IGN Preview of Emperor

[Gobalopper]

IGN posted a great preview of Emperor earlier today. Chris Longpre dropped by the IGN offices and showed them the latest build of Emperor and they have written up a preview of sorts about what they found out. There is some new info released in the article like the game being almost feature complete as well as bits on each House. More info how stealth works as well, for example the Atreides APC can go into stealth mode after not moving for a period of time and as long as it only travels a short distance will stay stealthed. More on veterency is revealed and the "sand storms" Chris mentioned before are explained in more detail. Below is a bit on the multiplayer portion, unfortunately no random map generator:

A few things have changed on the multiplayer side. The chat lobby has been changed around a bit to make it easier to find a game. That's what Westwood says at least. We haven't had a chance to try any of it out yet, but the ideas are intriguing. The Quick Match feature that was present in Red Alert 2 is here as well. 25 multiplayer maps will ship with the game but, do the difficulties of rendering 3D terrain, there will be no map generator. We were kind of ticked by this, but Westwood's usually very good about releasing new maps from time to time, so there shouldn't be any shortage of maps to play on. There will also be the option to turn off sand worms and sand storms in multiplay and skirmish games.

Overall a good article on the game, no new screenshots though. What are the chances Chris would drop by and show me the latest build? :)