2026-08-26 16:00 UTC · Community Announcements · CRM_OP******
Rise alongside Queen Catherine and embark on an epic crusade to reclaim the kingdom of Erathia. Explore a vast fantasy world, build magnificent cities, gather legendary artifacts, and shape the fate of powerful heroes. Spend endless hours of tacticals battles and epic adventures !
2026-04-01 13:00 UTC · Community Announcements · ubi_anna
Greetings, heroes! With great pleasure, we are thrilled to announce that Heroes of Might and Magic: Olden Era will launch into Early Access on April 30th 2026! It has been more than 10 years since the last Heroes game, and we are honoured to add a new chapter to the legendary legacy we all grew up with! Here’s what you can expect from the Early Access: Six unique factions: Temple, Dungeon, Schism, Grove, Necropolis, and Hive An in-game tutorial The first act of the campaign. More acts will be added with the full release of the game Premade scenarios with self-contained stories, with even more
2025-10-10 17:00 UTC · Community Announcements · ubi_anna
For three decades, Heroes of Might and Magic has captured imaginations and built a legacy of strategy, storytelling, and community. To mark this incredible milestone, we streamed an Anniversary Showcase packed with surprises, cameos from community favorites, cool games and projects... and as always great music. If you missed it, you can re-watch it here: The best part? The Heroes of Might and Magic: Olden Era demo is available right now! So, rally your heroes, venture deep into the lands of Jadame, and be among the first to experience the demo: https://store.steampowered.com/app/3241970/Heroes
2025-10-09 17:47 UTC · Community Announcements · ubi_anna
For three decades, Heroes of Might and Magic has captured imaginations and built a legacy of strategy, storytelling, and community. To mark this incredible milestone, Ubisoft is streaming an Anniversary Showcase packed with reveals, nostalgia, and surprises.
2025-02-14 18:58 UTC · Community Announcements · paulaudino
Love is in the air and so are the Hive’s hornets! In the new upcoming game — HoMM: Olden Era the Queens are thrilled to show you their lovely castle and servants. Menacing Reaver will bring you terror, and Hive Mother is promising you love. Join the Hivemind to see for yourself! Ready to serve your new Queen? Wishlist Olden Era now! Happy Hiventines Day!
2022-11-09 22:40 UTC · PCGamesN · editor@pcgamesn.com
If you're a PC gamer of a certain age, you've likely got fond memories of playing the classic strategy game series Heroes of Might and Magic, which arguably peaked with Heroes of Might and Magic 3. A Polish company plans to recapture that nostalgia for the tabletop, and is gearing up to create an officially licensed Heroes of Might and Magic 3: The Board Game in a couple short weeks. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: How my favourite strategy game helped me learn English Horn of the Abyss, a community expansion for Heroes 3, just got a huge new update Heroes of Might and Magic 3 - H
2021-02-12 16:47 UTC · PCGamesN · editor@pcgamesn.com
As a part-time English teacher, I always tell my students the best way to motivate yourself to learn another language is to engage with something you're passionate about in that language: whether that's music, books, or games. Heroes of Might and Magic III is my favourite strategy game for many reasons, but the most important one is that it helped me learn English. Strategy games are tough, but playing a strategy game when you can't understand any of the words in the tutorial, menu, or UI? That's extremely difficult. This might seem like a relatively simple genre to understand without translat
2020-09-29 15:49 UTC · PCGamesN · editor@pcgamesn.com
Released in 1999, Heroes of Might and Magic III: The Restoration of Erathia is a turn-based strategy game developed by New World Computing and first published by the 3DO Company. It got its gameplay inspiration from what is now considered the forerunner for the whole HoMM series, 1990's King's Bounty - another turn-based game developed by the same company. In the year it was released, the game achieved high marks all around, going as far as almost winning the best strategy game of the year. Following the same style as its predecessors, the game is all about collecting resources, developing you
2020-08-19 14:18 UTC · Strategy Gamer
Released in 1999, Heroes of Might and Magic III: The Restoration of Erathia is a turn-based strategy game developed by New World Computing and first published by the 3DO Company. It got its gameplay inspiration from what is now considered the forerunner for the whole HoMM series, 1990's King's Bounty - another turn-based game developed by the same company. In the year it was released, the game achieved high marks all around, going as far as almost winning the best strategy game of the year. Following the same style as its predecessors, the game is all about collecting resources, developing you
2015-04-09 17:13 UTC · Community Announcements · Nox
Hello Heroes, Update #4 is available since March 08th on Steam. Please let us know on this thread if you have issues with this new version. H3HD - PC Patch #4 - Several bugs fixed (crashes)
2015-04-09 17:13 UTC · Community Announcements · Nox
Hello Heroes, Update #4 is available since March 08th on Steam. Please let us know on this thread if you have issues with this new version. H3HD - PC Patch #4 - Several bugs fixed (crashes)
2015-03-27 14:12 UTC · Community Announcements · Nox
Hello Heroes, Update #3 is now available on Steam Please find below complete change log of this patch H3HD - PC Patch #3 - Fix issue: Mouse Lag - Fix issue: No music in campaign cutscenes - Fix issue: Constant disconnections or players kicked from multi game - Fix issue: Crash if launching a multiplayer game before others players are ready - Fix issue: Overpowered creature (Lizardman) - Fix issue: Spoils of War campaign – Can’t continue as Krewlod several occurrences - Fix issue: Heroes who are not from Necropolis class shouldn't be able to learn "basic necromancy" by level up. - Fix issue: Is
2015-03-27 14:12 UTC · Community Announcements · Nox
Hello Heroes, Update #3 is now available on Steam Please find below complete change log of this patch H3HD - PC Patch #3 - Fix issue: Mouse Lag - Fix issue: No music in campaign cutscenes - Fix issue: Constant disconnections or players kicked from multi game - Fix issue: Crash if launching a multiplayer game before others players are ready - Fix issue: Overpowered creature (Lizardman) - Fix issue: Spoils of War campaign – Can’t continue as Krewlod several occurrences - Fix issue: Heroes who are not from Necropolis class shouldn't be able to learn "basic necromancy" by level up. - Fix issue: Is
2015-02-26 18:15 UTC · Community Announcements · Nox
Hello Heroes, Update 1.1 is now available on Steam. The team is currently working on disconnections during multiplayer and other major issues (crashes) for upcoming patches. H3HD - PC Patch 1.1 * Polish Localization update * Fixed various localization issues and truncated names * Fixed in-game multiplayer exploits * Fixed some causes of crashes when entering multiplayer * Fixed achievements issues Don’t forget to share your different logs to help the team to reproduce issues and identify solutions in the best delays. Check out this thread for more information: http://steamcommunity.com/app/297
2015-02-26 18:15 UTC · Community Announcements · Nox
Hello Heroes, Update 1.1 is now available on Steam. The team is currently working on disconnections during multiplayer and other major issues (crashes) for upcoming patches. H3HD - PC Patch 1.1 * Polish Localization update * Fixed various localization issues and truncated names * Fixed in-game multiplayer exploits * Fixed some causes of crashes when entering multiplayer * Fixed achievements issues Don’t forget to share your different logs to help the team to reproduce issues and identify solutions in the best delays. Check out this thread for more information: http://steamcommunity.com/app/297
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