Funcom has signed a take care of Legendary Studios to develop games based mostly on the Dune franchise.
Dune games based mostly on the works of Frank Herbert can be developed by Funcom as a part of a six-year licencing settlement.
The deal spans at least three titles on PC and consoles, and the primary can be an open-world multiplayer title. The game will enter into pre-production at Funcom someday this yr.
The bulk of earlier Dunes titles had been real-time technique games, such because the slightly wonderful Dune 2. The final game based mostly on the sequence to be launched was Frank Herbert’s Dune, a 2001 journey game for PC and PS2.
Dune Generations, a real-time technique game set for launch in 2001, was cancelled.
Funcom’s debut Dune title would be the sixth title based mostly on Herbert’s works to be launched.
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