A new trailer for has been revealed, alongside a release window. Skydance New Media originally announced the helmed Black Panther & Captain America game, which is helmed by and writer and director Amy Hennig, during the September 9, 2022, Disney & Marvel Games Showcase without a title.
Dune: Awakening Makes One Change From The Book & Movies With Major Implications
06.03.2024 - 14:57 / screenrant.com / Denis Villeneuve / Frank Herbert / Joel Bylos / Glenn Bunn
Visually, looks like it's set in the world of Denis Villeneuve's movie adaptations, with the studio behind these films, Legendary, having shared assets with the development team at Funcom, as well as inviting them on set. Despite this, the game's story has made at least one massive change from the book and the movies that could have major consequences going forward.
[Warning: The following article contains spoilers for,, and ]
is set in the year 10199 AG, which is about eight years after the events of the films. While this may sound like a way to ensure players are able to carve out their own story in Arrakis that's separate from the films, Funcom's Open World Survival MMO title has gone a step further by changing a major plot point to create a completely new alternate history, which could even erase the main events of the films and books entirely.
In an interview with , Creative Director, Joel Bylos pointed to a "" that Funcom changed while working closely with the family of author Frank Herbert, which was a major catalyst in the original story. While he didn't elaborate on what this exact moment was, he did reveal that many characters who died early in the story are alive and can be interacted with in, including Duke Leto Atreides.
Those who have read the books or watched the films know this is a major departure as Leto died after being handed over to the Harkonnens by his private Suk Doctor, Wellington Yueh, during the attack on Arrakis by Baron Harkonnen's forces. Before giving Leto to the Harkonnens, Yueh replaced one of Leto's teeth with a poison gas capsule and told Leto to bite down hard to release the deadly gas. Although Leto did this, his main target, Baron Harkonnen survived, but Leto succumbed to the effects of the poison himself.
Duke Leto's death was a major catalyst in 's story, as it led to Paul fleeing Arrakeen and embarking upon his journey. While Paul had visions of a native Fremen woman, Chani, it was only after the fall of House Atreides that he met and rallied the Fremen to fight alongside him, and ultimately became the Kwisatz Haderach. Therefore, if Leto survived, Paul's main arc could be changed drastically in, making for an extremely different version of the character eight years later, compared to the one fans are familiar with.
In the novel and the movie , Paul became the Kwisatz Haderach after undergoing the process of spice agony via consuming the Water of Life to unlock his latent powers and grant him the knowledge of his ancestors.
This would also mean the prophecy and the Bene Gesserit's work on Arrakis could amount to nothing or could change entirely. If Paul and Jessica never visit the Fremen, this could be interpreted by them as the Lisan al Gaib never
The website gametalkz.com is an aggregator of news from open sources. The source is indicated at the beginning and at the end of the announcement. You can send a complaint on the news if you find it unreliable.
Top Authors
Popular Topics
gamerant.com
19.03.2024 / 00:30
Dune: Awakening Will Be Missing an Important Feature at Launch
Developer Funcom has stated that Dune: Awakening will not feature sandworm riding at launch, but it will be added as part of a future update. Although Dune: Awakening is still without a release date, its recent showcase generated plenty of excitement among fans.
polygon.com
14.03.2024 / 19:31
TikTok asks: What if Dune 2’s climactic fight was actually… a meet cute?
Dune: Part Twois the biggest movie of the year so far, and TikTok has latched onto every aspect — from Stilgar attributing everything as proof that Paul is the messiah to the appreciation for sandworms. The platform boasts a mix of explainers, jokes, and skits reinterpreting scenes from Dune: Part Two.But one final moment between Timothée Chalamet’s Paul Atreides and Austin Butler’s Feyd-Rautha Harkonnen has surprisingly taken off.
gameranx.com
08.03.2024 / 17:53
Dune Awakening Devs Promise to Keep Lore Intact
According to Funcom, the upcoming open-world survival MMO Dune Awakening won’t let engaging gameplay overshadow the title’s deep lore. With previews of the game starting to hit the web, longtime fans of the Dune universe and prospective players have cast doubt on everything the title promises—but its creative director Joel Bylos recently sat down with PCGamesN to set the record straight.
screenrant.com
08.03.2024 / 15:51
Ghost of Tsushima: Director's Cut PC Edition Differences From The Original
Sucker Punch has teamed up with Nixxes to bring its acclaimed samurai epic, , to PC on May 16, 2024. was highly requested by PC gamers after Sony began its venture to bring more of its acclaimed PlayStation-exclusive catalog to the platform with titles such as the first two titles — which were also successfully ported by Nixxes — , and .
gamesradar.com
08.03.2024 / 12:25
Departing from the books, Dune MMO confirms religions, but "Leading people on a holy war is not why you arrive on Arrakis"
Dune: Awakening's developer says religion will have a reduced role in the upcoming open-world survival MMO compared to its source material.
polygon.com
07.03.2024 / 18:13
What Lorcana, Magic, Star Wars: Unlimited, and others can learn from the dead Dune TCG
Trading card games aren’t just popular with players. They’re also incredibly popular with executives, as they can be lucrative for publishers and distributors alike. Magic: The Gathering became a $1 billion brand for Hasbro in 2023, which went quite a long way to improving its bottom line, if we’re being honest. As the company increases its Universes Beyond offerings, incredibly powerful tools for selling cards to people not yet comfortable playing a game of Magic, how can other TCGs hope to compete? What must new games like Disney Lorcana, Star Wars: Unlimited, Altered, and the more established Flesh and Blood do to thrive? A few possible answers may lie in the story of the 1990s-era Dune: Collectible Card Game.
eurogamer.net
07.03.2024 / 17:17
Dune: Awakening developer seeks to reassure fans following religion concerns
Funcom, developer of the upcoming Dune: Awakening, has issued a statement regarding the role of religion in the game after fan concerns erupted on the internet this week.
pushsquare.com
07.03.2024 / 00:13
Dune: Awakening Takes Place in Alternate Timeline, Devs 'Sort of Sidestep Religion' | Push Square
Hot on the heels of yesterday's gameplay reveal, we've learned more about Funcom's upcoming MMO, Dune: Awakening, which remains shrouded in mystery. Crucially, we knew the story would take place in an alternate universe set a few years before the events of the Frank Herbert books or Dennis Villeneuve films and would ignore one of the most critical aspects of its universe, religion, for undisclosed spoiler reasons. Now you've got our attention!
radiotimes.com
06.03.2024 / 13:49
Dune: Awakening release date speculation, pre-order & latest news
The creators of longtime survival MMO Conan Exiles – Funcom – have just shown off the upcoming Dune: Awakening, so it’s time for us to delve into some release date speculation, as well as taking a look at the pre-order situation, gameplay details and a trailer to cap it all off.
techradar.com
06.03.2024 / 11:49
Dune: Awakening to focus on 'topical' war 'between humans and artificial intelligence'
Joel Bylos, chief creative officer at Funcom and creative director of Dune: Awakening,has stated that the game will focus on a «topical» war «between humans and artificial intelligence.»
destructoid.com
06.03.2024 / 06:43
Your chaser for Dune: Part Two is a new look at the Dune: Awakening survival game
Denis Villeneuve’s Dune: Part Two film wormed its way through theaters over the weekend, and if you’ve still got sand in the brain, there’s plenty more where that came from. Namely, Funcom shared a closer look at the upcoming Dune: Awakening survival game, which is in the works for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, and PC.