The first ten hours of Dune: Awakening are all about survival, with water being the main obsession and sunlight being a major threat. You begin by lapping dew off scrubby plants, then graduate to draining the blood of NPC scavengers and filtering it with a purifier you build in your starter base.

Dune Awakening was almost destined. The IP perfectly lends itself to the survival MMORPG genre. With its hostile setting, warring factions, mystical powers and iconic weaponry, the world of Dune has all the right components. Thankfully, Funcom look to have stuck the landing, delivering an Arakis fans are sure to get lost in.