Funcom Hasn't Given Out Beta Keys to Dune: Awakening Buyers, Including Deluxe Edition Owners
Dune: Awakening pre-order buyers continue to express outrage: Funcom never gave beta access even to owners of the Deluxe versionInstead, the company is conducting a large-scale distribution of keys through broadcasts and streamers, ignoring those who supported the project in advance.
Today, at 22:00 Kyiv time, a new wave of key giveaways will take place during the Global LAN Party, a global broadcast taking place at PAX East and simultaneously in London. Streamers from two teams, Team Atreides and Team Harkonnen, are participating. Keys will be randomly distributed to viewers live. Pre-orderers are left with nothing again.
Negativity is growing on Steam forums and social media: Users complain that they have been deprived of the promised benefit, despite the fact that Early access to the beta was mentioned in the promotional materials for the Deluxe version. So far, Funcom has not officially commented on the situation, has not offered compensation, and has not indicated any plans to rectify the situation.
Dune: Awakening releases on June 10, 2025 on PC, PS5, and Xbox Series X. This large-scale survival game with the open world of Arrakis, where players survive, build, fight, and wrestle for power. But instead of rewarding loyal fans, Funcom opted for marketing hype—and created a crisis of confidence.
