We announce a game and a new kind of game for Ubisoft today : Heroes Kingdoms !
This game is a web-based massively multiplayer strategy game, in the HoMM world. For the first time Heroes players will fight together, establish empires, rule over land, direct powerful heroes and battle for domination - with thousands of players at the same time !
This game will be played over any kind of browser, and thus requires no download or installation, only an Internet connection. Any sort of machine connected to the web should be able to access it. Whats more, you will only need about 15 minutes a day to play - no need to turn in your social life in exchange for the experience.
The website hommkingdoms.com contains a FAQ which should answer most basic questions. We will start an open beta of this game within two months, with a relatively limited number of players initially. The fans who bought the complete edition will get a priority access key to this beta test.
The game itself is scheduled a launch next spring.
Really looking forward to seeing what you guys can do in terms of graphics too - any word on the technologies you're using? Is it going to be a Flash game? or Silverlight? Straight HTML and Javascript?
Looking forward to it regardless - way to go in trying something a bit different!
It s really a good new for the future of HOMM series.
But i ve some question: Who realize this game? Ubi team ? Does the game really and totally free forever? Maybe after that we can expect a really MMO RPG game ? or better a future HeroesV standAlone?