Heroes of Might and Magic V

We aren't quite sure what makes Heroes of Might and Magic V - a turn-based strategy game set in a splendorous world - peg the needle so high on our hype detector. Perhaps it's the incredibly deep lore stemming from its roots as a tabletop role-playing game. Maybe its the fanatical fan base that is rabidly following the resurrection of a franchise long thought dead to the video game universe. Or, it could be the massive, gorgeous 3D world that replaces the 2D look of past games in the series. We » Read Full Heroes of Might and Magic V preview

So Nival made the right decision after all. While most studios practise a closed-off development process, Nival tried to keep fans of the fantasy-strategy Heroes of Might & Magic series informed. In theory, this would ease the fears of those who loved the games, as well as allowing them a degree of input. In practice, it led to Nival receiving death threats from mortified Russian gamers when they announced the changes they intended to make. The problem is that Nival knows that the series is » Read Full Heroes of Might and Magic V preview

Call them necromancers or priests: the folks at Ubisoft have revived yet another classic-but-frozen franchise in the same vein as Prince of Persia. To preside over the reanimation of the beloved turn-based strategy franchise Heroes of Might and Magic, Ubisoft hired turn-based experts Nival Interactive (makers of the excellent Silent Storm). Nival's giving this spell-hurling, swashbuckling, dragon-fire drenched arena battle a splendiferous fantasy treatment in 3D, and it's the biggest leap for » Read Full Heroes of Might and Magic V preview