FiringSquad Preview

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FiringSquad has posted a preview of Emperor that doesn't have any new screenshots but does provide a good overview of the game. They provide some interesting information in parts like this bit on the jumpgates:

Mission selection is a matter of choosing an enemy controlled territory that borders your own. As you take over territories, you'll eventually come upon a stronghold of one of the rival houses that leads back to that house's home planet. The final victory comes when you warp over to your rivals' home planets and give them a beatdown in their own living room. You can select a straight line invasion path to your rivals' jumpgate territories for a shorter campaign, although this may be tougher than if you opted for the longer strategy of taking out the weaker surrounding territories first.

They also mention that those weird looking trenches you can see in the shots of Caladan are actually similar to the infantry-only rock of Dune and that next month they will be releasing the units for all 5 Subhouses, so watch out for that.