Dune: Awakening starts pre-orders and reveals information about the business model and PC system requirements. The composer also talks about music.
Dune: Awakening, the multiplayer survival game inspired by Frank Herbert's legendary sci-fi novel and Legendary Entertainments award-winning films, will be released on May 20. Funcom has announced today that the pre -orders are now starting. The players can travel to the most dangerous planet in the universe in less than two months.
The Standard Edition, Deluxe Edition and Ultimate Edition can now be pre -ordered on Steam. Among other things, the latter contains an incredible 90-minute-long digital soundtrack. To celebrate this, Funcom prepared a trip behind the scenes of the music. The video offers viewers a unique insight into how the award-winning composer Knut Avenstroup Hauge brought the album to life with the help of a live orchestra in the legendary Air Lyndhurst Studio in London.
Here is the soundtrack video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=caujQeiq_nk
To ensure that players have all the necessary information before deciding on a purchase, creative director Joel Bylos explains the business model and the plans for the launch in a new video. The video is available here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q1B7G2SXBDC
In short, the launch of Dune Awakening on May 20:
- It is not the early access, this is the full launch
- There is no subscription
- The game continues to be expanded by free updates with content and features
- This is followed by a classic business model of optional DLCs
Funcom has a long history of the development and support of live games. Several MMOs continue to be in operation (Anarchy Online will be 25 next year!) And Conan Exiles will still get updates after eight years to DLCs, extensions and free content. Dune: Awakening is no exception here and is expanded by free updates with new content, features and improvements.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tclekuzqj00
Dune: Awakenings Standard Edition costs $ 49.99. The Deluxe Edition ($ 69.99) and Ultimate Edition ($ 89.99) offer players a five -day lead and some unique items. A Season Pass is also available as part of the Deluxe Edition and Ultimate Edition, which unlocks four DLCs over time, of which the first is available for launch.
In the Deluxe Edition, players receive the terrifying armor of the Sardaukar, the elite military unit, the players chase in the game.
The Ultimate Edition adds all of this, plus Paul Atreide iconic Stillsuit from the film from 2021, a digital artbook, a digital soundtrack, unique color patterns and the Caladan Palace set, with building parts, placeable objects and decorations.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GJM4anbgzgm
Players who pre-order one of the editions-including the standard-receive a universal color pattern that can be used on vehicles, weapons and armor, as well as the Muad'Dib terrarium, a decorative object for the basis in which the iconic desert mouse lives.
PC features and system requirements
Dune: Awakening receives some modern features for the launch and is one of the first games that integrates Nvidias DLSS 4 with a multi -frame generation and thus further improves the graphic of the game and offers incomparable performance.
Dune: Awakening also supports AMDS FSR and Intels Xess 2 technology.
Razer Chroma RGB and Razer Sensa HD Haptics offer the ultimate immersion when players fight for survival. You can also dive your gaming room in the sunset Arrakis and experience the full dynamic scope with Freyja Gaming Cushions the rumbling of the ornithopter.
In addition, Funcom has revealed the system requirements for Dune: Awakening today:
Minimum:
- Operating system: Windows 10 64-bit (or newer)
- Processor: Intel Core i5-7400, AMD Ryzen 3 1200
- RAM: 16 GB RAM
- Diagram: Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 (6 GB), AMD Radeon 5600xt (6 GB)
- Memory: 60 GB of available memory
Recommended:
- Operating system: Windows 10 64-bit (or newer)
- Processor: Intel Core i7-10700K, AMD Ryzen 5 2600X
- RAM: 16 GB RAM
- Diagram: Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070 (8 GB), AMD Radeon 6700xt (12 GB)
- Memory: 75 GB of available memory
Among other things, the award-winning composer Knut Avenstroup Haugen talks about music in Dune: Awakening and World Director Jean-François Gagné shows and discusses the incredible open world of Arrakis. The live stream is moderated by Senior PR Manager Natascha Röösli and can be found on the Twitch channel by Funcom and Steam.
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