Welcome to the forums, Xhane!

Ubi should really make an announcement soon, everyone's pretty excited about HoMM VI (not MM:HVI, that looks ugly ), so you'll get a lot of questions you can't answer yet . I have a lot for sure:

Is Nival Interactive still involved in Heroes VI? They did an almost perfect job on Tribes of the East, so it'd be really strange no to have them back working on H6.

Is it true that HoMMVI will be multiplatform (PC, PS3, X360)? I just hope it won't affect the gameplay too much.

Alright then, i beg your pardons madame :P And hope i shall not incur your wrath for my ignorance.

So when can you actually tell us of something interesting for the HoMM Universe ?

Also, it looks like mtkyebra's post about that exclusive, top-secret Heroes VI presentation which for some unknown reason hasn't been made available outside of France has been edited out, hint hint. Keeping things under wraps?

Hehe, there are a few of them who know what is going on but they aren't allowed to say what is going on... Of course, doesn't stop us from asking them

And then there are those that have a minor clue :P But haven't really been told much

And those who have an a bit bigger clue

... And those who pretend to have a clue

... And those who like to tease others that they might know a bit more but promised to keep their mouth shut

Welcome Xhane and have fun.
I hope you will transfer this to the dev team, if it's not too late for HeroesV.

Ahaha,

Indeed, I can't tell you much more for the moment about those different topics.

But for sure, I'll do so whenever I have something to share with you.

About the game denomination though, Justice 's analysis is quite accurate.

We totally understand that you got used to the name as it used to be but Might&Magic is not just a game now, it is a full brand that we are eager to develop.

Also, the games always have had different denominations depending on the country. In the US, for instance, the name never included the "of" that existed in the European name.

The brand is multinational so we need to have one name for all: M&M, and then games from this brand: Heroes, Heroes Kingdoms, ...

After all, you don't event need the M&M when you talk about Heroes V, no?

Xhane

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Originally posted by Xhane:
Ahaha,

About the game denomination though, Justice 's analysis is quite accurate.

Xhane

So long as Ubi doesn't take things further and use the anime style of the DS version on any future PC games.

That would be a very bad move indeed

I don't know, animé imps would look quite cute


More seriously though, story and atmosphere always have been what really set the games apart for me (and the game mechanics were pretty nifty too). So keep away from Hollywoodised, dumbed down and a typical gamer kids Heroes versions in the future. I way prefer it if your strategy is to catch the youngsters with stuff like the DS in order to make them move on to Heroes once they want something more. After all, the kids will grow old and the way the current trends are we keep on buying games when we are older... Just look at BTOG

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but Might&Magic is not just a game now

I suppose that well and truly answers the question of whether Might and Magic X is ever going to see the light of day.

Anyway, nobody else seems to want the name changed. Why try to shoot yourselves in the foot..? "Heroes" is not a game series and never has been. There is no such product -- the only media named "Heroes" is a US TV show. Heroes V is an abbreviation. I can counter that by asking what happens to HoMM.

I hope you guys will, just out of respect, at least refrain from rebranding HoMM 1-5 as Might and Magic: Heroes. Even for marketing. That is not not what they are called. They never were.

But anyway, I do honestly thank you for the answers regardless. It's nice you've started as you mean to go on -- please stick around. Even if Ubi has a hundred NDA's leashed around your throat and you can't answer anything without spoiling their plans, it's always nice to know someone's around

As for Nival's involvement... considering they had to outsource for graphic artists to actually finish Tribes, I assume they werent, and arent, in the most viable state to continue a partnership with Ubi. So that would be a 99% no.

Well, so to speak the name is an illusion. New world, new feel, new developers, new producers... A slight name change would only make that a bit more obvious for the oldies. One could even argue that it is a sign of respect being as they thereby don't pretend it is connected in the same way as the old ones were and don't try and make us believe that they ever can produce exactly the same kind of games or only do this to be nice to us.- Not saying that I actually believe that.

As for MM X, stuff like Dragon Age Origin and Oblivion might increase the likelihood for at least a good/intelligent RPG in the MM universe, but I suspect that if they do it they will find some way of making sure the brand won't be confused with the game, while still trying to catch the old MM players.

Overall I don't quite see the new games as connected to the old ones, and therefore I don't mind the name change, even thought I think the old ones sound better since I'm used to that. If they get more money by saying MM:H and can develop better games then goodie. If they fail and go all gamer/Hollywood then at least I can say "That isn't of Might and Magic".

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We totally understand that you got used to the name as it used to be but Might&Magic is not just a game now, it is a full brand that we are eager to develop.

This makes be shiver, because this sounds really bad...

Sounds interesting i suppose if you ask me.. Just wih we actually got something on HoMM VI.. and some more support this time around ..

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Originally posted by Secret_Holder:

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We totally understand that you got used to the name as it used to be but Might&Magic is not just a game now, it is a full brand that we are eager to develop.

This makes be shiver, because this sounds really bad...

Well, I must admit I think it makes a RPG more likely. I don't think they are or were working on MM X (if that were the case they wouldn't have been so completely silent on it or denied to create a MM forum) but if they see MM as a brand on which they sell somewhat connected games then it would be an obvious place for them to set a RPG once RPGs really get popular again. And if it is set in the MM universe it just might be that much more similar to Might and Magic.

But Might and Magic has been a full brand ever since the first spinoff, HoMM I, was released in 1995. How do the marketers reason a misplaced colon is going to cement the idea of a brand or improve sales. By any logic it'll have the opposite effect.

I mean, you know, when people look for HoMM games they do as everyone's done for 14 years and search under 'H', not 'M'...

And it's not like the inter-brand/genre connections are anything special and new. They were at their strongest with HoMM2-4 and MM6-8 which followed each other as sequels in the storyline and featured the same characters.

Justice I did a poker bluff to see if Xhane gives us some info, based on Ubisoft is giving constantly privileges to frenchs, and obviously she has not arrived to the franchise without an important motive, more when Yaiden does so rare appearances.

I erased the reference because I saw no reaction so it doesn't have sense to maintain it, the only I could obtain is more pressure on her and I don't want it

But I hope she gives some info soon.

How do we know you're not bluffing now ?

Poker is a funny game, where you have to bluff the other bluffers... And poker dice games are even better

In any case I'm a simple fan, if I had privileges I would try to not lose them, I only want infoooooooooooooooo
In any case, some Nival image


And some MM:HK image


Make me think nagas could be a ¿faction? on next MM projects.
It sounds bad the M&M everywhere, I told Guillemot, but he omited it.