Dune Awakening's Creative Director on Copying Hollywood, In-Game Advertising, and Why Style Beats Photorealism

Funcom chief creative officer Joel Bylos said Dune Awakening's development required submitting content for approval to Legendary, which holds the adaptation rights, through Jira, and that director Denis Villeneuve once noted the game's title was a little too close to Star Wars. He also discussed the possibility of game companies adopting Hollywood's per-project financing model, noting that model works because of strong unions. Bylos is currently focused on the console launch of Dune Awakening alongside a major update that adds a single player mode and difficulty options.