Dune Awakening nears 100k concurrent players on day one of its special edition launch
Dune Awakening kicked off its early release for Deluxe and Ultimate Edition players yesterday, hitting a peak player count of almost 100k worm lovers.
This early launch, which requires people to drop at least £58.50 / $69.99 / €69.99 to hop in, immediately found itself a sandy society of 79,410. The following hours would see the figure slowly climb to a peak of 93,634 before tapering off for the night.
Prior to the release the game surpassed Elden Ring: Nightreign on the Steam Top Sellers page, falling short of just Counter Strike 2. Earlier this year the game held its final invite-only beta, which eventually opened to those who pre-ordered. That beta hit a peak of 37,889, so there’s a real sign of growth in terms of early adopters.
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The launch was not without its technical stumbles, the eternal curse of MMO launches. A selection of players suffered from crashes and freezing issues, with Funcom urging those affected to update Nvidia drivers, limit in-game CPU usage, and disable Hardware-accelerated GPU scheduling.
