Jon Van Caneghem teams up with Unfrozen!
29.01.2026Greetings everyone!
The Heroes of Might and Magic: Olden Era Demo has been live for a while now, and we hope that you’ve had a fantastic time experiencing everything new in the lands of Jadame! We are currently working tirelessly to improve the game based on your invaluable feedback. However, while our devs have been busy polishing the code, we’ve also been preparing a massive surprise behind the scenes.
We prepared a special video for this occasion:
We are incredibly honored to announce that the founder of New World Computing and creator of the Might and Magic franchise himself — Jon Van Caneghem — has returned once more to contribute to the universe so many have come to love and embrace! We have invited Mr. Caneghem to join us as Creative Advisor at Unfrozen, offering his deep knowledge and insight of early Might and Magic games for Heroes of Might and Magic: Olden Era! It will be the first time since Heroes of Might and Magic IV that he’s participated in the series’ creation! He will also share his experience that he has acquired over the years since Might and Magic: Book One. Let us hear from the man himself:
“Hi! I’m Jon Van Caneghem, the creator of the original Might and Magic series and the founder of New World Computing! I’ll be teaming up with Unfrozen to advise them on game design, worldbuilding and other creative matters for Heroes of Might and Magic: Olden Era!
It is a great pleasure to see the world I have built all those years ago thrive and be a part of so many people’s memories. I’m very glad to be able to contribute to it once again and walk this road with all of you who made Might and Magic into the legendary series it is today!
Olden Era is a work of love and passion from a team that truly knows its craft and I’m incredibly happy to be able to share my experience with them! The demo that Unfrozen prepared for everyone was an absolute delight that captures the original spirit of the series and I hope to see you all around once Olden Era is out in Early Access!”
We would also like to share a few words from our CEO, Denis Fedorov:
“Hi everyone!
I’m very excited to share such incredible news and to let you know about our newest collaboration! We are very pleased that Jon accepted our proposition to become an honorary creative advisor for Unfrozen! It has been nearly 25 years since the last time he participated in the creation of a game in the Heroes universe. Jon is an incredible, talented man and a true legend for all the fans of the franchise whose craftsmanship inspired me to be where I am, and to work on the newest Heroes of Might and Magic game with the rest of my colleagues, many of whom grew up admiring his work for many decades!
With Jon’s assistance we aim to bring you another great Heroes of Might and Magic game not only in terms of content, but worldbuilding as well: Jon will assist us with his immense knowledge about the universe of Might and Magic, and share his work experience as a legendary game designer and creator of worlds!”
From the entire Unfrozen team, we would like to thank you all for all the feedback you have provided so far! Next year will be just as exciting as this one — we are getting closer to releasing the game in Early Access and have much more unexpected and incredible news to share with you!”
From the entire Unfrozen team, we would like to thank you all for all the feedback you have provided so far! 2026 will be just as exciting as 2025 — we are getting closer to releasing the game in Early Access and have much more unexpected and incredible news to share with you pretty soon!
See you in Jadame!
