Portal Games teams with Legendary Entertainment and Herbert Properties on new line of Dune board games

Portal Games has partnered with Gale Force Nine, Legendary Entertainment, Herbert Properties and Genuine Entertainment to launch a new range of officially licensed board games set within the Dune universe.

Taking inspiration from both Frank Herbert’s book series and Warner Bros’ upcoming Dune film, Portal Games will launch a new trilogy of games, kicking off with Dune: House Secrets in Q4 2021.

Designed by Ignacy Trzewiczek and written by Przemysław Rymer, Dune: House Secrets will be a story-driven adventure game that uses the same cooperative game system seen in Portal’s award-winning Detective: A Modern Crime Board Game.

In the game, players cooperatively explore different regions of the world, follow leads and leverage allies, all while using a variety of physical and digital game components.

—-

To stay in the loop with the latest news, interviews and features from the world of toy and game design, sign up to our weekly newsletter here

More Recent News

Our top 10 most read interviews of 2024

This year’s top 10 features interviews with Exploding Kittens’ Matthew Inman, Hasbro’s Angus Walker and Jazwares’ Magdalena Eichhorn.

AMIGO to meet game inventors at Mojo Pitch 2025

“We are thrilled to be back at the Play Creators Festival in 2025,” said AMIGO’s Alessandro Montingelli.

Think Influence eyes toy partners for Fisch

The popular Roblox game launched earlier this year and has over 800,000 concurrent users.

Transformers Age of the Primes figures land on Hasbro Pulse

The Transformers Age of the Primes Titan Class Thirteen Star Optimus Prime figure comes with a cannon blaster, shoulder blasters, and the Zodiac orb.

People of Play welcomes Shannon Swindle as Director

“I look forward to creating meaningful experiences, celebrating the work of toy and game designers and continuing to support the incredible people in this industry that I love so much,” said Swindle.

Rubies readies UK launch for Bluey costumes

“We are confident that Rubies’ new Bluey dress-up options will be popular with families on this side of the world, after the positive reception they received in Australia,” said Anita Majhu, Head of Licensing (Softlines) at BBC Studios.