Freeverse today announced Heroes of Might and Magic V for the Macintosh, under exclusive worldwide license from Ubisoft, is now shipping. 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. “The game 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.” Heroes of Might and Magic V is priced at US$49.95 and requires Mac OS X 10.4.8 or later.