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Dune: Spice Wars taking sci-fi strategy to early access this monthCry “girl power!” and return to Spice World
Cry “girl power!” and return to Spice World
Dune: Spice Wars - First Gameplay TrailerWatch on YouTube
Dune: Spice Wars - First Gameplay Trailer
Our Katharinesaw a preview versionearlier this year and quite liked it.
“Based on what I’ve seen, it looks like Shiro Games have done a fine job of translating Dune’s big epic power plays into a real-time 4X strategy game, and most importantly, it doesn’t look overly intimidating for first-time players to the genre, either,” she said. “There’s a lot to take in, for sure, but as someone who’s always been a bit frightened of tackling some of the all-time 4X greats, Dune: Spice Wars definitely looks more my kind of speed - and a 3-5 hour game length isn’t half bad either.”
Today’s announcement also brought news that the game’s fourth playable faction are, unsurprisingly, the Fremen. They’re joining House Atreides, House Harkonnen, and the Smugglers. Seethis blog postfor info on Fremen units and strategies. I had half-hoped for a Bene Gesserit who played extremely different to everyone else but I suppose they might be too unconventional, and the lads in big nappies are certainly more known. Maybe later? Goodness knows those witches have patience for the long game.
Dune: Spice Wars is comingto Steam Early Accesson the 26th of April. The makers expect early access will last 9-12 months while they add features including multiplayer, a new faction (Bene Gesserit, please), and a full campaign, tweaking bits in response to feedback along the way. Though as will often happen with early access, they say it could take longer.
