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Hirun Cryer

Dune survival MMO had to go to the author's family to get permission to cut "ridiculous" sandwalking and the book's extremely explosive shields

Dune Awakening.

Dune Awakening had to make some changes to its source material, and the developers needed express permission to make that happen.

The Dune survival MMO finally came out of hibernation earlier this week, after having been originally unveiled back in 2022. Developer Funcom had been pretty quiet since then, but now that the game is back in the world for all to see, with all-new gameplay details, it turns out Funcom is having to make some changes in its adaptation of Frank Herbert's original  sci-fi world epic.

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