At long last, Dune: Awakening is here. While people who purchased the more expensive editions have been playing since June 5, today is the day Funcom’s survival MMO goes into full launch. As written! As of 7:00 am PST the game is officially out and the servers are up.
I’ll keeping tabs on the launch, the community reaction, and anything that comes up during Dune: Awakening’s launch. If you want to see how servers are coping with the influx of new players and keep up with the latest news, check back often!
Dune: Awakening review-in-progress: Fun in the sun
I know, I know, it’s way to early to even think about a proper review since I’ve only been playing since Thursday and this is an MMO that’s meant to be played for hundreds of hours. But I thought I’d put together a few early thoughts covering my first 25 hours of the game. There’s plenty more to come!
In short: I’m having fun. For a bit more elaboration, read my Dune: Awakening review-in-progress.
Players are already riding sandworms—even though that’s not an actual feature
Spotted this yesterday, but players have already figured out how to ride sandworms, even though Funcom expressly said that wasn’t going to be a feature in Dune: Awakening (yet). Turns out, if you use the right combo of skills and gear, you can tempt the worm to charge, avoid it’s gaping maw, and leap onto its back for a ride.
Here’s video to prove it. Lisan al-Gaib!
Funcom is “closely monitoring servers and spinning up new ones” for launch day
So far, so good? I’m not seeing any major complaints about server issues and playercount is steadily rising since this morning’s patch and launch. I’m sure a lot of players are still downloading the game and haven’t actually tried to join a server, though, so we’ll keep a close eye on things.
“We are closely monitoring servers and spinning up new ones as necessary to give everyone a place to call home on Arrakis,” Funcom said on the official Discord. The list of Dune: Awakening servers has also been updated. For those who have been playing with advanced access, Funcom says “5 additional Hagga Basins have also been added to the head start servers.”
