Insider's guide to the Dune: Awakening video game. What the new trailer reveals

With the highly anticipated release of Denis Villeneuve's epic "Dune: Part Two," you might have thought the excitement was beginning to simmer down.

But now game developer Funcom has finally dropped the first trailer for the new "Dune" video game.

If you've always wanted to try your hand at surviving the harsh desert landscape of Arrakis, live through a sandworm attack or make like Paul Atreides and create a guild of fighters to take control of the planet and its coveted spice, you're in luck.

"Dune: Awakening" will allow players to explore Arrakis in an open world MMO game to tide you over until the third "Dune" installment makes it to the big screen.

Will Dune: Awakening be single player?

No. Dune: Awakening will be an open world survival, massively multiplayer online game.

Dune: Awakening release date

There's no official release date for Dune: Awakening, but you can save it to your wish list now and be notified when the game is ready for purchase and download.

Will Dune: Awakening be on PS5? Is it coming to Xbox?

At the time of publication, Dune: Awakening developer Funcom has not announced what consoles will be getting the game.

Is Dune: Awakening an open-world survival MMO?

You'll need to sharpen your survival skills and rise to dominance to stay alive against thousands of other players in Dune: Awakening.

The MMO game "combines the grit and creativity of survival games with the social interactivity of a large, persistent multiplayer game to create a unique and ambitious Open World Survival MMO," according to duneawakening.com.

Will Dune: Awakening have PvP?

Players of Dune: Awakening can explore the epic landscapes of Arrakis from boundless, rolling dunes, ancient underground Ecology Labs and deep canyons where bandits seek easy prey.

In some areas, you will be able to have player vs. player combat. Other areas are kept safe by patrolling Sardaukar troops.

Will Dune: Awakening have a storyline?

Similar to other online open-world games, Dune: Awakening will allow players to play as seemingly unimportant characters who eventually become part of the power struggle on Arrakis.

While you may come across Paul Atreides, Chani and other characters in the films and books, the game is set in an alternate timeline from the source material.

Players will create a character and choose options along the way that will influence the gameplay. You can declare loyalty to certain factions and guilds by wearing certain clothes, specializing in skills known by specific groups and more.

From there, you'll explore the harsh beauty of Arrakis, learn to escape the deadly sandworms, uncover valuable resources, and build guilds and relationships with other players to gain control of the spice.

You can engage in epic third-person combat with everything from Holtzman gadgets to an array of ranged firearms. Learn to craft weapons, armor, tools and more along with creating an impenetrable fortress.

Don't get too comfortable with your landscape though.

To keep things interesting, beyond the Shield Wall, cataclysmic Coriolis storms will regularly alter the landscape. There will be new valuable resources and secrets to uncover. However, your outposts may be swept away, and you might find yourself lost in the dunes.

For more information, visit duneawakening.com.

As the Fremen say, "Long live the fighters."

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