Awakening has some very lofty goals. It is a shared open-world survival game, so players can encounter, work with, and compete with others. The game takes players through four stages that Funcom internally refers to as Survive,

Awakening - the latest from Funcom. A survival MMO, the developers have charted their own path forward with the books as guidance to capture the beauty and the danger of Arrakis. And they do it all while crafting a new timeline for the franchise.