{"id":1155966,"date":"2026-02-09T07:12:16","date_gmt":"2026-02-09T07:12:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/aQuERjTGP4Jy7qL3YYwCPm"},"modified":"2026-02-09T07:12:16","modified_gmt":"2026-02-09T07:12:16","slug":"dune-awakening-promises-us-a-breath-of-fresh-air-skipping-early-access-for-a-full-launch-with-no-monthly-subscription-in-may","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/dune-awakening-promises-us-a-breath-of-fresh-air-skipping-early-access-for-a-full-launch-with-no-monthly-subscription-in-may\/","title":{"rendered":"Dune: Awakening promises us a breath of fresh air, skipping early access for a full launch with no monthly subscription in May"},"content":{"rendered":"<article>\n<p>Dune: Awakening is only a couple months away from release, and its dev team just gave us a few new reasons to get excited, including a promise of free updates and no monthly subscription. This weekend, <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/store.steampowered.com\/news\/app\/1172710\/view\/546730385827954775\" target=\"_blank\">Funcom posted a video on Steam<\/a> sharing more details on Dune: Awakening, which will open for pre-orders on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>Joel Bylos, Dune: Awakening Creative Director, outlined the highlights, stating, &#8220;The key things that you need to know about Dune: Awakening&#8217;s launch are that it will not launch in early access and it will not have a monthly subscription. It <em>will<\/em> receive regular free updates, including new content, new features, and quality-of-life improvements.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div class=\"youtube-video\" data-nosnippet >\n<div class=\"video-aspect-box\"><iframe data-lazy-priority=\"low\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/q1B7G2SXBDc\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>We&#8217;ll see how the release goes, but the promise is that when Dune: Awakening finally awakens on May 20th, it will be a complete game at launch\u2060\u2014what a novel idea. While developer Funcom will release paid DLCs, available individually or in a season pass, those will all be optional, meaning players won&#8217;t hit a paywall before finishing the main story.<\/p>\n<p>The skipping of an early access phase sets Awakening apart from other survival games, but it&#8217;s also billed itself as an MMO, which makes forgoing a monthly subscription almost as surprising.<\/p>\n<p>The current Steam page for Dune: Awakening gives us a hint at the game&#8217;s price, as well, advertising pre-orders starting at $49.99. That&#8217;s refreshingly tame in an age of PC games launching at $60 or $70, maybe with a &#8220;Digital Deluxe Edition&#8221; that forces us to pay extra for core content, like the <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/games\/action\/ubisoft-responds-as-star-wars-outlaws-comes-under-fire-for-jabba-the-hutt-season-pass-exclusive\/\" target=\"_blank\">infamous Jabba the Hutt mission<\/a> in Star Wars Outlaws.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to Dune: Awakening&#8217;s business model and DLC plans, Funcom also unveiled the minimum and recommended system requirements:<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"minimum-6\">Minimum<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Windows 10 or newer<\/li>\n<li>Intel Core i5-7400 or AMD Ryzen 3 1200<\/li>\n<li>Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 (6GB) or AMD Radeon 5600XT (6GB)<\/li>\n<li>16MB of RAM*<\/li>\n<li>60GB of storage<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>*This is as written on Awakening&#8217;s Steam store page at the time of writing, but is literally impossible. Unless it&#8217;s the best-optimized game that has or will ever be made, assume 16GB of RAM.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"recommended-6\">Recommended<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Windows 10 or newer<\/li>\n<li>Intel Core i7-10700K or AMD Ryzen 5 2600X<\/li>\n<li>Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070 (8GB) or AMD Radeon 6700XT (12GB)<\/li>\n<li>16GB of RAM<\/li>\n<li>75GB of storage.<\/li>\n<li>If you&#8217;re not sure if<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>If you&#8217;re not sure your PC will be able to handle the game, or you&#8217;re just curious about your system&#8217;s performance, there&#8217;s currently <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/store.steampowered.com\/app\/1172710\/Dune_Awakening\/\" target=\"_blank\">a free demo available on Steam<\/a> with the character creator and benchmark mode.<\/p>\n<p>Dune: Awakening already impressed us in <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/games\/survival-crafting\/dune-awakening-is-threatening-to-turn-me-into-a-survival-mmo-guy-after-a-lifetime-as-a-devoted-videogame-hermit\/\" target=\"_blank\">early previews<\/a>, where its unique approach to the survival genre was on display. PC Gamer&#8217;s Joshua Wolens praised Awakening for how it <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/games\/mmo\/after-7-hours-dune-awakening-might-be-the-mix-of-survival-and-rpg-that-finally-wins-me-over-to-the-genre\/\" target=\"_blank\"> balanced survival mechanics with exploration and combat<\/a>, noting, &#8220;Even in my brief time with the game, my increases in power felt steady and meaningful. By the end, when I was whipping across the desert on a sandbike and headshotting enemies with an Atreides rifle, I felt like Lisan al Gaib himself.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div class=\"product\"><a data-dimension112=\"c03c5a42-aacf-46ae-936d-a84b875d4f82\" data-action=\"Deal Block\" data-label=\"2025 games\" data-dimension48=\"2025 games\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><\/p>\n<figure class=\"van-image-figure \" >\n<div class='image-full-width-wrapper'>\n<div class='image-widthsetter' style=\"max-width:400px;\">\n<p class=\"vanilla-image-block\" style=\"padding-top:100.00%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"Vji3V6i3HDWUHeQ22PrjFL\" name=\"New Project (8).jpg\" caption=\"\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/dune-awakening-promises-us-a-breath-of-fresh-air-skipping-early-access-for-a-full-launch-with-no-monthly-subscription-in-may.jpg\" mos=\"\" align=\"middle\" fullscreen=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" attribution=\"\" endorsement=\"\" credit=\"\" class=\"\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/games\/new-games-2025-upcoming-pc-release-schedule\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-dimension112=\"c03c5a42-aacf-46ae-936d-a84b875d4f82\" data-action=\"Deal Block\" data-label=\"2025 games\" data-dimension48=\"2025 games\" data-dimension25=\"\"><strong>2025 games<\/strong><\/a>: This year&#8217;s upcoming releases<strong><br \/><\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/the-best-pc-games\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Best PC games<\/strong><\/a>: Our all-time favorites<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/the-50-best-free-pc-games\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Free PC games<\/strong><\/a>: Freebie fest<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/best-fps-games\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Best FPS games<\/strong><\/a>: Finest gunplay<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/best-rpgs-of-all-time\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Best RPGs<\/strong><\/a>: Grand adventures<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/the-best-co-op-games\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Best co-op games<\/strong><\/a>: Better together<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/games\/survival-crafting\/dune-awakening-promises-us-a-breath-of-fresh-air-skipping-early-access-for-a-full-launch-with-no-monthly-subscription-in-may\/\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dune: Awakening is only a couple months away from release, and its dev team just gave us a few new reasons to get excited, including a promise of free updates and no monthly subscription. 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It will receive regular free updates, including new content, new features, and quality-of-life improvements.&#8221; We&#8217;ll see how the release goes, but the promise is that when Dune: Awakening finally awakens on&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"excerpt-more\"><a class=\"blog-excerpt button\" href=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/dune-awakening-promises-us-a-breath-of-fresh-air-skipping-early-access-for-a-full-launch-with-no-monthly-subscription-in-may\/\">Read More&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1155967,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[336],"tags":[748,9395],"class_list":["post-1155966","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pc-gamer","tag-games","tag-survival-crafting"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ 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