Since its reveal back in 2022, we've gradually been learning more about Dune: Awakening, Funcom's upcoming survival MMO set on a "vast and seamless Arrakis." Along with a new gameplay trailer released today that you can watch above, PC Gamer editor Wes Fenlon got the chance to chat with Funcom's Joel Bylos, the MMO's creative director, about some of the finer details, like Dune: Awakening's base-building.
As the trailer shows, players start out as newcomers hoping to survive and profit on the valuable but dangerous spice planet. After narrowly escaping from a hungry sandworm, the next step is mining some resources, staking a claim, and building a base on Arrakis. Bylos told Wes more about how that all works, and like a lot of elements of the survival MMO, it uses Dune lore as a starting point.
