Since Dune: Spice Wars was announced, I’ve been keeping an eye on it. I have some friends who love the Dune series, so this RTS game set in the universe of Dune just sounded right up their alley. Now, Dune: Spice Wars has gotten its latest update, and you can play with friends!

Developer Shiro Games and publisher Funcom have announced the new update, which provides Multiplayer gameplay and brings 2v2 or free-for-all content to the game. To celebrate the update, Dune: Spice Wars is 20% off on Steam. Here’s what the press release has to say about the game’s new update.

“There has never been a better time to lure friends in with promises of spice, then see who the desert takes first. In today’s update, take the reins of either the Atreides, Harkonnen, Fremen, or Smugglers in matches of up to four players. Any open spots can be filled with AI-controlled factions ranging in difficulty from easy to insane, and each game can be tailored to suit preferences, including map size and sandworm, storm, and Sietch activity. Victory conditions can also be tweaked. 

In addition to multiplayer, this update also reworks the development trees with a focus on synergy between factions and adds new political resolutions, events, regions, and many other improvements.

The Multiplayer Update is the first major delivery on the Early Access Roadmap but by no means the first update. The spice must flow, and so it did with the Community Update in May, bringing a long list of improvements and additions. Players can expect more updates such as this in the future.

Dune: Spice Wars compels you to balance subterfuge, open warfare, politics, and economy to manipulate and crush your opponents. In a game that values the same potential for treachery and secret machinations as the source material, the addition of multiplayer brings this to the surface more than ever.”

Dune Spice Wars seems like it could be good. There’s a roadmap for its Early Access progression which you can check out here. You can also pick up Dune: Spice Wars in Early Access now.

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