Information: - A role-playing video game (commonly referred to as role-playing game or RPG, and in the past was also known as computer role-playing game or CRPG) is a video game genre where the player controls the actions of a character (and/or several party members) immersed in some well-defined world. Many role-playing video games have origins in pen-and-paper role-playing games (Including "Dungeons & Dragons") and use much of the same , settings and game mechanics. Other major similarities with pen-and-paper games include developed story-telling and narrative elements, player character development, complexity, as well as replayability and immersion. The electronic medium removes the necessity for a gamemaster and increases combat resolution speed. RPGs have evolved from simple text-based console-window games into visually rich 3D experiences. Since the 1980s, Role-playing is the most commercially viable video game genre in Japan, and has more market share of any other genre in the japanese gaming industry, although in the 2010s first-person shooters and western iOS and Android games were becoming rapidly and increasingly popular in that country. - Jon Van Caneghem (born 1962/1963) is an American video game director, designer and producer. He is best known for launching development studio New World Computing in 1983, making his design debut in 1986 with "". During the company's 20-year lifespan, Van Caneghem was involved in the creation and direction of several franchises, including the "Might and Magic" role-playing series and the spin-off "Heroes of Might and Magic" and "King's Bounty" strategy series. - Might and Magic VII : For Blood and Honor is a role - playing game published in 1999 by 3DO and developed by New World Computing . The game follows on from both the events of Heroes of Might and Magic III ( a prequel to Blood and Honor ) , and those of Might and Magic VI : The Mandate of Heaven . Players form a party of four characters who win a castle in a scavenger hunt and soon become embroiled in political events on the continent of Antagarich , in the world of Enroth , before eventually choosing one of two paths and working alongside a number of characters , whose storyline continues on from the events of Might and Magic III : Isles of Terra . The game , Might and Magic VIII : Day of the Destroyer is a sequel to Blood and Honor . - Might and Magic is a series of role-playing video games from New World Computing, which in 1996 became a subsidiary of The 3DO Company. The producer of the series was Jon Van Caneghem. - Heroes of Might and Magic (Might & Magic Heroes since Heroes VI) is a series of video games originally created and developed by Jon Van Caneghem through New World Computing. As part of the "Might and Magic" franchise, the series changed ownership when NWC was acquired by 3DO and again when 3DO closed down and sold the rights to Ubisoft.<ref name="3DO/Ubi"></ref> The games feature turn-based, fantasy-themed conflicts in which players control armies of mythical creatures. The series began in 1995 with the release of the first title. A sixth installment, "Might & Magic Heroes VI", was released on October 13, 2011. - Microsoft Windows (or simply Windows) is a metafamily of graphical operating systems developed, marketed, and sold by Microsoft. It consists of several families of operating systems, each of which cater to a certain sector of the computing industry with the OS typically associated with IBM PC compatible architecture. Active Windows families include Windows NT, Windows Embedded and Windows Phone; these may encompass subfamilies, e.g. Windows Embedded Compact (Windows CE) or Windows Server. Defunct Windows families include Windows 9x; Windows 10 Mobile is an active product, unrelated to the defunct family Windows Mobile. - Heroes of Might and Magic III: The Restoration of Erathia (also known as Heroes III or HoMM3) is a turn-based strategy game developed by Jon Van Caneghem through New World Computing originally released for Microsoft Windows by the 3DO Company in 1999. Its ports to several computer and console systems followed in 1999-2000. It is the third installment of the "Heroes of Might and Magic" series. The game's story is first referenced throughout "" and serves as a prequel to "". The player can choose to play through seven different campaigns telling the story, or play in a scenario against computer or human opponents. - Heroes of Might and Magic II: The Succession Wars is a turn-based strategy video game developed by Jon Van Caneghem through New World Computing and published in 1996 by the 3DO Company. The game is the second installment of the "Heroes of Might and Magic" series and is typically credited as the breakout game for the series. "Heroes II" was voted the sixth-best PC game of all time by "PC Gamer" in May 1997. - The 3DO Company (formerly THDO on the NASDAQ stock exchange), also known as 3DO (short for three-dimensional operating system), was an American video game company. It was founded in 1991 under the name SMSG, Inc. (for San Mateo Software Group) by Electronic Arts founder Trip Hawkins, in a partnership with seven companies including LG, Matsushita (now Panasonic), AT&T Corporation, MCA, Time Warner, and Electronic Arts itself. After 3DO's flagship video game console, the 3DO Interactive Multiplayer, failed in the marketplace, the company exited the hardware business and became a third-party video game developer. It went bankrupt in 2003 due to poor sales of its games. Its headquarters were in Redwood City, California in the San Francisco Bay Area. - New World Computing, Inc., was an American video game developer and publisher founded in 1984 by Jon Van Caneghem, his wife, Michaela Van Caneghem, and Mark Caldwell. It was best known for its work on the Might and Magic role-playing video game series and its spin-offs, especially Heroes of Might and Magic. The company was purchased by and became a division of The 3DO Company on July 10, 1996. What object entity has the relation of 'publisher' with the subject 'might and magic vii: for blood and honor'? Choices: - 3do interactive multiplayer - electronic arts - ibm - japan - microsoft - microsoft windows - new world computing - the 3do company
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the 3do company