Emperor Battle for Dune is a Real-time strategy video game, developed by Westwood Studios. It is based in Frank Herbert's science fiction Dune universe. set shortly after Dune 2000. Emperor Corrino has been killed by his concubine, Lady Elara, and the Landsraad has been thrown into chaos. The Spacing Guild has presented the three remaining Houses the House Atreides, House Harkonnen and House Ordos with a unique challenge a war of assassins on the planet Arrakis. Whichever House wins the war will become the new leader of the Landsraad, and its leader the new Padishah Emperor, Emperor of the Known Universe.