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Funcom’s newest MMORPG Dune Awakening has launched to massive sales and a huge fanbase eager to explore the iconic desert planet of Arakis.
While the game has launched with a few issues that Funcom is rapidly attempting to fix, the game’s huge success has resulted in the company’s biggest launch in its 32-year history, smashing records previously held by Conan Exiles.
Dune Awakening is Funcom’s best-selling game
In a post to fans, Funcom thanked players for giving the new MMO a shot. After decades of MMORPGs like Age of Conan, Anarchy Online and more, the studio has been known for its medium-to-small player bases, but Dune Awakening has broken all expectations.
“Dune: Awakening launched June 10th and 1,000,000 players have awakened! It’s now Funcom’s fastest selling game ever,” the studio told fans. “To put it into perspective, it took Conan Exiles one year to reach this number. We’re truly humbled and thankful for this reception.”
In the weeks since launch, the 1,000,000 million players of the RPG have already explored 25,529,505 km2 of the iconic planet, consumed 6,110,629,000 grams of spice and crafted over half-a-million Ornithopters.
“Launch has been a Coriolis storm, and we’re still riding that mighty gale,” the studio said, referring to the bugs plaguing the launch version of the game. “We have seen so many amazing things from all of you – the bases, the close calls with Shai-Hulud, the epic vehicle jumps, the struggles, discoveries, victories, heroic deaths, and so much more…”
At the time of writing, Dune: Awakening is changing its endgame to stop PvE players from being forced “to interact with a PvP system that they may have no interest in”. Funcom is also continuing to work on more content for the game as the MMO continues to grow far into the future.
Funcom has a long history of supporting its MMOs, some even long after they have been assumed dead. For example, the aforementioned Anarchy Online is one of the oldest surviving MMOs of all time despite its low player count with very minor tweaks still occurring.
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