2026-09-03 14:48 UTC · Community Announcements · Etharil
Greetings, Heroes!Holiday season and summer may be close to being over, but the news from us aren’t! Together with Ana from Heroes Take Turns, we’re back with another video where we discuss more of the upcoming PvE content and tease the Roadmap Patch!We’ll also talk about this here. Let’s begin! Steam Reviews: Your Feedback Matters!Before we move on, we’d also like to ask you for one small favour. If you’ve been enjoying Olden Era, please consider leaving us a Steam review! We read your reviews regularly, and they’re another important way for us to see how you feel about the game. They also he
2026-08-27 15:56 UTC · Community Announcements · Helga Unfrozen
Fixed a bug where restarting a multiplayer game could cause client desynchronization in certain situations.
2026-08-25 16:45 UTC · Community Announcements · Helga Unfrozen
Greetings, Heroes!This hotfix addresses an issue due to which some players' save files could not be loaded after the latest patch. In addition, we have fixed several other bugs and issues with templates that still remained.We would also wish to ask If you would consider taking a moment to leave a Steam review, it would be amazing support for our team and for Olden Era as it makes it easier to discover the game by others.Changelogv. 0.80.47Fixed a bug where certain save files failed to load following the previous update.Re-fixed an issue that caused hero detection and selection errors prior to
2026-08-20 17:09 UTC · Community Announcements · Helga Unfrozen
Greetings, Heroes!Today, we are excited to present a major patch featuring a massive new single-player map — "The Mysterious Island"! But that's far from all: we have also substantially overhauled Arena Mode, introduced several quality-of-life improvements, fixed a wide range of bugs, and re-added an option to hide the user interface. Balance tweaks, template adjustments, and map generator updates are all included as well.Read on for the full changelog below!Steam reviews — thank you!Your reviews help us understand what matters most to you. We read every single one, so please keep them coming
2026-08-13 12:45 UTC · Community Announcements · Helga Unfrozen
Greetings, Heroes!A quick hotfix is here to address a sudden issue that occured after the recent network library update.Changelogv. 0.80.35Fixed an issue that caused the game to freeze when moving mice from certain manufacturers.Thanks for your reports — keep sending in bug reports, it helps us make the game better!With love,💙 Unfrozen Team
2026-07-28 16:06 UTC · Community Announcements · Kyraha
Greetings, Heroes!We have prepared plenty of news regarding upcoming PvE content! Join us alongside Ana as we reveal our progress on the next major patch and share a Work-in-Progress look at the updated Random Map setup coming in the future!Take Our Survey!Before we dive into details, we’d love you to fill out our short survey to tell us everything you enjoy about PvE Custom Maps!Now, let’s talk about what's featured in the video.New MapsThe Mysterious IslandCreated for Olden Era by original mapmaker Papyjama, The Mysterious Island is the first map of his craftsmanship joining the game in our
2026-07-28 16:06 UTC · Community Announcements · Kyraha
Greetings, Heroes! Over the past few weeks we’ve noticed that quite a few community-run tournaments are already either in progress or slowly on the rise. We’re incredibly happy to see that the competitive spirit lives in within the community and is being spread across Olden Era! It also happens that this perfectly aligns with our plans. We’re happy to announce that, together with Behemoth’s Lair, Ubisoft and Hooded Horse, the first official Olden Era tournament, The Alvari Cup, will begin on August 1st 2026! You can check out more information about the tournament on its official webpage!16 inv
2026-07-25 17:00 UTC · Community Announcements · Patrick (HoodedHorse)
Heroes of Might and Magic: Olden Era is on sale at 25% off. Heroes of Might and Magic: Olden Era is the official prequel hailing back to the origins of the genre-defining, critically acclaimed series of turn-based strategy games. Raise grand armies and wield devastating spells to overcome your foes in both solo and multiplayer. https://store.steampowered.com/app/3105440/Heroes_of_Might_and_Magic_Olden_Era/
2026-07-10 07:05 UTC · Community Announcements · Helga Unfrozen
Greetings, Heroes!Following Patch #11, we've put together a smaller follow-up patch addressing bugs and rough edges that surfaced after its release. No sweeping changes this time — just a focused round of fixes to make sure everything introduced in Patch #11 is working as intended.Full patch notes are below. Good luck on the battlefield!Steam reviews — thank you!Your reports and feedback after Patch #11 helped us identify and prioritize the issues addressed in this update. Keep them coming — they go straight into our bug tracker. Thank you for your support!Changelogv. 0.80.34Bug FixesJebus Tou
2026-07-06 17:00 UTC · Community Announcements · Helga Unfrozen
Greetings, Heroes!A quick hotfix is here to address a few issues discovered after the previous update — including a bug affecting Advanced-tier Battle Magic, a save loading issue, and some incorrect skill and law descriptions.Full patch notes are below. See you on the battlefield!Changelogv. 0.80.33Fixed incorrect behavior of the Advanced Battle Magic. Fixed a bug where some saves would not load. Fixed an error in the description of the Summon Avatar skill. Fixed an error in the description of the "Dungeon Masters" laws of the Dungeon faction.Thanks for your reports — keep sending in bug repor
2026-07-06 12:54 UTC · Community Announcements · Helga Unfrozen
Greetings, Heroes!We are excited to present a massive and fresh update, with a special focus on balancing faction mechanics, fixing exploits, and improving overall gameplay convenience. Based on your feedback and collected statistics, we have prepared a series of large-scale changes that will noticeably refresh the current meta. Main highlights of this patch:Necromancy. We have completely reworked the core logic for raising undead after combat. You can now raise enemy units into undead even if you did not have creatures of that exact tier in your army. Along with this, the energy cost to raise
2026-07-02 21:00 UTC · Community Announcements · Patrick (HoodedHorse)
Hey Heroes! There has been a ton of new content around Heroes of Might and Magic: Olden Era recently, between an early access roadmap reveal, a tease of the upcoming PvE content - The Mysterious Island, and plenty of balance, exploit, and bug fixes. Let's get into all this great news in the roundup below! Heroes of Might and Magic: Olden Era is also part of the Hooded Horse Summer Sale at 25% off. Check it out, and check out the other games on sale during the Hooded Horse Summer Sale. Hooded Horse Summer Sale {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/8544093/aad7799ac6bc9c0f878b2ce4213aee1b4c00bf57.png Heroes of Mig
2026-06-26 17:00 UTC · Community Announcements · Patrick (HoodedHorse)
Heroes of Might and Magic: Olden Era is on sale at 25% off during the Hooded Horse Summer Sale. Heroes of Might and Magic: Olden Era is the official prequel hailing back to the origins of the genre-defining, critically acclaimed series of turn-based strategy games. Raise grand armies and wield devastating spells to overcome your foes in both solo and multiplayer. Hooded Horse Summer Sale https://store.steampowered.com/app/3105440/Heroes_of_Might_and_Magic_Olden_Era/
2026-06-18 09:32 UTC · Community Announcements · Helga Unfrozen
Greetings, Heroes!This patch introduces an update to the combat tactics phase: unit formations are now saved between battles! We've also improved the visual display and sound of unit movement there.You can find the details and nuances of how the new system works in the full changelog below.In addition to the tactics phase changes, we've continued removing bugs: fixes have been made to tournament template issues related to last-second timer actions and tournament start notifications; several incorrectly functioning tooltips have been addressed; the "Ambassador's Word" set effect has been fixed,
2026-06-15 18:17 UTC · Community Announcements · Patrick (HoodedHorse)
Heroes of Might and Magic: Olden Era is on sale at 25% off. Heroes of Might and Magic: Olden Era is the official prequel hailing back to the origins of the genre-defining, critically acclaimed series of turn-based strategy games. Raise grand armies and wield devastating spells to overcome your foes in both solo and multiplayer. https://store.steampowered.com/app/3105440/Heroes_of_Might_and_Magic_Olden_Era/
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