First gameplay trailer to Dune: Spice Wars appeared

Developer Shiro Games Grants a first look at game scenes from the strategy game Dune: Spice Wars.

In the course of the Game Awards 2021, Publisher Funcom and Developer Shiro Games (the creators of Northgard and Wartales) Dune: Spice Wars announced. At that time, however, we did not have a gameplay. Now there is the first trailer with real game scenes, which gives a good impression of what awaits you.

Dune: Spice Wars is a 4x game ("Explore, Expand, Exploit, Exterminate"), but it does not run round-based as Civilization, but in real time. As a result, the title is likely to be interesting for those who like the Games of Paradox Interactive (Stellaris, Crusader Kings, Hearts of Iron) - especially when they fans of the novels of Frank Herbert and / or the film of Denis Villeneuve, The 2021 came into the cinemas are.

Dune: Spice Wars plays how that belongs to the desert planet Arrakis, on which it gives the valuable resource Spice, which drives everything in the universe, so to speak. Who controls the SPICE, controls the universe. So you fight as one of several playable fractions around the supremacy on Arrakis. For example, you can direct the skills of the house ateides, but also hatch in the role of villain baron harcons.

The core of the gaming experience forms the planning on a big world map. Here builds your cities and lifts armies. Fights seem to run more or less automatically, allowing the composition of your troops to be very important. But of course you also have diplomatic means available. You can also use secret agents to sabotage your enemies, and use your political influence to enlarge your power.

Dune: Spice Wars should eventually appear as an early access version for the PC this year. The final release is planned for 2023.