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Might & Magic Heroes VI
The franchise turns 25 today, and hopefully Ubisoft will be turning a corner in its stewardship of Might & Magic with Heroes VI. Anyone who pre-ordered the game can fire up the beta starting today to start seeing for themselves.
The Heroes VI beta includes a brief tutorial and one map from the single-player campaign proper, as well as a remake of the Broken Alliances multiplayer map from Heroes II. The Haven, Orc, Inferno, Necropolis, and Stronghold factions are playable for now, and the campaign level introduces the new naga-populated Sanctuary faction.
One interesting feature that is enabled in the beta is the Conflux. Apparently, Ubi intends for this to be an online hub for the game that includes social features and more, which would be a fantastic addition to the Heroes series.
Check back later for more on the beta after I've had a chance to mess around with it. If it sucks, I'm going to cry – too much of my gaming identity was formed under the first three Heroes titles.
Until then, Ubi would love for you to watch this cheesy highlight reel of the 25 years of Might & Magic to date. Man, EGA was awesome. You don't even know how good Might & Magic II looked in four colors after cutting my teeth on the black-and-white Mac port of the first game.
Heroes VI launches September 6 on PC.
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