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The goal of the game is the control of artifacts in the game world. (This early part of the game is a sort of tutorial - you'll encounter monsters in the wilderness, but no players until you've grown a bit and gotten the hang of things.) Improve your city, expand your territory, fight other players - or ally with them. You clear the wilderness around you and expand your city. You begin as a single hero with a single city, surrounded by wilderness. If that sounds like something that might be up your alley, read on for more details. (Though Ubisoft hasn't announced pricing for the game's North American release, it's currently live in France, where a monthly subscription runs five euros.)

Free to play with an optional subscription fee.

Browser-based, which means you can play it on your PC, your Mac, or even your shiny new iPad - wherever you've got an internet connection.This means there's no software to download or install.

Want to advance as a merchant-type character purely for the pursuit of wealth without killing your fellow players? You can do that, too.

Gameplay and lore from the Might and Magic franchise we all know and love - the goal with MMHK is just to throw more players into the mix.

Now, whether 'casual' turns into hours of 'just one more turn' is another matter entirely. Think of something along the lines of multiplayer Civilization with thousands of other people and you'd be near the mark.

Ubisoft calls MMHK a 'strategic casual MMO.' It's turn-based with more of real-time strategy vibe than we've seen in other MMOs and it's designed with people who may only have a few minutes a day to play in mind.

I must admit, I'm personally a bit skeptical about whether browser-based games can supplant full-fledged applications, but after talking with Chris, I'm sold on the concept - at least insofar as Might and Magic Heroes Kingdom is concerned. On Tuesday, we caught up with Chris Early, Ubisoft's Vice President of Digital Publishing, to chat about Heroes of Might and Magic's future with a new browser-based MMO.

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