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Freeverse announced today Heroes of Might and Magic V for the Macintosh—under exclusive worldwide license from Ubisoft—has been updated to version 1.5.1. Developed for the PC by Nival Interactive, Heroes of Might and Magic V brings the popular and long running strategy franchise into a new era with cutting-edge technology and a breathtaking, fully 3D animated world. Changes in this update, which is considered critical for all users, include several bug fixes to improve stability and display issues, as well as registration issues.

Heroes of Might and Magic V features a deep, scalable turn-based battle system for challenging tactical combat as well as the option of a brand new Active Battle System for faster play. Players can choose from more than 200 skills, 170 creature abilities and 40 spells to build up heroes and armies. This is a new, darker, heroic fantasy universe that's more mature, with six unique factions and more than 80 different creatures.

The engaging storyline features special objectives, side quests and exciting plot twists for the finest tactics, management and role-playing adventure ever brewed.

"The Heroes series has a long and illustrious history on the Mac, and we're thrilled to be partnering with Ubisoft to bring this exciting new game to Mac gamers around the world," said Ian Lynch Smith, president of Freeverse.

Updated to v1.5.1 (November 29, 2007):

• Improved stability
• Display issues fixed
• Registration issues fixed

Heroes of Might and Magic V is available from Freeverse for $49.95.

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