Behind the Scenes

This page contains links to development/pre-release assets as well as any interviews the team has given.

NWC Employee Interviews

Many members of the Heroes team have given interviews over the years. The topics range from the development process to lore to anecdotes about the team's dynamics.

• David Mullich
• Jennifer Bullard
• Gregory Fulton
• April Lee
• Marcus Pregent
• Michael Wolf

Restoration of Erathia pre-release screenshots

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  Dungeon
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  Grand Elf

Day of Reckoning

Pre-release Gallery

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  First look at Vori. Palace town, Rampart garrison, new creatures artifacts and map objects.
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  Viking longhouses in grass and snow variants.
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  This building is said to increase your heroes' Offense skill globally.
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  A snow terrain variant of the Seer's Hut
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  Redesigned Conflux town, with walls and garrison, and a circus tent.
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  Conflux walls, ice mountains, snowy variants of buildings, Templar and Frost Giant.
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  Yuki Onna, Sabertooth, High Elf, and Yeti battling Metal Elementals and their upgrade.
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  Yuki Onna, Sabertooth, High Elf, White Tiger, and Vikings battling Swordsmen and Crusaders.
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  More snow-covered variants of various buildings. The heads of mystery units appear at the bottom.
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  Rampart creatures, including the Dryad, battling Nisses and Tomtes.
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  Ice Maidens, Yetis, White Tigers, and Einheri battling Ogre Magi.
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  Palace, Forge, Grotto, Paladins, Forge units including Naga Tank, Pyro, seeker droid.
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  April's Fools 2024. DoR assets used in a Heroes IV scene.
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  April's Fools 2024. DoR assets used in a Heroes IV scene.
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  A teaser that shows Ice Maidens in the arrow tower.
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  Adventure map screenshot from a promo video, showing a Palace, Forge's polluted terrain, a few units.
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  Adventure map screenshot from a promo video, showing the underground terrain of Grotto.
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  Mock battle screenshot from CD Action, showing various Palace and Grotto units, including a Yeti doing the Bigfoot walk, ethereal wolves pulling the Valkyrie's chariot, and the special attack effect of the Vori High Elf.
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  The Palace town screen from the H3GG contest.
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  The Forge town screen from the H3GG contest.
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  The Grotto town screen from the H3GG contest. Just a teaser, most of it has been obscured.
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  A battle screen from the H3GG contest. Castle vs. Forge units.
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  Adventure map screen with a Grotto and its native terrain.
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  Adventure map screen with a Palace and its native snow terrain.
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  Screenshot from the H3GG contest preview. Glowing light effects, Conflux garrison, water objects.
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  Screenshot from the H3GG contest preview. Water variants of Sawmill, Sulfur Dune, and Wood.
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  Screenshot from the H3GG contest preview. Grotto and Forge, with their terrain objects, creatures, and dwellings.
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  Screenshot from the H3GG contest preview. Better view of Grotto, Palace, and Forge objects and creatures.
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  Screenshot from the H3GG contest preview. Final scene of the preview, with Valkyries and the two swords of the Reckoning.
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  Low-level Forge units fighting Gremlins.
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  Forge terrain and map objects.
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  New mossy rock mountains for the Swamp terrain, including a rock arch. A Stinger can be seen guarding the Gorgon Lair.
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  Updated first look. Several updated graphics, removal of the off-shore platform, Courtyard's mandrake replaced with mushroom unit.
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  Forge units attacking a necropolis held by Tower units. A gremlin Saboteur is casting Disable Construct on the Iron Golems. In the spell bar, an icon that looks like the Reconstruction spell from the Courtyard mod for VCMI.
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  Subterranean battle between Grotto and Dungeon. The lizard-rider unit was not shown previously. In the spell bar, an icon that looks like the Pacifism spell from the Courtyard mod.
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  More Grotto and Forge things on the map. In the Forge corner, a new version of a magic shrine.

See Also:

• Credits