Dune: Awakening

Dune: Awakening drops players into the vast, unforgiving deserts of Arrakis — a persistent multiplayer world driven by player choice, survival systems, and live-service infrastructure.

For Funcom, the stakes were high.

A game of this scale demanded:

• Flawless online services
• Secure multiplayer gameplay systems
• Infrastructure capable of handling massive player concurrency
• Protection against exploits that could compromise progression or server integrity
  

In a live service environment, even a single vulnerability or performance bottleneck can damage player trust at launch. Funcom needed a partner capable of stress-testing both security and scalability across every layer of the game.

Cyrex partnered with Funcom over an intensive six-month engagement to fortify Dune: Awakening ahead of release.

Our team delivered:

Comprehensive Penetration Testing

• Simulated real-world attack scenarios
• Identified vulnerabilities across online services and multiplayer systems
• Tested Unreal Engine–based gameplay infrastructure
• Delivered actionable remediation guidance

Large-Scale Load Testing

• Simulated heavy player concurrency
• Stress-tested backend services and multiplayer systems
• Identified performance bottlenecks before launch
• Validated infrastructure resilience under peak conditions

By combining offensive security testing with full-scale performance simulation, we ensured the game was prepared for both malicious actors and the natural surge of global player demand at launch.