CGO Preview

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You may remember the scan we had last week about CGO having coverage of Dune Emperor in their upcoming issue. Well it has made it's way to their website in the form of another preview. There is also a few new screenshots, mainly renderings and the magazine cover, but there is also some information not covered in the GameSpot article, here is a bit that stands out:

"Emperor's back-story is vintage Dune: the Houses Atreides, Harkonnen, and Ordos return in the year 10190, and one of them has managed with the help of Lady Elera to have Padishah Emperor Frederick IV, Ruler of the of the Known Universe, assassinated. The throne is left open, and more importantly, so is control of Arrakis."

Story sounds believable, especially for something Westwood created :)

"Completing the campaign will eventually take you off Arrakis as well, to missions set on Guild Heighliners and on the house homeworlds. Approximately 80% of the missions will be set on Arrakis, and those set elsewhere will be either non-production missions or you will have to rely on erratic cash allotments to pay for your units."

Missions on the Guild Heighliners? Not sure how those would work...

"The Sandworms are the one part of Emperor that most truly capitalize on the transition to 3D graphics; they come in different sizes, and while small worms can consume a single unit, the gargantuan Maker worms can consume an entire battle and all of the units in it