Heroes of Might and Magic

Heroes of Might and Magic (sometimes abbreviated HoMM), known as Might & Magic Heroes from 2011 to 2024, is a series of video games created and developed by Jon Van Caneghem through New World Computing.

As part of the Might and Magic franchise, the series changed ownership when NWC was acquired by The 3DO Company and again when 3DO closed down and sold the rights to Ubisoft. The games feature turn-based, fantasy-themed conflicts in which players control armies of mythical creatures. The series began in 1995 with the release of the first title. A seventh installment, Might & Magic Heroes VII, was released on September 29, 2015.

New World Computing closed after the production of Heroes of Might and Magic IV, and since then the rights to the franchise have been owned by Ubisoft. Nival Interactive developed the first game in the series since the changeover, Heroes of Might and Magic V. Black Hole Entertainment developed its sequel Might & Magic Heroes VI, but Limbic Entertainment developed later patches and the DLC for it, while Virtuos developed the Shades of Darkness standalone expansion for Heroes VI. Limbic Entertainment developed its sequel, Might & Magic Heroes VII. Olden Era is being developed by Unfrozen, and will be published by both Ubisoft and Hooded Horse.

The early games were initially released for MS-DOS, then later Microsoft Windows, with sporadic support for Mac. Heroes II was ported to RISC OS, and Heroes III was ported to Linux. GameTap carried the first four games in the series beginning in 2006. Remakes of the first two games were released for the Game Boy Color. The 2015 remake Heroes of Might and Magic III: HD Edition, a remaster of Heroes of Might and Magic III, was ported to iOS and Android, the first time the series was supported on mobile.