Dune: Awakening's beautifully evocative concept art teases the year's hottest new Unreal Engine 5 game

Dune Awakening concept art; a large sandworm emerges from the desert
(Image credit: Legendary / Funcom)
Dune: Awakening

Publisher Funcom
Developer Funcom
Release TBC
Platform Unreal Engine 5
Formats PC (Steam), PS5, Xbox Series X/S

Dune: Awakening is a new survival game that aims to do more than ride the dusty coattails of this month's epic film release, Dune: Part 2. Awakening is a complex survival MMO from Funcom, the studio behind Conan: Exiles, built in Unreal Engine 5, and it looks beautiful. 

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Ian Dean is Editor, Digital Arts & 3D at Creative Bloq, and the former editor of many leading magazines. These titles included ImagineFX, 3D World and video game titles Play and Official PlayStation Magazine. Ian launched Xbox magazine X360 and edited PlayStation World. For Creative Bloq, Ian combines his experiences to bring the latest news on digital art, VFX and video games and tech, and in his spare time he doodles in Procreate, ArtRage, and Rebelle while finding time to play Xbox and PS5.

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