tank with machine gun
- suicidal guy with shields on sand
- grappling hook
- BIG ASS WORM
Booth
More details to come on the booth and 30-minute gameplay showcase! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J18oH_FBDYM
Dune Book Club
More details to come on the Book Club!
Gallery
(Space for a Gallery of images from Gamescom 2024)