{"id":1969965,"date":"2026-06-03T11:50:35","date_gmt":"2026-06-03T08:50:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1969965"},"modified":"2026-06-03T11:50:35","modified_gmt":"2026-06-03T08:50:35","slug":"dune-awakening-is-coming-to-consoles-at-long-last-but-for-some-reason-it-will-not-have-crossplay","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1969965","title":{"rendered":"Dune Awakening is coming to consoles at long last, but for some reason, it will not have crossplay"},"content":{"rendered":"<article class=\"article \" data-ads=\"true\" data-article-type=\"news\" data-article-group=\"news\" data-paywalled=\"false\" data-premium=\"false\" data-sponsored=\"false\" data-type=\"article\">\n<header class=\"article_header\" data-component=\"article-header\">\n<div class=\"breadcrumbs\">\n<nav class=\"nav_breadcrumbs\" data-component=\"nav-breadcrumbs\" aria-label=\"Breadcrumb\">\n<ul class=\"nav-links\">\n<li>\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/\" data-active=\"false\"><br \/>\n                      Home<br \/>\n                <\/a>\n            <\/li>\n<li>\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/news\" data-active=\"false\"><br \/>\n                      News<br \/>\n                <\/a>\n            <\/li>\n<li>\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/dune-awakening\" data-active=\"false\"><br \/>\n                      Dune: Awakening<br \/>\n                <\/a>\n            <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/nav><\/div>\n<div class=\"headline_details\" id=\"main-content\">\n<h1 class=\"title\">Dune Awakening is coming to consoles at long last, but for some reason, it will not have crossplay<\/h1>\n<p class=\"strapline\">Feeling shy-halud?.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"headline_asset\">\n<figure class=\"headline_image_wrapper\">\n<p>        <img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"headline_image\" src=\"https:\/\/assetsio.gnwcdn.com\/dune-awakening-desert.jpg?width=570&amp;quality=85&amp;format=jpg&amp;dpr=3&amp;auto=webp\" alt=\"A screenshot from survival MMO Dune: Awakening showing what looks like everything that can happen in the desert there: ornithopters flying over a huge sandworm, vehicles spouting dust in their wake, and players with high tech gadgetry on.\" loading=\"eager\" data-uri=\"dune-awakening-desert.jpg\" data-lightbox width=\"570\" height=\"321\"><figcaption>\n          <span class=\"attribution\">Image credit: <cite>Funcom<\/cite><\/span><br \/>\n        <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"metadata\">\n<div class=\"avatar\">\n<p>    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Connor Makar avatar\" src=\"https:\/\/assetsio.gnwcdn.com\/tAtwiaBo_400x400.jpg?width=2048&amp;height=2048&amp;fit=bounds&amp;quality=85&amp;format=jpg&amp;auto=webp\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1\" width=\"374\" height=\"374\"><\/p>\n<p>  <img alt=\"Connor Makar avatar\" data-autosize=\"crop_lossy\" data-uri=\"tAtwiaBo_400x400.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1\" width=\"374\" height=\"374\">\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"text\">\n<div class=\"byline\">\n                  <span class=\"article_type\" data-slug=\"news\"><br \/>\n                    News<br \/>\n                  <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"by\">by<\/span> <span class=\"author\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/authors\/connor-makar\">Connor Makar<\/a><\/span>                    <span class=\"job_title\"><br \/>\n                      Staff Writer<br \/>\n                    <\/span>\n            <\/div>\n<div class=\"published_at\">\nPublished on <time datetime=\"2026-06-03T11:50:35+00:00\">June 3, 2026<\/time>              <\/div>\n<div class=\"comments\">\n      <a class=\"comments__link comments-bubble\" href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/dune-awakening-console-version-no-crossplay?view=comments\" rel=\"nofollow\"><br \/>\n          2 comments<br \/>\n      <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"mypop-header-wrapper\">\n<p><button class=\"mypop-button button wide\" data-state=\"follow\" data-type=\"tag\" data-uuid=\"051352d7-820a-440a-be53-74bb111ca633\" data-name=\"Dune: Awakening\" data-follow-text=\"Follow Dune: Awakening\" data-unfollow-text=\"Following Dune: Awakening\" data-aria-follow-text=\"Follow Dune: Awakening\" data-aria-unfollow-text=\"Following Dune: Awakening\" data-popup=\"true\" data-force-login=\"true\" aria-label=\"Follow Dune: Awakening\" title=\"Follow Dune: Awakening\"><br \/>\n  Follow Dune: Awakening<br \/>\n<\/button>          <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"article_body\" data-component=\"article-content\">\n<div class=\"article_body_content article-styling\">\n<p>Dune Awakening is coming to consoles at long last, and is getting a dedicated single-player mode. Unfortunately, there&#8217;ll be no crossplay between most platforms.<\/p>\n<p>Announced during last night&#8217;s Sony State of Play livestream, the survival MMO was presented to PlayStation fans, a group who previously had no way to play the faithful Dune game. Elaborated on in a dedicated post on the official Dune Awakening website, the game will be launching on both PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X\/S on the 22nd September.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<div class=\"video_wrapper youtube\">\n<a aria-label=\"Dune: Awakening - Console Announcement Story Trailer | PS5 Games\" class=\"video-facade full-size\" data-platform=\"youtube\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/iCKflvFn4p4?autoplay=1\" title=\"Click to play video from YouTube\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Cover image for YouTube video\" class=\"video-facade__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/iCKflvFn4p4\/hqdefault.jpg\"><span class=\"video-facade__title\">Dune: Awakening &#8211; Console Announcement Story Trailer | PS5 Games<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/a>\n<\/div><figcaption>Here&#8217;s the Dune Awakening console trailer.<a class=\"video\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=iCKflvFn4p4\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Watch on YouTube<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In addition, the 22nd of September will offer players the single player mode across all platforms. This, according to the post, was one of the most demanded features from players.<\/p>\n<p>These console versions will contain all the PC updates released up until now, and will be fully aligned with the original version of the game. However, the blog post also drops a curious byte of information.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Note: the game will not feature cross-play between different console platforms nor PC and consoles, except for cross-play between Xbox and Windows PC Store.&#8221; This has been received with some disappointment from the Dune Awakening community. North117 described this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/duneawakening\/comments\/1tv6mnw\/one_of_the_worst_decisions_theyve_made_so_far\/\">on the Dune Awakening Reddit<\/a> as: &#8220;One of the worst decisions they&#8217;ve made so far&#8221;. User Atomic Hyena added their own take, noting: &#8220;I got so excited thinking my non-PC friends could play with me.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Eurogamer has contacted Funcom to find out why this restriction is in place. It&#8217;s worth noting that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/conan-exiles\">Conan Exiles<\/a>, the prior big hit from the developer, also didn&#8217;t allow crossplay, for the most part.<\/p>\n<p>Still, it&#8217;s not all bad news. That aforementioned single player mode will allow players to experience the MMO survival game without those MMO bits. All the NPCs will still be present, but the world is entirely your own. As for the PvP Deep Desert endgame area, it will no longer reset each week and your buildings will not be wiped out either. In addition, the Landsraad system will remain, but will simulate other players&#8217; contributions to keep things interesting.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"injection_placeholder\" data-position=\"1\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Single player characters will be locked to single player instances, so you won&#8217;t be able to hop over to the online version of the game. Alongside all of this, the first book (major story arc) will conclude on the 22nd September, so console players will be able to experience the full narrative from start to finish. That is, until more story updates come out.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s a bold move from Funcom. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/dune-awakening-worms-its-way-past-one-million-sales-funcoms-best-performing-game-to-date\">Dune Awakening proved exceptionally popular when it was released<\/a>, but sadly lost the majority of its PC playerbase over time. Since then, multiple major changes have been made to improve the experience, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/dune-awakening-ditching-pvp-endgame-experience-80-players\">including a softening to the PvP experience<\/a> which was pushing many away from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/dune-awakening\">Dune: Awakening<\/a>&#8216;s endgame. Here&#8217;s hoping this reinvigorates the game.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"preferred-source\" data-component=\"preferred-source\">\nLove Eurogamer.net? Make us a <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\">Preferred Source on Google<\/a> and catch more of our coverage in your feeds.  <\/div>\n<\/article>\n<div class=\"article_body\" data-component=\"article-content\">\n<div class=\"article_body_content article-styling\">\n<p>Dune Awakening is coming to consoles at long last, and is getting a dedicated single-player mode. Unfortunately, there&#8217;ll be no crossplay between most platforms.<\/p>\n<p>Announced during last night&#8217;s Sony State of Play livestream, the survival MMO was presented to PlayStation fans, a group who previously had no way to play the faithful Dune game. Elaborated on in a dedicated post on the official Dune Awakening website, the game will be launching on both PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X\/S on the 22nd September.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<div class=\"video_wrapper youtube\">\n<a aria-label=\"Dune: Awakening - Console Announcement Story Trailer | PS5 Games\" class=\"video-facade full-size\" data-platform=\"youtube\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/iCKflvFn4p4?autoplay=1\" title=\"Click to play video from YouTube\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Cover image for YouTube video\" class=\"video-facade__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/iCKflvFn4p4\/hqdefault.jpg\"><span class=\"video-facade__title\">Dune: Awakening &#8211; Console Announcement Story Trailer | PS5 Games<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/a>\n<\/div><figcaption>Here&#8217;s the Dune Awakening console trailer.<a class=\"video\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=iCKflvFn4p4\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Watch on YouTube<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In addition, the 22nd of September will offer players the single player mode across all platforms. This, according to the post, was one of the most demanded features from players.<\/p>\n<p>These console versions will contain all the PC updates released up until now, and will be fully aligned with the original version of the game. However, the blog post also drops a curious byte of information.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Note: the game will not feature cross-play between different console platforms nor PC and consoles, except for cross-play between Xbox and Windows PC Store.&#8221; This has been received with some disappointment from the Dune Awakening community. North117 described this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/duneawakening\/comments\/1tv6mnw\/one_of_the_worst_decisions_theyve_made_so_far\/\">on the Dune Awakening Reddit<\/a> as: &#8220;One of the worst decisions they&#8217;ve made so far&#8221;. User Atomic Hyena added their own take, noting: &#8220;I got so excited thinking my non-PC friends could play with me.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Eurogamer has contacted Funcom to find out why this restriction is in place. It&#8217;s worth noting that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/conan-exiles\">Conan Exiles<\/a>, the prior big hit from the developer, also didn&#8217;t allow crossplay, for the most part.<\/p>\n<p>Still, it&#8217;s not all bad news. That aforementioned single player mode will allow players to experience the MMO survival game without those MMO bits. All the NPCs will still be present, but the world is entirely your own. As for the PvP Deep Desert endgame area, it will no longer reset each week and your buildings will not be wiped out either. In addition, the Landsraad system will remain, but will simulate other players&#8217; contributions to keep things interesting.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"injection_placeholder\" data-position=\"1\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Single player characters will be locked to single player instances, so you won&#8217;t be able to hop over to the online version of the game. Alongside all of this, the first book (major story arc) will conclude on the 22nd September, so console players will be able to experience the full narrative from start to finish. That is, until more story updates come out.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s a bold move from Funcom. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/dune-awakening-worms-its-way-past-one-million-sales-funcoms-best-performing-game-to-date\">Dune Awakening proved exceptionally popular when it was released<\/a>, but sadly lost the majority of its PC playerbase over time. Since then, multiple major changes have been made to improve the experience, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/dune-awakening-ditching-pvp-endgame-experience-80-players\">including a softening to the PvP experience<\/a> which was pushing many away from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/dune-awakening\">Dune: Awakening<\/a>&#8216;s endgame. Here&#8217;s hoping this reinvigorates the game.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Home News Dune: Awakening Dune Awakening is coming to consoles at long last, but for some reason, it will not have crossplay Feeling shy-halud?. 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