Funcom has announced that its upcoming MMO Dune: Awakening will no longer make its original May 20, 2025 release date and has been pushed back a couple of weeks to June 5, 2025 for players who paid for early access with the game's deluxe edition, and June 10, 2025 for everyone else. The news came with a post on the game's official X page, with a long message from the Funcom team about how the studio "concluded that with a bit more time to cook, we can act on a lot more of the feedback we know is important to our beta testers." Dune: Awakening has been playable to lucky beta testers, members of the press, and content creators, who will all share their thoughts on April 25, 2025. The feedback from these players led Funcom to delay the game. This news also comes ahead of a livestream that will air today, where the Funcom team will talk more in-depth about combat in Dune: Awakening. The delay might be disappointing to those who have not yet gotten access to the beta, and are chomping at the bit to start their own adventure on Arrakkis. Funcom does however note in its delay message that it will host a "large-scale beta weekend next month where even more of you will get the opportunity to play the game and share your feedback." Funcom says it will share more on that large-scale beta soon, which could potentially be an open-beta, giving everyone who wants it, a chance to check out Dune: Awakening. "Dune: Awakening is a beast of a game," writes Funcom. "This is a multiplayer survival on a massive scale, and we're making gameplay and technical strides not seen in the genre before. We want to make sure we stick the landing." Deal of the Day