It didn’t even take seven bloody days.
Dune: Awakening — one of the most anticipated survival MMOs of the year — has barely touched the sand before it’s already being eaten alive by cheaters. The desert isn’t deadly because of the worms anymore. It’s deadly because some jackass just teleported across the map, stole your ornithopter mid-animation, and vanished into the dunes like a goddamn spice ghost.
Yes, cheating is already rampant in Dune: Awakening — less than a week after early access hit.
What Kind of Cheats Are We Talking About?
According to multiple sources (including GameFragger and Reddit), here’s what’s going on in Dune:
Speed hacks letting players move at absurd pace across the map
Vehicle theft during load-in sequences — yes, players can literally jack your ornithopter while you’re still loading in
Invincibility glitches that make them impossible to kill
Teleportation across the Deep Desert
Wall clipping and AI manipulation
Reddit user Alblaka wrote:
“I’d guess it’ll boil down to bad luck… someone cracked the anti‑cheat. The game just can’t keep up.”
One Steam user fumed:
“They’re not even subtle about it. Saw a guy glide across the desert, loot everything, and blink out before I could aim.”
And Funcom? Quiet. At least for now.
Anti-Cheat: A Joke We’re Still Telling?
Funcom claims Dune: Awakening uses “external anti-cheat services” and a zero-tolerance policy on cheating.
But let’s be real.
It’s 2025. Name one game where anti-cheat actually works.
BattlEye? Easy to bypass.
Easy Anti-Cheat? Don’t make us laugh.
Call of Duty? Still full of wallhackers and aimbotters.
PUBG? Same.
Fortnite? God-tier budget, same damn cheating.
Even Tarkov — a game that bans people hourly — can’t stop the wave of ESP-having loot goblins ruining the game for everyone else.
So what hope does Dune have?
Apparently, not much.
What the Community is Saying
Here’s a quick pulse-check:
“It’s unplayable at times. Half of PvP encounters are bots or exploiters.”
“Game had promise. Now it’s like watching a security test fail in real time.”
“Can’t wait to play PvE-only — at least the worms don’t cheat.”
❓ Will Cheating Ever NOT Be a Problem?
Maybe not.
Every year anti-cheat software gets smarter.
Every year cheaters get smarter faster.
And in a live-service, always-online, open-world MMO like Dune: Awakening — where PvP, survival, and territory control actually matter — cheats don’t just break immersion.
They break the whole game.
Until studios treat anti-cheat as a real-time, full-staffed arms race, we’ll keep having these stories.
And Dune?
It’s already lost the opening battle.