The much-awaited beta testing of Dune: Awakening has gone live this weekend.

Dune: Awakening, a first-person open world multiplayer survival game, is one of the most anticipated video game titles this year.

Originally scheduled to officially launch on 20 May, its developer, Funcom, postponed its release to 5 June, citing that three more weeks will allow the developers to apply improvements.

“Dune: Awakening is a beast of a game. This is multiplayer survival on a massive scale, and we’re making gameplay and technical strides not seen in the genre before,” Funcom previously stated.

The large-scale beta weekend will run from 9-12 May (US time), and thousands of Beta keys will be given out to players who wishlisted and requested beta access to the game on Steam.

Pre-order for Dune: Awakening is now available.