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joshwakeo
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8 years ago
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Will emperor battle for dune ever be released on origin?

I have the original disk copy of Emperor battle for Dune. It's one of my all time favorite games. Now that I've upgraded all my old laptops and desktops I cannot install the game for some reason. I l...
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  • EA_Darko's avatar
    EA_Darko
    8 years ago

    Sadly we are unlikely to see any Dune game get a re-release or even a new Dune game be developed. Herbert Limited Partnership who now control the rights to Dune are not a fan of gaming and have on a number of occasions said that it is unlikely that they will license the rights to a developer. The best chance of us seeing a new Dune game or re-releases of the classic games is when the upcoming film is released. It's still a couple of years away and there is a chance that it may not even get made given that Dune is such a huge universe but hopefully Duke Leto will rise again and we see a Dune franchise kick off. 

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Anonymous
8 years ago

a moment ago

Agreed, it's such a great game and I been jonesin for it for a long time now! Somehow, someway, this game needs to be brought back to life! Red Alert works fine, why not this? I know there is a fan base out there that ill pay for it! Not to mention the AMAZING sound track that goes with it! BRING BACK DUNE!

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EA_Darko
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8 years ago

Sadly we are unlikely to see any Dune game get a re-release or even a new Dune game be developed. Herbert Limited Partnership who now control the rights to Dune are not a fan of gaming and have on a number of occasions said that it is unlikely that they will license the rights to a developer. The best chance of us seeing a new Dune game or re-releases of the classic games is when the upcoming film is released. It's still a couple of years away and there is a chance that it may not even get made given that Dune is such a huge universe but hopefully Duke Leto will rise again and we see a Dune franchise kick off. 

  • joshwakeo's avatar
    joshwakeo
    New Traveler
    8 years ago
    Thanks for the quick response! In that case, is there any way to get the game to operate on windows 10? A common answer seems to be running the game in compatibility mode as an administrator but it didn’t work for me nor 90% of the people out there that I’ve noticed
    • ivrognard's avatar
      ivrognard
      Hero (Retired)
      8 years ago

      @joshwakeo Unlikely. The legal way to run it involves an old PC with Win7 or lower on it. The other way is a dual boot system, but that works only for the PC's with CPU's pre-SkyLake or Ryzen. The new CPU's (SkyLake, Kaby Lake, Coffee Lake and Ryzen) have no support for Win 7 or lower, so it's not possible to get a dual-boot Windows 10 - Windows7 system.

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