New World Computing

New World Computing was an American video game developer and publisher founded by Jon Van Caneghem in 1984. The studio is best known for creating the long-running Might and Magic role‑playing series and for originating the Heroes of Might and Magic strategy spin‑off (the early Heroes titles). Over the 1980s and 1990s New World produced a number of PC RPGs, strategy games and associated utilities/editors (examples include Might and Magic VII, Heroes II-related builds and tools, Chaos Overlords and editor utilities referenced as EDITOR2W/mm7.exe).

In 1996 New World Computing was acquired by The 3DO Company and continued to develop entries in the Might and Magic / Heroes franchises under 3DO ownership. After 3DO's bankruptcy in the early 2000s the studio was effectively dissolved and the Might and Magic intellectual property was later acquired by Ubisoft. New World Computing is therefore a defunct studio whose legacy is primarily those classic PC franchises and many community-maintained...