BGS 2024: Dune Awakening is influenced by the films and will feature different biomes and planets

Funcom, the Norwegian developer responsible for Conan Exiles, is at Brasil Game Show 2024 with a stand dedicated to Dune Awakening. The company’s new MMO is based on the rich universe of Dune, a literary work by Franklin, which recently received two film adaptations.

At the invitation of Theogames, Voxel interviewed Bruno Nunes, one of the game’s art directors, responsible for the Discipline and Architecture part of Dune Awakening. He gave us more details about the game’s parallel universe, which was available for testing at the fair.

Among the news revealed, Bruno Nunes commented on the influence of films on the game’s production, in addition to providing details about the gameplay of the online title, which is scheduled for release in 2025.

VIlleneuve’s influence on the game

Something that caught everyone’s attention since its first trailer during The Game Awards 2022 was the similarity with the universe of director Denis Villeneuve’s films, a success with the public and critics. Without going into many details, Bruno said that the game began pre-production in 2019, two years before the first film was released, and features collaborations with Legendary Pictures.

“We had the opportunity to visit the sets in Hungary. In parallel, this served as visual inspiration from Denis Villeneuve’s films for the game’s lore. The films served as inspiration, but the game has a different timeline from them.”

Dune Awakening takes place. parallel reality in which Paul Atreides was not born. With this, the player will have to choose between four classes and start his journey from there. We played an hour of the game during the fair and gave our first impressions of the MMO on YouTube.

Other Dune planets will be in the game

During our gameplay we had access to a small desert area of ​​Arrakis, the main planet of the saga, home to Spice, fuel for the main war between House Atreides and the Harkonnen. When asked about the inclusion of other planets in the game, Bruno gave us a slight smile and, without going into many details, about whether they will be included in the game’s launch.

The main planet of Dune Awakening will feature different biomes.

“The books explore other planets, one of which is Caladan, home of the Atreides. There are many possibilities in the future, but we still have more things to explore on Arrakis”, said the art director. According to Bruno, the “small” map will be around 64 square kilometers, with different locations and biomes.

“We have more places on Arrakis to explore in this game! We have an ice zone. It has a lot of variety of biomes, we have a forest inside that completely changes from the desert. There are stone cities, dark areas of the Harkonnen. It needs to vary, otherwise everything would be beige.”

Dune Awakening can now be added to your Steam wishlist, with more than a million users already interested in the game. The premiere date, however, has not yet been defined. Are you excited to check out the game? Comment on Voxel’s social networks!