Heroes of Might and Magic III

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Heroes of Might and Magic III: The Restoration of Erathia[4]
Developer(s)	New World Computing Loki Software (Linux) DotEmu (HD Edition)
Publisher(s)	The 3DO Company Loki Software (Linux) Ubisoft (HD Edition)
Director(s)	David Mullich
Designer(s)	Gregory Fulton Jon Van Caneghem
Programmer(s)	John Bolton
Artist(s)	Phelan Sykes
Composer(s)	Paul Romero Rob King Steve Baca
Series	Heroes of Might and Magic
Platform(s)	Windows, Macintosh, Linux (PowerPC/x86), iOS, Android
Release	March 3, 1999 Windows NA: March 3, 1999[2] EU: March 17, 2000[1] Linux NA: December 20, 1999 Mac NA: December 21, 1999[3] HD Edition January 29, 2015
Genre(s)	Turn-based strategy
Mode(s)	Single-player, multiplayer

Heroes of Might and Magic III: The Restoration of Erathia (commonly referred to as Heroes of Might & Magic 3, or Heroes 3, or abbreviated HoMM 3) is a turn-based strategy game developed by Jon Van Caneghem through New World Computing originally released for Microsoft Windows by The 3DO Company in 1999. Its ports to several computer and console systems followed in 1999–2000. It is the third installment of the Heroes of Might and Magic series.

The game's story is first referenced throughout Might and Magic VI: The Mandate of Heaven and serves as a prequel to Might and Magic VII: For Blood and Honor. The player can choose to play through seven different campaigns telling the story, or play in a scenario against computer or human opponents.

Heroes III was released to universal acclaim by critics and players. The game received the expansion packs Heroes of Might and Magic III: Armageddon's Blade and Heroes of Might and Magic III: The Shadow of Death. Heroes Chronicles, a series of short introductory games based on the Heroes III engine, was also released. A special version of Heroes III titled Heroes III Complete, which included the original game and both expansion packs, was released in 2000.

On December 10, 2014, Ubisoft announced what it described as the HD "remastered" version of the game. The new version features updated graphics as well as widescreen compatibility and was released on January 29, 2015, for Microsoft Windows, iOS and Android.^[5] However, it included neither of the expansions because their source code was allegedly lost.^[6]