The Order Magic section of the Heroespedia has been expanded with a lot (and I mean a lot!) of tips for the various spells, thanks to Tao Jones and Psychobabble. See how you can use Hypnotize in an effective way, learn about the situations where Cowardice is useful and read about some important notes regarding Mass Precision.

Work has already started on the Nature magic section. You can help by adding content of your own. With 141 articles, the Heroespedia is growing up fast, but there are still a lot of things to talk about.
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I used to publish a feature I called "Mapmaker Spotlight" a few years ago, some sort of homage to the most famous map creators. When a fellow fan called Tang Wen En sent me a couple of his old maps recently, the old feature rose from its ashes by itself! You see, Tang Wen En is also known as The Fiery Phoenix, one of the best Heroes of Might and Magic III mapmakers. Three of his maps have been added to the Celestial Heavens collection.


Ringing of Victory: "As an innocent village boy (with a not-so-innocent pet), Cohlen wanted adventure. And that was what he got, having fallen in love and promising (to an unknown woman) to go to the edge of the world (literally) to find her stolen ring. Little did he know what the (evil) thief had in store for him..."
Sentinel Recognition: "You hate cheaters, especially if it's your brother. You unleash mighty punishment on cheaters. Especially if it's your brother."
Statute Quandary: "You, the amazingly responsible nephew, have broken your uncle's statuette. Hmm... and wouldn't be so coincidental that he would like the statuette brought to his castle right now?"
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Whoaa there, I'm not talking about a HL2 hack scenario here - Ubisoft have just signed an exclusive digital distribution deal with IGN via their Direct2Drive download site. This will include all of their new and future titles, so it's reasonable to assume that HOMMV might also be available for download this time next year.
Unfortunately, I won't be downloading it (even if I wanted to) as Direct2Drive is still only available to North American customers. You guys get all the good stuff :( ........

Read more on IGN.com.
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The Heroespedia now has an extensive spell section, courtesy of Ynhockey (descriptions) and Psychobabble (graphics). Check out the links under Magic School Specializations. The content is searchable, there are images of some of the spells, and best of all you can enter comments of your own.

Also, check out the new page for the Nightmare, which includes some tips for sieges. Be sure to keep an eye on the Recent changes page for more Heroes of Might and Magic IV information.
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Fiur's new map, AI Madness, is a heavily-scripted map that puts you against another player. The twist is that you will need to defend yourself from the attacks of two computer players, the AI Madness, along the way. The mapmaker says he has done a lot of "scripting to get the "AI" more aggressive. Each player will be attacked by a equal number of AI Heroes at a specific time. Sounds like a good Hot Seat map to me.

The map is small, contains an underground and requires the Winds of War expansion or version 3.51 of the Equilibris mod. It can be played by a single player as well.
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There is a new Heroes of Might and Magic III map in the database, Lardyria, Swamp Kingdom. It is a mirror-like one-on-one multiplayer map. Two opponents separated by a swamp must face each other. The mapmaker, Tetsumonkai (a.k.a. Tony Persson) is a newcomer on the mapmaking scene and would like to receive some feedback. No expansion is required to play Lardyria.

Keep an eye on the regularly-updated Maptesting section, which now has two new entries: Chrysalis and Caitlin's Quest Begins. The first one is a large Heroes IV map, and the second one is this first (small) map of an upcoming campaign. Are you up for some tests?
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Heroes of Might and Magic V is indeed one of the games mentionned in the Ubisoft product catalog; somehow I missed the entry near the end. At the moment, the game is scheduled for a Q4 release, which means sometimes between January and March 2006. The first mention of the new Heroes game on major news sites generated some comments from the gaming fans. Some people accused Ubisoft of milking well-known franchises with an impressive collection of sequels: besides Heroes V, there are Myst V, Prince of Persia 3, Splinter Cell 4, Silent Hunter 4, as welll as Settlers and Fary Cry add-ons. Some RPG lovers would rather be looking forward to a new Might and Magic role-playing game instead. Other people argued whether H3 or H4 was better. Finally, my good friend Moriendor at RPGDot wonders what that second strategy game under the Might & Magic brand might be, and doubts it might be a RPG. What do you think? Please vote on the poll on the lower left part of the site.
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ToTheGame has a report on Ubisoft's games for the fiscal year 2005-2006, which ends on March 31, 2006. Far Cry Instinct, Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith and King Kong are among the most-expected title for the year. There is also a reference to two strategy games under the Might and Magic brand, probably Heroes of Might and Magic Online and Heroes of Might and Magic V. Thanks to Greco for linking to the article in our forums.
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I'm currently reorganizing the information about heroes and advanced classes in the Heroespedia (the game is all about heroes, so it seemed natural to first focus on that concept). The results are similar to the Skills page on this site, but the Wiki format will allow the addition of tips and strategies by the readers. In other words, it's just if if you were allowed to update Celestial Heavens yourself. One good example of an interesting comment is identifying the Beastmaster advanced class as one of the worst in the game. Go ahead and see if you can submit your own comments by clicking the Edit link at the top of any page.
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  1. Heroes IV Power Ups
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