Dune: Awakening

"We want to stay true to Dune": After the dragon flamethrower ruffled some feathers, Dune: Awakening producer promises fans "you won't be running around in pink pool floaties"

Dune: Awakening dev says the survival MMO's goofy new dragon flamethrower makes sense if you play the game, actually: "You'll (potentially) be more understanding of its place once you see the context"

Dune: Awakening devs announce Chapter 2 update and Lost Harvest DLC, promise "no significant advantage" over people who don't buy as players worry goofy skin sickness has already started: "Dune doesn't need stupid skins like this"

Dune: Awakening devs apologize for a lack of communication and say it's due to "state mandated" vacations, but now we have a new roadmap and 10-months worth of updates to look forward to

Dune: Awakening players report disappearing items, devs tell the MMO's community to try standing around for "up to 10 minutes" while they work on an actual fix

Dune: Awakening player says "there IS sandwalking" in the survival MMO to avoid the big ol' worm – and "if you do it just right, you can cross any distance" in Arrakis

New Dune: Awakening update axes "exploit used to get NPCs to destroy other players' building pieces" following fans' reports of "base raiding" and griefing in the survival MMO

Dune: Awakening player manages a sandworm escape so jaw-dropping even the MMO's devs are impressed: "Yes, I pissed my pants, yes, my stillsuit saved the piss"

Dune: Awakening beta patch says you're not Muad'Dib, makes riding Sandworms fatal and puts a stop to ornithopter griefing

"Praise the maker": In an MMO miracle, Dune: Awakening players and the devs themselves tracked down a player named Ben to convince him to check his base power

A Dune: Awakening player at the center of an MMO manhunt is now Dune canon, or he at least appears in the latest patch notes: "Ben, if you're reading this, your base power is out"

Dune: Awakening falls to "Mixed" Steam reviews as hoarders find yet another way to dupe items, Funcom releases a patch to flatten the exploit and promises another ban wave is "happening already"

Dune: Awakening patch fixes the item duplication glitch hoarders discovered a day after devs removed the last one, and I think we all know what happens next

Dune: Awakening devs are "incredibly sorry" about exploits and the patch that caused "an unfortunate amount of lost bases and equipment," promising to "reimburse" items

Dune: Awakening will finally reward your personal contributions in Landsraad thanks to a "game changer" update

Dune: Awakening sandworms now linger around recently harvested spicefields, and spice fiends are having such a hard time with it they're not sure if it's a bug or a feature

Dune: Awakening hoarders swiftly discover a second item duping glitch, barely a day after the survival MMO's devs fixed the first one: "This game is cooked"