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Dune: Awakening's Rentable Private Servers Available at Launch — Here's What You Do (And Don't) Get
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<blockquote data-quote="Admin" data-source="post: 67391" data-attributes="member: 1"><p><img src="https://assets-prd.ignimgs.com/2025/01/30/duneawakening-finalpreview-blogroll-1738199676940.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " data-size="" style="" /></p><p>Private servers are coming to <a href="https://www.ign.com/games/dune-awakening" target="_blank"><u>Dune: Awakening</u></a>, albeit with "concessions" to ensure players retain the large-scale aspects of multiplayer worlds.</p><p></p><p>Developer Funcom confirmed the news in an update posted to the <a href="https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/1172710/view/546736546679621439" target="_blank"><u>Steam store page</u></a>, revealing "rentable private servers" will be available from the moment the game goes live for "head start" (read: early access) players on Thursday, June 5.</p><p></p><p>"We’ve previously communicated that private servers are for post-launch, but we’re happy to share that progress has been faster than expected," the team said. "We do, however, want to manage expectations about how private servers work in Dune: Awakening. As you know, this is not your typical survival game."</p><p></p><p></p><p>Each server will belong to a World consisting of "several other servers," all of which will share the same social hubs and Deep Desert. Funcom said that by doing this, it'll help retain a "neighbourhood-like feel."</p><p></p><p>"We decided early on that we did not want to remove the large-scale multiplayer aspects of the game as that is such a crucial part of the Dune: Awakening experience, and the game’s content and mechanics are deeply rooted in this setup," the update explained.</p><p></p><p>"That meant we had to make some concessions in terms of how much control players have over their private servers. The result is a model where you have fewer settings available than you would in some other survival games such as Conan Exiles."</p><p></p><p>So if you decide to rent a private server, you'll have one Hagga Basin, just like the official server, and belong to a World of other private servers (and you'll be able to pick which one when signing up). You will not be able to rent or control social hubs or the Deep Desert, but you can still "take full advantage of Dune: Awakening’s large-scale multiplayer content and mechanics."</p><p></p><p></p><p>Enough of what you don't get — what about what you <em>do</em> get if you rent a private server? Funcom said you'll be able to disable security zones entirely, "making all parts of Hagga Basin PvP enabled," or you can have pockets of PvP, much like the official servers. You can also disable taxation and sandstorms, as well as name your server and set a password for it. Private server owners can also visit other World servers if they know the password and even claim land (something you can't even do on the official servers).</p><p></p><p>"Enabling private servers for Dune: Awakening has not been trivial considering our unique large-scale multiplayer setup, and it was important to us to retain the fundamental MMO-like gameplay that makes Dune: Awakening so unique," the team concluded. "That means it does come with some restrictions on how you can configure them compared to some other survival games such as Conan Exiles.</p><p></p><p>"But we hope that this service will still be meaningful to those of you who prefer to play on servers you do not have to share with others, and we hope that the shared World structure will add an extra dimension without taking away from the unique content and mechanics that makes Dune: Awakening what it is."</p><p></p><p></p><p>"As a longtime fan of Dune, it also just feels so good to explore and learn more about a world that I’m quite fond of, and Funcom has clearly put a ton of effort into worldbuilding and lore, even despite taking quite a bit of creative liberty by placing Awakening within a parallel reality and canon than the books/movies," we wrote in <a href="https://www.ign.com/articles/dune-awakenings-first-20-hours-are-damn-impressive-despite-loads-of-bugs-closed-beta-impressions" target="_blank"><u>IGN's Dune: Awakening closed beta impressions preview</u></a>.</p><p></p><p>"There are little details that have a massive impact on gameplay. I won’t go into spoilers, but this kind of attention to detail touches just about every aspect of the world, including the factions and characters you meet along the way, which should be a treat for any fan of the setting."</p><p></p><p>Dune: Awakening is set to release on June 10, 2025, on PC, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X and S <a href="https://www.ign.com/articles/dune-awakening-delayed-by-three-weeks-to-implement-changes-discovered-during-its-beta" target="_blank"><u>after a three-week delay to fix issues identified during its beta testing</u></a>. Players with a "head start," however, get to play five days early, from June 5. For more, check out details on <a href="https://www.ign.com/articles/dune-awakening-dev-says-its-release-date-is-the-full-launch-and-while-theres-no-subscription-there-will-be-optional-dlcs" target="_blank"><u>the MMO's business model and post-launch plans</u></a>. We've also got the <a href="https://www.ign.com/articles/dune-awakening-global-release-times-including-early-access-confirmed" target="_blank"><u>global release time schedule for Dune: Awakening</u></a> right here for you, too.</p><p></p><p></p><p><em>Vikki Blake is a reporter for IGN, as well as a critic, columnist, and consultant with 15+ years experience working with some of the world's biggest gaming sites and publications. She's also a Guardian, Spartan, Silent Hillian, Legend, and perpetually High Chaos. Find her at </em><a href="https://bsky.app/profile/vixx.bsky.social" target="_blank"><em>BlueSky</em></a><em>.</em></p><p></p><p><a href="https://www.ign.com/articles/dune-awakenings-rentable-private-servers-available-at-launch-heres-what-you-do-and-dont-get" target="_blank">Continue reading...</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Admin, post: 67391, member: 1"] [IMG]https://assets-prd.ignimgs.com/2025/01/30/duneawakening-finalpreview-blogroll-1738199676940.jpg[/IMG] Private servers are coming to [URL='https://www.ign.com/games/dune-awakening'][U]Dune: Awakening[/U][/URL], albeit with "concessions" to ensure players retain the large-scale aspects of multiplayer worlds. Developer Funcom confirmed the news in an update posted to the [URL='https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/1172710/view/546736546679621439'][U]Steam store page[/U][/URL], revealing "rentable private servers" will be available from the moment the game goes live for "head start" (read: early access) players on Thursday, June 5. "We’ve previously communicated that private servers are for post-launch, but we’re happy to share that progress has been faster than expected," the team said. "We do, however, want to manage expectations about how private servers work in Dune: Awakening. As you know, this is not your typical survival game." Each server will belong to a World consisting of "several other servers," all of which will share the same social hubs and Deep Desert. Funcom said that by doing this, it'll help retain a "neighbourhood-like feel." "We decided early on that we did not want to remove the large-scale multiplayer aspects of the game as that is such a crucial part of the Dune: Awakening experience, and the game’s content and mechanics are deeply rooted in this setup," the update explained. "That meant we had to make some concessions in terms of how much control players have over their private servers. The result is a model where you have fewer settings available than you would in some other survival games such as Conan Exiles." So if you decide to rent a private server, you'll have one Hagga Basin, just like the official server, and belong to a World of other private servers (and you'll be able to pick which one when signing up). You will not be able to rent or control social hubs or the Deep Desert, but you can still "take full advantage of Dune: Awakening’s large-scale multiplayer content and mechanics." Enough of what you don't get — what about what you [I]do[/I] get if you rent a private server? Funcom said you'll be able to disable security zones entirely, "making all parts of Hagga Basin PvP enabled," or you can have pockets of PvP, much like the official servers. You can also disable taxation and sandstorms, as well as name your server and set a password for it. Private server owners can also visit other World servers if they know the password and even claim land (something you can't even do on the official servers). "Enabling private servers for Dune: Awakening has not been trivial considering our unique large-scale multiplayer setup, and it was important to us to retain the fundamental MMO-like gameplay that makes Dune: Awakening so unique," the team concluded. "That means it does come with some restrictions on how you can configure them compared to some other survival games such as Conan Exiles. "But we hope that this service will still be meaningful to those of you who prefer to play on servers you do not have to share with others, and we hope that the shared World structure will add an extra dimension without taking away from the unique content and mechanics that makes Dune: Awakening what it is." "As a longtime fan of Dune, it also just feels so good to explore and learn more about a world that I’m quite fond of, and Funcom has clearly put a ton of effort into worldbuilding and lore, even despite taking quite a bit of creative liberty by placing Awakening within a parallel reality and canon than the books/movies," we wrote in [URL='https://www.ign.com/articles/dune-awakenings-first-20-hours-are-damn-impressive-despite-loads-of-bugs-closed-beta-impressions'][U]IGN's Dune: Awakening closed beta impressions preview[/U][/URL]. "There are little details that have a massive impact on gameplay. I won’t go into spoilers, but this kind of attention to detail touches just about every aspect of the world, including the factions and characters you meet along the way, which should be a treat for any fan of the setting." Dune: Awakening is set to release on June 10, 2025, on PC, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X and S [URL='https://www.ign.com/articles/dune-awakening-delayed-by-three-weeks-to-implement-changes-discovered-during-its-beta'][U]after a three-week delay to fix issues identified during its beta testing[/U][/URL]. Players with a "head start," however, get to play five days early, from June 5. For more, check out details on [URL='https://www.ign.com/articles/dune-awakening-dev-says-its-release-date-is-the-full-launch-and-while-theres-no-subscription-there-will-be-optional-dlcs'][U]the MMO's business model and post-launch plans[/U][/URL]. We've also got the [URL='https://www.ign.com/articles/dune-awakening-global-release-times-including-early-access-confirmed'][U]global release time schedule for Dune: Awakening[/U][/URL] right here for you, too. [I]Vikki Blake is a reporter for IGN, as well as a critic, columnist, and consultant with 15+ years experience working with some of the world's biggest gaming sites and publications. She's also a Guardian, Spartan, Silent Hillian, Legend, and perpetually High Chaos. Find her at [/I][URL='https://bsky.app/profile/vixx.bsky.social'][I]BlueSky[/I][/URL][I].[/I] [url="https://www.ign.com/articles/dune-awakenings-rentable-private-servers-available-at-launch-heres-what-you-do-and-dont-get"]Continue reading...[/url] [/QUOTE]
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