Might & Magic Heroes VI Delayed

[Aug 11, 2011, 8:43 pm ET] - Share - Viewing Comments

Although a September 6 release date for Might & Magic Heroes VI was reaffirmed just two weeks ago, a post on the Ubisoft Forums reveals a delay for the turn-based strategy sequel, which is now expected on October 13 (thanks Gamer's Hell). Here's word:

During the first phase of the Beta you were very active and provided us with very valuable feedback: your suggestions about general balance, factions balance and bug reports were very useful to us. Thank you!

Thus, we took the decision to delay the release of Might & Magic Heroes VI in order to secure a bit more time for the dev team to take into account your comments and deliver the best quality game.

Might & Magic Heroes VI will be released on October 13th.

The Beta will reopen on August 16th. All fans who preordered the game via a regular retailer or won a key in a community contest will be able to play. During this second phase of the Beta more maps (solo and multi) and features will be available. We will keep you informed about it in our further news.

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Re: Might & Magic Heroes VI Delayed

Aug 12, 2011, 12:58

avianflu

the "HOMM V tribes of the east" standalone was great and it came DRM free. Just sayin.

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Re: Might & Magic Heroes VI Delayed

Aug 12, 2011, 11:37

Zadig

Homm3 was fun and everything since has been horrifying. I'd rather the series went on hiatus than become fatally tarnished by an endless stream of garbage.

Re: Might & Magic Heroes VI Delayed

Aug 12, 2011, 10:59

Tumbler

I have no idea what Ubisoft is trying to do. It's like they're actively trying to sabotage their PC division. They have draconian DRM, they delay PC releases (to their console counterparts), they refuse to give demos (even though they have them on console). I just...sincerely don't understand, both from a business standpoint or a gaming standpoint.

Too many game companies take their customers for granted. These companies believe they can limit / restrict their software anyway they like and consumers will still come running.

Too many games to play to deal with this kind of company. Assuming they offer a free trial or a 3 day pass via onlive ill prob try it but I don't see this game worth $50 with always on drm.




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Re: Might & Magic Heroes VI Delayed

Aug 12, 2011, 10:54

sauron

Esoteric wrote on Aug 12, 2011, 03:46:
I have no idea what Ubisoft is trying to do. It's like they're actively trying to sabotage their PC division. They have draconian DRM, they delay PC releases (to their console counterparts), they refuse to give demos (even though they have them on console). I just...sincerely don't understand, both from a business standpoint or a gaming standpoint.

Simple explanation is simple. It's because they're retarded.




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Re: Might & Magic Heroes VI Delayed

Aug 12, 2011, 03:46

Esoteric

I have no idea what Ubisoft is trying to do. It's like they're actively trying to sabotage their PC division. They have draconian DRM, they delay PC releases (to their console counterparts), they refuse to give demos (even though they have them on console). I just...sincerely don't understand, both from a business standpoint or a gaming standpoint.

Re: Might & Magic Heroes VI Delayed

Aug 11, 2011, 23:04

entr0py

Yeah they've got some strange ideas about DRM. The game doesn't absolutely require that you be online to play single-player. But it will try to cripple the single-player experience if you're not online, by locking you out of your best skills and weapons. Who thought that that would be a good compromise? I know they're hoping to inflict an inferior version on pirates, but the scheme makes absolutely certain that whatever they do to pirates they also do to paying customers who aren't online.

Re: Might & Magic Heroes VI Delayed

Aug 11, 2011, 22:56

killer_roach

Dev wrote on Aug 11, 2011, 22:37: Great news that a company would delay to fix some balance and bugs, rather than just shoving an unfinished product out the door. Too bad the company is ubi. With the DRM this is going to be a $10 purchase, like settlers 7 was for me (and that thing annoys me with DRM, any momentary loss of connection and it stops me from playing). I'm a bit more charitable... but yeah. It's still probably a $15-20 game for me. Haven't really gotten into a HoMM game since III, so I couldn't see myself dropping top coin for the latest shiny in the series.

Re: Might & Magic Heroes VI Delayed

Aug 11, 2011, 22:37

Dev

Great news that a company would delay to fix some balance and bugs, rather than just shoving an unfinished product out the door. Too bad the company is ubi. With the DRM this is going to be a $10 purchase, like settlers 7 was for me (and that thing annoys me with DRM, any momentary loss of connection and it stops me from playing).

Re: Might & Magic Heroes VI Delayed

Aug 11, 2011, 21:47

Tumbler

I canceled my preorder when the beta only went to steam and ubisoft.com preorders. Curious that this 2nd beta will be offered to everyone who preordered and the release is pushed back... its as if only offering the beta to places that make you pay upfront didn't work out as well as hoped.




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Re: Might & Magic Heroes VI Delayed

Aug 11, 2011, 21:18

MoreLuckThanSkill

"Also we are trying to come up with some even more ridiculous DRM then last time! Enjoy! mwahahahahaha!"

Re: Might & Magic Heroes VI Delayed

Aug 11, 2011, 20:51

Cutter

Boo!




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