Dune: Awakening is getting a free DLC that adds a whole new map and swaps out sand for snow
Funcom will also "continue expanding the game" through 2027.
Funcom, the developer behind the survival MMO Dune: Awakening, has announced a free expansion called Blood and Ice. This expansion, set to release in December, introduces a brand new map to the game, shifting the gameplay from the scorching sands of Arrakis to the icy north. The new DLC, titled the Polar Sink, replaces the desert with a frozen environment composed of two distinct biomes: the tundra and the icecap.
Players will have to adapt to the extreme cold, using the water shippers' precious resource to cool their equipment and speed up resource production back in the desert. The Blood and Ice expansion adds approximately 35 hours of new progression content, focusing on ground-level survival, traversal, temperature management, and combat.
Additionally, Funcom has introduced a Cosmetics Store within Dune: Awakening and is working on other requested features, such as an offline single-player mode and cross-play support. The developer emphasizes that Blood and Ice is a significant step in the ongoing development of Dune: Awakening and indicates that the studio plans to continue expanding the game through 2027.
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