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Dune: Awakening MMO frees players to build on an Arrakis without a prophet

For lovers of Frank Herbert's Dune novel, the Dune: Awakening massively multiplayer online game has a tantalizing premise.

But I caught a demo of Dune: Awakening, an open world survival MMO set on Arrakis, at the Summer Game Fest Play Days event. You can choose every detail of your appearance, then your home planet, and even your mentor’s specialization, such as Mentat, Swordmaster, or Bene Gesserit, which determines your starting abilities. Dune: Awakening has recently entered its persistent closed beta, giving access to the full breadth of the game, from the Hagga Basin starting area to the Deep Desert endgame.

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