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{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox video game series |title = Might and Magic |image = [[File:Might and Magic Logo.PNG|200px]] |caption = The logo commonly used by New World Computing and The 3DO Company |genre = [[Role-playing video game|Role-playing]] |developer = [[New World Computing]] (1984-2003)<br>[[Arkane Studios]] (for ''[[Dark Messiah of Might and Magic|Dark Messiah]]'')<br>[[Limbic Entertainment]] (for ''[[Might & Magic X: Legacy|Might & Magic X]]'') |publisher = [[New World Computing]] (1984-1996)<br>[[The 3DO Company]] (1996-2003)<br>[[Ubisoft]] (2003-) |creator = [[Jon Van Caneghem]] |platforms = [[Amiga]], [[Apple II]], [[Commodore 64]], [[Classic Mac OS|Mac]], [[MS-DOS]], [[MSX]], [[NEC PC-9801]], [[Nintendo Entertainment System|NES]], [[PlayStation 2]], [[Sega Genesis|Genesis]], [[Super Nintendo Entertainment System|Super NES]], [[TurboGrafx-16]], [[Microsoft Windows|Windows]] |spinoffs = ''[[Heroes of Might and Magic]]''<br>[[List of Might and Magic media#Spin-offs|List of spinoffs]] |first release version = ''[[Might and Magic Book One: The Secret of the Inner Sanctum]]'' |first release date = 1986 |latest release version = ''[[Might & Magic X: Legacy]]'' |latest release date = 23 January 2014 }} {{Timeline of release years | 1986 = ''[[Might and Magic Book One: The Secret of the Inner Sanctum|1: The Secret of the Inner Sanctum]]'' | 1988 = ''[[Might and Magic II: Gates to Another World|2: Gates to Another World]]'' | 1991 = ''[[Might and Magic III: Isles of Terra|3: Isles of Terra]]'' | 1992 = ''[[Might and Magic IV: Clouds of Xeen|4: Clouds of Xeen]]'' | 1993 = ''[[Might and Magic V: Darkside of Xeen|5: Darkside of Xeen]]'' | 1994 = ''[[Might and Magic V: Darkside of Xeen#World of Xeen|World of Xeen]]'' | 1998 = ''[[Might and Magic VI: The Mandate of Heaven|6: The Mandate of Heaven]]'' | 1999 = ''[[Might and Magic VII: For Blood and Honor|7: For Blood and Honor]]'' | 2000 = ''[[Might and Magic VIII: Day of the Destroyer|8: Day of the Destroyer]]'' | 2002 = ''[[Might and Magic IX|9: Writ of Fate]]'' | 2014 = ''[[Might & Magic X: Legacy|10: Legacy]]'' }} '''''Might and Magic''''' is a series of [[role-playing video game]]s in the [[science fantasy]] genre developed by [[New World Computing]], which in 1996 became a subsidiary of [[The 3DO Company]]. The original ''Might and Magic'' series ended with the closure of the 3DO Company. The rights to the ''Might and Magic'' name were purchased for US$1.3 million by Ubisoft,<ref name="purchase">{{cite web |url=https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/namco-ubisoft-and-ms-carve-up-3do-assets |title=Namco, Ubisoft and MS carve up 3DO assets |date=18 August 2003 |access-date=12 April 2019}}</ref> which rebooted the franchise with a new series with no apparent connection to the previous continuity, starting with the games ''[[Heroes of Might and Magic V]]'' and ''[[Dark Messiah of Might and Magic]]''.
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