Heroes of Might and Magic: Olden Era launches in Early Access on April 30

Turn-based strategy game Heroes of Might and Magic: Olden Era will launch in Early Access for PC via Steam and Microsoft Store on April 30, publishers Ubisoft and Hooded Horse, and developer Unfrozen announced. It will also be available via Game Pass.

The Early Access release will feature the following content:

• Six unique factions: Temple, Dungeon, Schism, Grove, Necropolis, and Hive.
• An in-game tutorial.
• The first act of the campaign. More acts will be added with the full release of the game.
• Premade scenarios with self-contained stories, with even more coming during Early Access.
• Classic, Single Hero, and Arena modes, available in both single-player and multiplayer.
• Matchmaking, ranked play, and leaderboards for all three modes in multiplayer.
• A wide variety of Random Map Generator templates for unlimited replayability.
• Hotseat mode, allowing you to play against friends and family one after another on a single PC.
• A series of puzzle-style challenges.
• A pre-release version of map editor to create your own adventures.

Here is an overview of the game, via Unfrozen:

About

Heroes of Might and Magic: Olden Era is a new installment of the renowned series of turn-based strategy games, where action takes place in Enroth, on the continent of Jadame, mentioned but never explored in a Heroes of Might and Magic game before. Traverse a vibrant and living fantasy world full of wonders and dangers, build magnificent capital cities, raise massive armies and clash in epic, highly tactical battles of heroes and mythical creatures.

Play solo with a new campaign, multiple single maps and limitless randomly generated scenarios, or engage in battle of wits and magic with other players—rivals or allies—in multiplayer mode. There is also an option to build your own story with the map editor tool, which you may make available to all the players around the world or keep to yourself.

Enjoy the challenge whether you are a veteran of Heroes of Might and Magic, or a newcomer to the series and the turn based strategy genre.

Key Features

• Explore the World of Enroth
  • An epic campaign set on the mysterious continent of Jadame where rival factions must forge fragile alliances to face the Hive—a swarm of insectoids corrupted by an Inferno demon lord hell bent on subjugating the world.
  • Choose from a roster of unique factions mixing returning fan favorites and brand-new creations, each with their unique gameplay style, creatures and heroes and unique faction abilities: Temple (Classic Humans), Necropolis (Undead and Vampires), Sylvan (The Forces of Nature and Fey Folks), Dungeon (Dark Elves and Underground Creatures), Hive (Demonic Insectoids), and a mysterious sixth faction to be revealed later.
• Choose Your Playstyle
  • Three main multiplayer game modes:
    • Classic – A mode where a player can play with one or more heroes, upgrade the castle and explore the map.
    • One-Hero Mode – A blitz-like system, but you have only one hero, so their demise will become yours as well!
    • Arena – A mode for those who came to battle! Draft a hero, upgrade them, pick your troops, and challenge the enemy right away.
  • Dive into the epic non-linear single-player campaign to shape Jadame’s history ans seal the fates of its heroes and kingdoms.
  • Create your own scenarios to play or share with the other players with our complete and intuitive, pick-up-and-play in-game editor.
• Upgrade Your Kingdom
  • Exploration and Strategy – Traverse the global map to collect resources and become stronger.
  • Castle Management – Upgrade the castle and expand your kingdom.
  • Faction laws that help bring uniqueness and diversity to player’s playstyle.
• Pick Your Battles
  • A traditional hexagonal battlefield with an orthographic camera.
  • New Combat Mechanics – Active abilities are available for creatures and heroes.
  • Matchmaking, ratings, and leaderboards—separate for all modes.
  • Polished and improved for modern strategy players.
  • A revamped artificial intelligence and multiple difficulty levels ensure a constant and adapted challenge for every type players, whether they are veterans of Heroes of Might and Magic, or newcomers to the series and the turn based strategy genre.

Watch a new trailer below.

Early Access Release Date Trailer