{"id":298834,"date":"2025-03-25T01:45:00","date_gmt":"2025-03-25T08:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sftarticles.wpenginepowered.com\/es\/?p=351689"},"modified":"2025-07-01T15:04:41","modified_gmt":"2025-07-01T22:04:41","slug":"dune-awakening-confirms-release-date-and-that-it-will-be-a-subscription-free-mmo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/dune-awakening-confirms-release-date-and-that-it-will-be-a-subscription-free-mmo\/","title":{"rendered":"Dune Awakening confirms release date and that it will be a subscription-free MMO"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>After a long wait, Funcom has confirmed that its highly anticipated title, Dune: Awakening, will officially launch on May 20. <strong>The game, which is presented as a survival MMO set in the Dune universe, will have a launch price of 50 euros and will not require a monthly subscription<\/strong>. This decision aims to provide players with a more accessible experience without the additional costs that are often associated with large-scale titles.<\/p>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">No monthly subscriptions, but with DLCs<\/h2>\n\n\n<p>The creative director, Joel Bylos, emphasized that the game&#8217;s monetization strategy includes regular and free updates, as well as optional downloadable content. <strong>Through these updates, the development team plans to expand the game&#8217;s story, incorporating new features and quality of life improvements<\/strong>. Although specific prices for the DLC packages have not yet been confirmed, it has been anticipated that each major update will be accompanied by a paid content pack.<\/p>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Dune: Awakening - Official Exploring Arrakis Trailer\" width=\"840\" height=\"473\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/plw2gxf7Coc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n<p><strong>Players will also have the option to purchase a Deluxe edition for 70 euros, which will include a season pass with four DLCs, as well as other benefits<\/strong>. Those who choose the Deluxe or Ultimate editions will enjoy a five-day early access before the official release on May 20. This approach not only provides incentives for players but also helps balance the load on servers during the launch, thus improving the overall experience.<\/p>\n\n\n<p>Unlike other titles from the company, such as Conan Exiles, which spent a year in early access before its release in 2018, <strong>Dune: Awakening will launch directly as a complete product<\/strong>. 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The game, which is presented as a survival MMO set in the Dune universe, will have a launch price of 50 euros and will not require a monthly subscription. This decision aims to provide players with a more accessible experience without the additional costs that are often associated with large-scale titles. No monthly subscriptions, but there will be DLCs. The creative director, Joel Bylos, emphasized that the game&#8217;s monetization strategy includes regular updates [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9318,"featured_media":298836,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","wpcf-pageviews":0},"categories":[1018,1015],"tags":[6530,9758,1453,4015,9759,5187,9760,9761],"usertag":[],"vertical":[],"content-category":[6823],"class_list":["post-298834","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-gaming","category-news","tag-acceso-anticipado","tag-conan-exile","tag-dlc","tag-dune","tag-dune-awakening-2","tag-funcom","tag-joel-bylos","tag-suscripcion-mensual","content-category-games"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/298834","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9318"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=298834"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/298834\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":308543,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/298834\/revisions\/308543"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/298836"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=298834"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=298834"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=298834"},{"taxonomy":"usertag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/usertag?post=298834"},{"taxonomy":"vertical","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vertical?post=298834"},{"taxonomy":"content-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/content-category?post=298834"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}