Dune: Awakening release date, UK launch time and latest news

It's certainly been a long road, with the game seeing a delay, that no doubt added to the pressure the director already feels trying to live up to the expectations of the films.

But if the early access period is anything to go by, it seems that Dune: Awakening is a fresh new MMO romp that hundreds of thousands are enjoying, so let's get to it!

When is the Dune: Awakening release date?

Dune: Awakening is set to release on PC on the 10th June.

This follows on from the early access that began on 5th June.

However, currently, there is no confirmed release date announced for Dune: Awakening on other consoles.

As soon as this changes, we'll be sure to let you know, but as of now we only have the PC release date. Hopefully, the other platforms won't be far behind.

Dune: Awakening UK launch time

The UK launch time for Dune: Awakening is 3PM BST.

That is, however, if you haven't already been playing it from the 5th when early access went live. Hopefully, you have the day off from school or work so that you can get stuck in from the get-go!

If you're on console though, you will have to wait a little longer!

Can I pre-order Dune: Awakening?

Yes, you could pre-order Dune: Awakening for PC, but you cannot pre-order Dune: Awakening for PS5 or Xbox Series X/S yet.

So far, Dune: Awakening is only available for purchase on PC on Steam, and you can only wishlist the game for consoles at the moment.

• Wishlist Dune: Awakening for PS5 on the PlayStation Store
• Wishlist Dune: Awakening for Xbox Series X/S on the Microsoft Store

When more pre-order information comes to light, we will update you as soon as we can!

Which consoles and platforms can play Dune: Awakening?

Dune: Awakening is coming to PC, PS5 and Xbox Series X/S.

This shouldn’t come as too big of a surprise if you’ve seen the gameplay reveal, as the graphics look to be top-tier stuff.

You probably won’t be shocked, either, to hear the game is using Unreal Engine 5 to bring Arrakis to life.

All this resoundingly leaves the last-gen consoles such as the PS4 and Xbox One to, well, the last generation.

The Nintendo Switch also wouldn't stand much of a chance, but the Nintendo Switch 2 was said to be running the Unreal Engine 5 Matrix: Awakening demo at Gamescom 2023, so perhaps the fate of Arrakis could lie in our hands in the next-gen portable console.

Dune: Awakening gameplay and story details

Dune: Awakening is a third-person open-world survival MMO that takes place on the signature planet – Arrakis – and sees the player starting as a lowly nobody before embarking on a quest to make it to the upper echelons of society through various means.

Characters from the book and movies are present, and many of them can be friend or foe, depending on which house you align yourself with.

You can also become loyal to organisations like the Mentats and Bene Gesserit, and learn special skills from them.

The map is suitably huge, too, and features dunes – funnily enough – long-forgotten ecology labs and canyons full of caves often inhabited by bandits.

The official page says there are lots of villages to discover and, presumably, Fremen Sietches.

To get around between all these locations, there are ground and airborne vehicles such as tanks and ornithopters. Players can also create temporary outposts beyond the shield walls.

There’s also the opportunity to engage in some pretty fierce-looking battles as players and factions duke it out for control of the spice.

The spice, of course, is central to the game, and as a psychoactive substance, it can bring about a number of effects to your character. Not all of them positive, but not all negative either.

Is there a Dune: Awakening trailer?

Indeed there is, as you can no doubt see above! The launch trailer gives us a fairly comprehensive look at everything players can expect to get up to during their time on Arrakis.

There was also the Survive Arrakis trailer, which also gives a good impression of what the new MMO is all about.

"Arrakis is a test – few survive it," the narrator warns after showing a man succumbing to the desert heat.

Following on from this, a very Kyle MacLachlan-looking fellow wakes up in a cave and embarks on their journey to becoming one of Arrakis's top dogs – with a large dollop of plot armour for trailer purposes, no doubt.

We see our pseudo-Kyle run from sandworms, construct huge bases in the desert, chase down a crashing ship on a dirtbike of sorts, infiltrate multiple bases, fly in ornithopters, use hunter-seeker drones and observe a battle raging below.

Finally, after all he has been through, he offers his hand to a lone survivor of the battle, suggesting that it isn’t all just war in the desert – and that players can band together.

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