Funcom announces more about the
Dune survival game that's part of its
from 2019 deal with Legendary
Entertainment and Herbert Properties to create games based on the classic Frank
Herbert sci-fi novels. Word is development is being shared by NUKKLEAR, the
German studio behind the
recently launched
Comanche. This fits with
the announcement
that the scope of the Dune game expanded as part of a deal with Tencent. Here's
word:
NUKKLEAR will be taking on a co-development role, helping to realize
the expanded scope of the title previously announced by Funcom. The studio was
also recently awarded approximately 1.6 million EUR by the BMVI
(Bundesministerium für Verkehr und Digitale Infrastruktur) as part of the
“Computerspieleförderung des Bundes” German Federal Government Grant. The grant
will be used to support in part NUKKLEAR’s development and production work on
this project.
In 2019, Funcom announced that it had secured the rights to make a game based on
the popular sci-fi franchise, Dune. The untitled project will take inspiration
from Funcom’s most successful title, Conan Exiles, and be an online multiplayer
survival game. After investment from Tencent, the Dune project greatly expanded
its scope, and NUKKLEAR has been brought on to assist in completing it.