New World Computing, Inc.,
New World Computing, Inc., was an American video games development studio founded in 1984 by Jon van Coneghem. In 1986, NWC released Might and Magic Book One: The Secret of the Inner Sanctum, the first in a series of RPGs set in the world where the Heroes of Might and Magic series would later be set. In 1990, the studio released King’s Bounty, a turn-based strategy game that formed the basis for the first installment of the HoMM series, released in 1995. A year later, NWC became part of the 3DO company after being a part of NtN Communications in 1994–1996. Subsequent installments of HoMM, especially HoMM III with its add-ons, brought significant profits to the studio. It also developed eight more games in the original Might and Magic RPG series. However, the fourth installment of HoMM, released in 2002, was not a great success, and in 2003, 3DO – along with NWC – declared bankruptcy. The studio’s last game was Winds of War, an add-on to HoMM IV. The rights to the HoMM series, meanwhile, were acquired by Ubisoft.
Prepared by Maciej Skowera, University of Warsaw and Warsaw Public Library – Central Library of Mazovia Province, mgskowera@uw.edu.pl and maciej.skowera@koszykowa.pl
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