Heroes of Might and Magic II

Heroes of Might and Magic II:
The Succession Wars
DeveloperNew World Computing
PublisherThe 3DO Company
DirectorJon Van Caneghem
Producers
  • Mark Caldwell
  • Walter Hochbrueckner
Designers
  • Jon Van Caneghem
  • Phil Steinmeyer
Programmers
  • Phil Steinmeyer
  • Mark Caldwell
  • Todd Hendrix
Artists
  • Julia Ulano
  • Rebecca Riel
  • Louis Henderson
  • Lieu Pham
WriterPaul Rattner
Composers
SeriesHeroes of Might and Magic
PlatformsDOS, Windows, Mac OS, RISC OS
Release
  • NA: November 16, 1996
  • EU: 1996
GenreTurn-based strategy
ModesSingle-player, Multiplayer

Heroes of Might and Magic II: The Succession Wars is a 1996 turn-based strategy video game developed by Jon Van Caneghem through New World Computing and published by the 3DO Company. The game is the second installment of the Heroes of Might and Magic series and is typically credited as the breakout game for the series. Heroes II was voted the sixth-best PC game of all time by PC Gamer in May 1997.

An expansion pack, The Price of Loyalty, was released in 1997. Later, 3DO bundled Heroes II, its expansion pack and 30 community maps in one box, releasing it as Heroes of Might and Magic II Gold in 1998.