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Dune: Spice Wars is an RTS from the developers of NorthgardArriving in early access next year
Arriving in early access next year
“Control the spice, control the universe,” is a funny slogan to someone who has neither seen nor read Dune (I’ll get round to it).
Dune: Spice Wars - Announcement TrailerWatch on YouTube
Dune: Spice Wars - Announcement Trailer
“Spice is the most valuable resource in the universe,“their website says. “The spice extends life, it expands consciousness and makes interstellar travel possible. Create your own story and play as one of several factions, including House Atreides and House Harkonnen, and compete for power over Dune and the spice.
Early screenshots of the game show good maps. Couldn’t tell you what any of this means, though.
“Best your opponents through political intrigue, crush them in combat, and undermine them with your network of illusive spies.”
Back in 2019,Funcom announcedthey were going to make “at least three games” set in the Dune universe (Duniverse?). They were pretty vague about what exactly those would be, but now we know one’s a RTS. They also supposedly have an open-world multiplayer game in the works.
Dune: Spice Warsis set to arrive in early access sometime next year. You can check it outon Steamright now.
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