Funcom, the Norwegian studio known for games like Conan Exiles, Age of Conan, The Secret World and Mutant Year Zero: Road to Eden (as a publisher), just announced with the following press release to have partnered with Legendary Studios to create games set in the beloved DUNE universe, starting with an open world multiplayer game due to begin pre-production this year.
Funcom has entered into an exclusive partnership with Legendary Studios to develop games based on the works of Frank Herbert’s DUNE, one of the world’s best known science fiction universes with multiple adaptations into movies, games and other media.
This is a six year partnership to release at least three titles on the PC/Console platforms, with one of the games planned to be in the “Open World Multiplayer” genre that will enter into pre-production in Funcom’s Oslo studio during 2019.
Entering into this partnership is in line with the company’s strategy of working with strong Intellectual Properties, allowing for two different vast and well known universes – CONAN and DUNE – to be available for the Company’s games.
It’s exciting news for DUNE fans as the last game to be set in this universe was 2001’s Frank Herbert’s Dune by Cryo Interactive. However, it seems likely that the project will target a release on next-generation platforms since it’s only starting pre-production in 2019. The launch might be a few years away, then, but we’ll keep you updated with any noteworthy news.
Hmmm, the only Funcom game I've played is Anarchy Online, a very early MMO (it was weird, buggy and the grind was ridiculous with quest areas looking the same but it was back in 2001-2002, a good ~2-3 years before WoW arrived. It did have it's unique charm as well).
EDIT: Damn, AO is STILL online. Must be one of the longest running 3D MMO's in the world.
Not that their MMO's were shit, but they didn't have staying power for me. Always appreciated them for trying different things but it never felt polished enough to call it a long term home.
Yeah, anyone remember Funcoms "we WILL update AnarchyOnline to teh totally uber Age of Conan engine,just wait for it, its about done...any week now" spiel? Can´t wait for that but with Dune
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Now, I don't know what hardware costs in Poland, I guess it's cheaper because everything is stolen from Germany and resold...
“The biggest, most exciting and most ambitious of our projects is without a doubt the DUNE open world survival game we’re working on, after having secured the exclusive rights for PC and Console games with this fantastic IP. It’s a game that is still a few years away and will be a more ambitious and robust version of Conan Exiles set in the DUNE universe, designed to be a game as a service from the outset.”
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