Dune: Awakening Launch

GLOBAL LAN PARTY


How do you launch one of 2025’s most anticipated games? You throw a Global LAN Party. We helped Funcom supercharge fan hype for Dune: Awakening with a four-hour influencer-packed broadcast, surprise BETA code drops, and Watch & Play parties at gaming venues worldwide. We also brought the Dune universe to life at Pax East — building community and anticipation one epic moment at a time.

A large, detailed sculpture of a sandworm’s open mouth, showing sharp, concentric teeth and a rough, textured outer surface, displayed indoors under bright lights.
The Pax East experience included a giant Dune: Awakening sandworm, cosplay and giveaways
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A woman holding a microphone is interviewed on camera at an event, standing in front of a large screen displaying Dune Awakening. The scene appears to be inside a convention center.
A weekend of activities generated content that was beamed from Boston to London for the live broadcast.
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A group of people wearing green headphones play on computers at a gaming event in front of a large wall displaying the Dune: Awakening logo. Spectators stand behind them in a brightly lit convention hall.
Our Pax East booth allowed 50,000 attendees to try the game.
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We partnered with hundreds of global venues to host Watch & Play parties.
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Our Global LAN Party saw 10 mega Gaming & Entertainment Influencers join our 4 hour magazine show.
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Big hitter influencers made up our teams, giving us reach to an additional 50m subscribers.
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We dropped tens of thousands of BETA access codes onto the livestream giving viewers instant early access to the game.
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The Numbers:

The Reactions

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2.7M VIEWS TO DATE

115K WATCHING LIVE

50K PLAYERS BROUGHT INTO THE GAME

500K HOURS OF LIVE CONTENT CONSUMED

120 GLOBAL WATCH & PLAY PARTIES

2,300 PLAY TESTS AT PAX EAST

Pax East is a wrap, weeks of preparations and a very well executed event. Working with professionals makes my job so much easier.

Magnus Sanford, Global Senior PR & Event Manager, Funcom
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The Reactions

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