Bryan Farina Interview Released
- by Kalah
Celestial Heavens recently conducted an interview with Bryan Farina, former NWC writer, designer and producer - currently working as an executive producer for JVC's new game Creature Quest.
Read the whole interview here.
Might & Magic: Showdown Announced
- by Angelspit
Today Ubisoft announced a new spinoff for the Might and Magic franchise: Showdown. The game was hinted at back in November in a promotional video for Watch Dogs 2. Developped by Ubisoft Montreal’s FunHouse division, Showdown is an intriguing combination of real-time battles and customizable miniatures. The game is available now as part of Steam's Early Access program with a price tag of $19.99. Developers are still working on the game and will not reveal a launch date at this point.
For more information about Might and Magic: Showdown, check out the Ubisoft blog.
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Rob King Interview Released
- by Kalah
As the first in a series of interviews, we today launch our little Q&A with Rob King, music producer and maestro generally well-known by the Might & Magic fans.
Go here to read the Rob King interview. Enjoy!
JVC's Creature Quest Goes Global Jan 26
- by Kalah
As promised, we have been keeping tabs on the development of JVC's new operation: the mobile game Creature Quest developed by VC Mobile Entertainment. For a while, the game has been running a so-called "soft launch", being available only in Australia, New Zealand, Ireland, the Netherlands and Hong Kong. On January 26th, however, the game launches globally, meaning it will be available for download in areas such as Europe and USA as well.
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Formally Biweekly News - 8 Jan 17'
- by Pol
A lot happened from the holly time of Christmas and I hope that you enjoyed them quite thoroughly, here's the recap:
- Heroes I. and Heroes II. sections at CH were cleaned. That includes fixing formatting, links and reconnecting with comments. Also part of Heroes III. And our Walkthroughs section. With that we are closing one big debt from the past, and returning the content to you, our dear readers.
- Heroespedia, later known just as wiki returned and we are now seeking for contributors and admins as caretakers. You, who were already here, may start to contribute right away. And for newcomers, write me pm. If you have(had) an account on wikia, it may be reassociated, there's known way how to confirm your identity.
- GrayFace updated his set of tools, the exhausive list of changes is available here. I think every modder will be happy, there wasn't a better present which you could get. Thank You GrayFace!
- Heroes 5.5 Mod arrived with a new release. Full list of changes is available here. The game si getting new in game manual, and rebalanced Academy miniartifacts and also heap of other options. You can discuss it in our forums here with magnomagus.
- And in order, to recall some sweet memories, I will finish with two videos from RefresherTV, these are 10 facts about Heroes III. and Heroes V., which you (may be?) didn't know about. This is in polish only, but pictures speak quite well!
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Upcoming Interviews: Send in Your Questions!
- by Kalah
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Hi there,
After the development of Heroes VII ended, not much has been happening. In the following weeks, however, we have a bit of a treat for you: we have been able to land some interviews with some of the people who worked on the Heroes series in the past - among others Rob King, Bryan Farina and JVC himself.
So what would you like us to ask them? Comment down below and let us know.
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Read more: Upcoming Interviews: Send in Your Questions!
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Christmas 2016
- by Pol
Happy Christmas from Celestial Heavens From all of us to all of you: Happy Christmas, all! Be happy with your friends, have just the best moments and enjoy all your presents.
And if you are bored you may try this older H2:Succession Wars Mod
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Ahh, discounts..
- by Pol
Not that there wouldn't be any news but it doesn't sound like the important ones. However there are discounts, you know that. Pre-Christmas discounts, Christmas discounts and there sure will be New Year sale ride and after that as well.
Why that?
Because all of you who waited for some decent price for MM:Heroes VII. - your time come with Digital Release called "Full Pack". Grab it here for 15.3€ if you waited for.
The other pretty much good game in action is Samorost 3, under 10€ - you can made your day with it here. From Amanita Design - they are creators of Machinarium and previous Samorost games.
Yup, this is really an excerpt frome our Best Deals thread.
PS Myself I actually tried to get MM:H7 but couldn't, though the pay gate stated that my zip code is invalid. Guess some minor mistake on Ubisoft side. Not suprised, let it passed by.
Yes, we are awaiting of bigger news, hope it will be soon!
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Formally Biweekly News - 4 Dec 16'
- by Pol
The previous weeks were in sign of Black Friday and we are just continue strictly toward the Christmas. This means in general lots of discounts and people getting presents but lower activity from ' mod/game makers'.
VCMI - Mod Design Team
One of major VCMI features is, that is moddable. The full list of mods in all states of completeness is available here. Recently there were some pretty drafts from Mod Design Team. These were Sirena, Werewolf and Oasis, see the pics below.
Heroes 7 - The Umbramancer Mod
is getting a major feature, that's being Atmos - The Weather System, with simple logic that if there is some weather before the battle, sure it will continue in the battle. Another positive effect is that it will probably shorter time of battles, as effects are intensified with each round. The short table to sum it up is available here.
To my knowledge there's not a public vesion yet, so all of the planned features are demonstrated in youtube videos.
Heroes 7 - Balance Mod
Second and more profound attempt to deliver fan made patch after patch 2.2.1, the balance mod can be found here. This is in russian and english, also you can grab czech translation here.
Ubisoft
There's a silence regarding future of Might&Magic brand. However they expressed their meaning about free content and suprisingly they are all for it. Just for some games, they started it up. The whole article is available at gamesindustry.biz So next time, we may receive bonus maps and artifacts for free, same for everyone? Time returns on the beginning, new cycle begun. What was normal before, just again is. Marked as a new concept.
We may guess that attempts from Vivendi to hostile takeover of Ubisoft continue, as more and more defensive articles from Ubisoft continue to appear. Basically pointing out that if Vivendi would be in charge, the Ubisoft will become dumbed company. What to say, they are likely right. See this one for example.
Fearsome, we in M&M games don't have such monsters as "PR manager, Chairman or Stockholder", perhaps they should be added to the completely new House of Politics, with town screen of nice French Chateau. Or just as a dwelling, if you win them over! 
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