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Wikipedia July 25, 2026 at 04:40 AM

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dune_(franchise)#Butlerian_Jihad

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which released on July 28, 2022.
Correction

Sands of Dune was released a month earlier than this says. Macmillan lists the book's publication date as June 28, 2022, not July 28, 2022.

Full reasoning

The claim gives the wrong release date for Sands of Dune. Macmillan's book page for the title lists its on-sale/publication date as 06/28/2022. That directly contradicts the article's date of July 28, 2022.

Because the publisher's catalog page is the primary source for a book's publication date, this is strong evidence that the article's date is incorrect.

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  • Sands of Dune | Macmillan

    Macmillan's listing for Sands of Dune shows the date "06/28/2022," indicating a June 28, 2022 publication date.

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"Dune: Wedding Silk" (2008)
Correction

This short story was not released in 2008. Official and catalog sources list "Wedding Silk" as a 2011 publication.

Full reasoning

The year attached to "Dune: Wedding Silk" is incorrect.

The official Dune Novels chronology lists the short story in its publication history as "Wedding Silk" (2011). A library/catalog record for Tales of Dune also notes that the collection was published in 2011 and includes the then-new story "Wedding Silk". Those sources contradict the article's claim that the story dates to 2008.

So the correct publication year for "Dune: Wedding Silk" is 2011, not 2008.

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Dune: The Comic Novel, Book 1
Correction

This misstates the book's title. Abrams published it as "DUNE: The Graphic Novel, Book 1: Dune," not "Dune: The Comic Novel, Book 1."

Full reasoning

Abrams' official product page gives the full title of the first volume as "DUNE: The Graphic Novel, Book 1: Dune" and lists its publication date as November 24, 2020. That means the article's name "Dune: The Comic Novel, Book 1" is not the published title.

This is not just a style difference: the publisher's catalog uses Graphic Novel, not Comic Novel, and includes ": Dune" in the title.

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Six licensed Dune computer and video games have been released.
Correction

This count is outdated. The page itself names five earlier games, and official sources confirm later releases of Dune: Spice Wars (2023) and Dune: Awakening (2025), bringing the total to at least seven.

Full reasoning

The numeric claim is too low.

In this same section, the article lists the earlier released titles Dune (1992), Dune II (1992), Dune 2000 (1998), Emperor: Battle for Dune (2001), and Frank Herbert's Dune (2001) — that's already five games before the newer releases discussed below. Official sources then confirm two more licensed Dune video games were released later:

  • Dune: Spice Wars — Steam lists its release date as Sep 14, 2023.
  • Dune: Awakening — Funcom's official launch post says the game launched June 10, 2025.

That means there have been at least seven released licensed Dune video games, not six.

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