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Dune Awakening Story Revealed, Takes Part In An Alternative Timeline

By 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Joshua Robertson

Published Jun 7, 2024

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A new story trailer for Dune: Awakening has been revealed at Summer Game Fest, focusing on Paul Atreides and the game's story.
Not only that, but the trailer also reveals the game will take place in an alternate timeline.
In Dune: Awakening, players will explore a world in which Paul Atreides was never born, and the aftermath of certain events that differ due to that change.

168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Dune: Awakening has received a new cinematic story trailer during this year's Summer Game Fest, revealing that the game will be set in an alternate timeline.

We've known about Dune: Awakening for a little while now, having first been announced way back in 2022 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:as an open world survival MMO, and we've had regular updates about what we can expect from the title ever since. We know it's being developed by Funcom, the folks behind Conan Exiles, and that elements from the book and movies such 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:as menacing sand worms will be included.

We haven't been shown much of the game's story though, which isn't surprising given open world survival MMOs aren't exactly the best vehicles for a gripping narrative. Nevertheless, that didn't stop Funcom from showing off a new story trailer with an interesting twist, as Dune: Awakening will explore a timeline of Dune that would have occurred had main character Paul Atreides never been born, and his mother birthed a girl instead.

Dune: Awakening Will Take Place In An Alternate Timeline

After that, the trailer goes into great detail about what the world of Dune would look like without Paul Atreides, suggesting that these will be the events that players will get to experience when Dune: Awakening finally launches. On that front, we unfortunately didn't get a release date for the title at Summer Game Fest, but Funcom did reveal that a standalone direct will take place later this month, with a gameplay trailer expected to drop during Gamescom later this year. Until then, we'll have to contemplate just what this new timeline could hold.

Of course, Dune: Awakening's story trailer wasn't the only big reveal of Summer Game Fest, as we got to see updates for a slew of new and existing titles. For example, Alan Wake 2 director Sam Lake got on stage to 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:show us the game's new Night Springs DLC, which launches tomorrow and will let players take on the roles of Rose, Sherriff Breaker, and Jesse Faden, while PlayStation took the opportunity 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:to announce Lego Horizon Adventures, a retelling of Zero Dawn's story releasing for all platforms besides Xbox.