Arrakis, dune, desert planet. It’s a lovely place, filled with Fremen, sandworms, spice, and war. It’s the home to some of the best sci-fi films and novels ever created, and soon you’ll have the chance to touch down on it in Dune Awakening. During Gamescom 2024 developer Funcom showed off a little of how it’ll play - and narrowed down when you’ll get to play it.

Dune, as a concept, is huge. It’s been around for decades, and is easily one of the most popular sci-fi series to exist, doing intergalactic conflict before Star Wars, and murderous musical chairs before Game of Thrones. It isn’t especially prevalent in videogames, though, despite the interesting rules of engagement, and spicy political environment, but Dune Awakening aims to take everything, and nothing, from the series and build something great.