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Funcom Commits to Quarterly Free Updates and Expanded PvE as Dune: Awakening Surges

Funcom’s roadmap features regular patches alongside narrative expansions designed to broaden gameplay beyond its PvP core

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Overview

  • Dune: Awakening reached a peak of 189,333 concurrent players on June 19, underscoring its strong launch momentum
  • A quality-of-life patch due in early July will deliver fixes and gameplay refinements ahead of upcoming expansions
  • Funcom will issue free major updates every three to four months, each adding new story content and PvE maps modelled on the Hagga Basin
  • Game director Joel Bylos confirmed the Deep Desert will remain exclusively PvP, with future PvE additions delivered in separate zones
  • Developers are adjusting PvP balance by tweaking vehicle loadouts and reintroducing the sandwalking feature for more nuanced combat