{"id":919988,"date":"2026-07-15T10:12:44","date_gmt":"2026-07-15T15:12:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2026\/07\/15\/dune-awakening-announces-physical-ps5-release-with-the-most-unfortunate-timing\/"},"modified":"2026-07-15T10:12:44","modified_gmt":"2026-07-15T15:12:44","slug":"dune-awakening-announces-physical-ps5-release-with-the-most-unfortunate-timing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2026\/07\/15\/dune-awakening-announces-physical-ps5-release-with-the-most-unfortunate-timing\/","title":{"rendered":"Dune: Awakening Announces Physical PS5 Release with the Most Unfortunate Timing"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"body\">\n<article id=\"article\">\n<header>\n<section>\n<p>Awkward<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section>\n<ul>\n<li><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.pushsquare.com\/users\/130362\/avatar.jpg?v=1637676014\" width=\"30\" height=\"30\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Quintumply\">by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pushsquare.com\/authors\/Quintumply\">Stephen Tailby<\/a><\/li>\n<li><time data-days=\"5\" datetime=\"2026-07-02T15:30:00+00:00\">Thu 2nd Jul 2026<\/time><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/section>\n<\/header>\n<div>\n<section>\n<figure data-uuid=\"00db28d98fcdd\"><a title=\"Dune: Awakening Announces Physical PS5 Release with the Most Unfortunate Timing 1\" href=\"https:\/\/images.pushsquare.com\/00db28d98fcdd\/dune-awakening-announces-physical-ps5-release-with-the-most-unfortunate-timing-1.large.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.pushsquare.com\/00db28d98fcdd\/dune-awakening-announces-physical-ps5-release-with-the-most-unfortunate-timing-1.900x.jpg\" width=\"900\" height=\"506\" alt=\"Dune: Awakening Announces Physical PS5 Release with the Most Unfortunate Timing 1\"><\/a><figcaption><em><span class><\/span> Image: Push Square<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Depending on how plugged-in you are, you might have noticed Sony has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pushsquare.com\/news\/2026\/07\/sony-ignores-the-backlash-and-returns-to-social-media-almost-a-week-after-killing-physical-games\">not been posting<\/a> on its social channels since yesterday&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pushsquare.com\/news\/2026\/07\/playstation-consoles-to-stop-getting-disc-based-physical-releases-in-2028\">announcement<\/a> about dropping physical PlayStation games.<\/p>\n<p>That means new posts on the PS Blog, or new trailers on its YouTube channel, are still being published, but Sony isn&#8217;t promoting them.<\/p>\n<p>Today, 2nd July 2026, a <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.playstation.com\/2026\/07\/02\/what-dune-awakening-brings-to-playstation-5-sept-22\/\">PS Blog post<\/a> about <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pushsquare.com\/games\/ps5\/dune_awakening\">Dune: Awakening<\/a> shares more details on the PS5 version of the survival action game, including a detail that&#8217;s very poorly timed \u2014 though I&#8217;m sure publisher Funcom wasn&#8217;t to know.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m talking about the fact Dune: Awakening is getting a physical PS5 release as well as a digital one, freshly announced in this new post.<\/p>\n<p>Funcom is teaming up with Bandai Namco, which will publish the game in Europe, Australia, and New Zealand, while Solutions 2 GO will do the same for North and South America. It&#8217;s also heading to retail in Japan, though a publishing partner hasn&#8217;t been announced yet.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;With the third installment in Denis Villeneuve\u2019s and Legendary Entertainment\u2019s epic Dune franchise coming to theatres in December, the physical edition can be a great holiday gift for Dune fans around the globe,&#8221; writes Funcom&#8217;s Erling Ellingsen.<\/p>\n<p>Indeed.<\/p>\n<p>Elsewhere in the post, Ellingsen emphasises the new additions and ways in which the game has been optimised for PS5.<\/p>\n<p>The UI and controls have been streamlined for controller play, and the team has created two visual modes to choose from on both PS5 and PS5 Pro.<\/p>\n<p>There&#8217;s a quality mode locked to 30 frames-per-second on both systems, and they each have a performance mode targeting 60 fps. Base PS5 uses frame-gen to achieve this, while PS5 Pro doesn&#8217;t.<\/p>\n<p>The big attraction for many will be the new single player mode. Dune: Awakening is designed as a multiplayer experience, but Funcom is building a bespoke single player mode that allows you to play solo if you wish. Pretty impressive.<\/p>\n<p>The game launches on 22nd September, 2026. Are you excited for Dune: Awakening? Tell us in the comments section below.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p>[source <a title=\"External Link: https:\/\/blog.playstation.com\/2026\/07\/02\/what-dune-awakening-brings-to-playstation-5-sept-22\/\" rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.playstation.com\/2026\/07\/02\/what-dune-awakening-brings-to-playstation-5-sept-22\/\">blog.playstation.com<\/a>]<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.pushsquare.com\/users\/130362\/photo\/0\/avatar.jpg?v=1709297087\" width=\"80\" height=\"80\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Stephen Tailby\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Stephen has been part of the Push Square team for over six years, bringing boundless enthusiasm and a deep knowledge of video games to his role as Assistant Editor. Having grown up playing every PlayStation console to date, he&#8217;s developed an eclectic taste, with particular passion for indie games, arcade racers, and puzzlers. He&#8217;s also our go-to guy for Sonic-related matters, much to his delight\/chagrin.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pushsquare.com\/authors\/Quintumply\"><span><\/span> Author Profile<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/stephentailby.bsky.social\"><span><\/span> Bluesky<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a onclick=\"return replyTo('Quintumply');\" href=\"http:\/\/www.pushsquare.com\/#\"> Reply<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pushsquare.com\/news\/2026\/07\/dune-awakening-announces-physical-ps5-release-with-the-most-unfortunate-timing\" class=\"button purchase\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Awkward by Stephen Tailby Thu 2nd Jul 2026 Image: Push Square Depending on how plugged-in you are, you might have noticed Sony has not been posting on its social channels since yesterday&#8217;s announcement about dropping physical PlayStation games. 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