Publisher and developer Funcom has announced a slight delay in the release for its upcoming MMORPG Dune: Awakening. The new release date of Dune: Awakening is now June 10, 2025, and head start players will get access from June 5, 2025. The developer states in the official press release that the delay is because the team wants more time to finalize the final version of the game according to the feedback gathered by beta testers. On the positive note, a mass beta for Dune: Awakening will be taking place in May 2025 whose details will be announced at a later point.
The official press release states:
Dear Sleepers,
These are exciting times, we’re closing in on launch, and we’ve just initiated a major preview beta where hundreds of journalists and content creators are playing the early parts of the game and will be releasing their coverage on April 25th.
These past few weeks we’ve been steadily gearing up, releasing the Character Creator & Benchmark Mode back in February, starting pre-orders in March, and continuing to release new livestreams, videos, and details to keep you informed.
We want to thank everyone who has shared in our excitement. It’s been a joy reading all your comments across the various community channels.
Our ongoing Persistent Closed Beta is also continuing in full force, with regular updates, and the feedback we’ve been collecting from beta testers has been invaluable in making sure we can launch a quality game. We have a very active Discord going with our beta testers where our developers can interact directly with them to ensure we collaboratively make Dune: Awakening a better game.
Thanks to this process, we’ve concluded that with a bit more time to cook, we can act on a lot more of the feedback we know is important to our beta testers.
As such, we will be moving the release date of Dune: Awakening to June 10th, with head start launching on June 5th. This is not a decision we take lightly, we know everyone is very excited to get playing, but these three extra weeks will give us the time needed to make improvements that will lead to a better gameplay experience from day one.
We’re also excited about the fact that this will allow us to do a large-scale beta weekend next month where even more of you will get the opportunity to play the game and share your feedback. We will release more information about this soon.
Dune: Awakening is a beast of a game. This is multiplayer survival on a massive scale, and we’re making gameplay and technical strides not seen in the genre before. We want to make sure we stick the landing.
Also, don’t forget to tune in to today’s livestream on Steam, YouTube, and Twitch, where our developers will be showing and talking more about the combat in Dune: Awakening.
With best regards from the entire Dune: Awakening team here at Funcom
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What are your thoughts on the new release date announcement for Dune: Awakening, and would you be interested in trying its upcoming beta? Personally, we think that giving developers more time to fine-tune a game is always a good idea. Share your thoughts with us in the comments section below.
