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Dune: Awakening Announces Physical PS5 Release with the Most Unfortunate Timing
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Key Points:
- Sony has paused promoting new content on its social channels following its announcement to drop physical PlayStation games, though new posts and trailers continue to be published without promotion.
- Funcom revealed that Dune: Awakening will receive a physical PS5 release alongside the digital version, despite Sony’s recent move away from physical game formats.
- Bandai Namco will publish Dune: Awakening in Europe, Australia, and New Zealand, while Solutions 2 GO handles North and South America; the game will also have a retail release in Japan with a publisher yet to be announced.
- The PS5 version features optimizations such as streamlined UI and controls for controllers, two visual modes (quality mode at 30 fps and performance mode targeting 60 fps), with frame generation used on the base PS5 but not on PS5 Pro.
- Funcom is adding a new single-player mode to Dune: Awakening, allowing solo play in a game originally designed as a multiplayer experience, enhancing its appeal to a broader audience.
