Funcom creates at least three games based on Frank Herbert's Dune universe – Games – News

Game Editor Funcom, best known for Conan Exiles and Conan Unconquered for release this year, will create at least three Dune-based games by Frank Herbert over the next six years. One of them is an open world multiplayer game.

In a fourth quarter Funcom release, the company entered into an exclusive partnership with Legendary Entertainment to create at least three Dune games over the next six years. These games must be available for the PC and the consoles. One of the games made is an open world multiplayer game, according to a short additional statement. The development begins later this year at the Funcoms studio in Oslo. No details have yet been published on the other games that appear.

The president of Funcom says that working on the Dune Games is "a dream come true" and that more will be said in the future. the scenery of this science-fiction universe appears. In the past, various games based on the Dune universe created by Frank Herbert have been published. The Dune and Dune II games date back to 1992, followed by Dune 2000 in 1998. Emperor: Battle for Dune was released three years later. These are all strategy games, the latter title being the first Dune game to have a 3D world

Last year, Funcom released the game Conan Exiles in May. In December, the single player game Mutant Year Zero: Road to Eden followed. In the second quarter of this year, Petroglyph Studios and Funcom released the game Conan Unconquered.

Quarterly figures give a pink picture of the publisher. Revenues increased 166% to $ 8.3 million in the last quarter of last year and sales increased 46% to $ 33.8 million for the full year of 2018. studio therefore calls 2018 its best year to date.