After an enormous $81 million opening weekend for Dune: Half Two, viewers had been hungry for extra Arrakis as Dune: Spice Wars noticed a surge in participant numbers on Steam.
During the last month, Dune: Spice Wars, the 4X technique recreation from Shiro Video games, has been averaging 400 each day gamers. Nevertheless, after the discharge of Dune: Half Two, the sport jumped to a median of over 1,000 gamers with a peak of about 1,800.
It’s at all times attention-grabbing to watch these externally-influenced microtrends. The Shadow of the Erdtree announcement noticed a corresponding spike in Elden Ring’s participant numbers, with massive spikes shortly after the discharge date was confirmed.
Everyone Needs To Rule Arrakis
Did the film encourage them to proceed the Home Atreides’ noble targets or embrace their malignant aspect with the Home Harkonnen? Shiro Video games just lately unveiled the sport’s seventh playable faction, Home Vernius of Ix.
This faction is unparalleled in know-how, creating superior self-learning machines and drones. Very similar to within the Dune novels the place Home Vernius secured the unique rights to fabricate Heighliner transport ships, Home Vernius in Dune: Spice Wars has a patent function the place the faction can acquire unique entry to sure technological breakthroughs.
A singular predominant base and a ‘nodal community’ function give Home Vernius a brand new manner of taking part in the map. The brand new faction will probably be instantly obtainable in Conquest Mode. Home Vernius of Ix releases on March 7.
Dune: In response to evaluation aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, Dune: Half Two has acquired stellar critiques from critics and followers. Frank Herbert’s son Brian referred to as the mix of Half One and Half Two “by far the perfect movie interpretation of Dune that has ever been achieved” in a tweet.
We spoke to Shiro Video games after the launch of Dune: Spice Wars in early entry, the place they mentioned the problem of adapting a barren planet like Arrakis and why they selected to become involved with the Dune IP.
