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By the way, I was reading something from Catrine that NWC started developing Heroes 5. Is that true? Is there any evidence? Any screenshots from the "lost game"? I can imagine how hard it was for them to give their own child to another family for "re-education." And who actually had the rights to the game, NWC or 3DO? Was 3DO just a publisher or also a development assistant? And is there anywhere I can read about this sale of Heroes, or at least can someone tell me (I don't understand anything about the gaming industry, but I really want to)? Please, tell me, share your knowledge (because it's still nice, otherwise there wouldn't be any teachers in our country for such a salary, except for private ones). And lastly, after the bankruptcy, are both companies still around? (Thank you in advance)
About NWC - it's true. Shortly before the bankruptcy, there was some activity regarding Heroes 5, but there's no talk of any screenshots, of course, because it only concerned the concept of the project and some moments preceding any coding. The rights to Heroes belonged, naturally, to 3DO ("naturally" - because, if I remember correctly, NWC was legally considered a division of 3DO). I'll err on the side of memory again, but if I remember correctly, shortly before the bankruptcy, part of the team that worked on the previous Heroes was laid off. After the bankruptcy, 3DO was sold off in parts. There was an idea in the air to sell NWC together with Heroes (by the way, the NWC team that worked on Heroes 5 continued to work on them even after the bankruptcy and without receiving a salary, hoping that they would be bought together with the project), but it was decided to sell them separately. NWC dispersed in different directions, finding new jobs, and 3DO's assets (valued at $250,000), as well as the rights to individual product lines, were put up for auction in August 2003. By the way, before the auction, most people thought that Microsoft would win the rights to most of 3DO's products, as they applied to participate in the auction, but they refused to participate in the bidding for Heroes. As a result, Ubi, Eidos, and, sorry, I don't remember who else... some little-known company... participated in the bidding. Heroes cost Ubi $1.3 million. At first, there were rumors that Ubi would invite several people from the old Heroes team, but that didn't happen. That's the story... If I got anything wrong, I apologize.

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