Funcom is working on a new game in the Dune universe. Not much is known yet – but at least a few details have now emerged through an announcement from the developer.
What kind of game will it be? For the first time, the Dune game from the Conan Exiles developer appeared in 2019 when Funcom announced an “Open World Multiplayer” game in the Dune universe along with two other games.
Now there is at least a new step in the development of the game: Funcom officially announced on its website that they are looking to fill several positions for the game in the “Multiplayer Open World Survival Genre.” There is also a first piece of artwork:
(via funcom.com)
This also fits with the fact that the game is expected to draw inspiration from the Funcom work “Conan Exiles”. Dune could seamlessly connect there – as the setting of Dune fits perfectly into a survival world. The developer emphasizes this as well.
“Sand under the fingernails” – What kind of world does Dune offer?
Funcom describes in the context of the job offers that both the novel series by Frank Herbert and the new film adaptation excite entire generations of fans: “It is the perfect setting for the Multiplayer Open World Survival Genre,” the announcement stated.
The new game is set on the desert planet Arrakis, which is also the main setting in the 2021 film “Dune” with Timothée Chalamet. There, the planet is shown to be extremely hostile to life – not only due to the destructive climate and the desert itself but also the constant danger of attracting massive sandworms if one does not know how to navigate safely through the desert.
Such a constant threat presents itself indeed for a game where survival is at stake. Funcom explains in the announcement that the Dune survival game will be their most ambitious project yet. For this, they are now looking for numerous new employees in many areas of development:
Join us as we build a Dune for all fans to realize the dream of traversing the ever-changing landscape, with sand under the fingernails and spice in the air.
The Dune survival game would already be the second Dune title from publisher Funcom: The strategy game “Spice Wars” just debuted in April 2022.
When will the survival game come out? There is still no official date, let alone a hint. However, since the game does not even have an official name yet and is currently in the process of searching for numerous employees for the project, a release is likely still a long way off.
However, it is known that the German developer “Nukklear” is on board as a co-developer – the studio announced this in December 2021. Nukklear calls it an “ambitious AAA project” on its own website, so one should not expect a small game.
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