The producer of Heroes V posted a much awaited update on the official forums (at the bottom of the page). Fabrice says he has been very ill, spent some time at the hospital and is now under medication. However, he was able to keep working with Nival as they get closer to the second phase of the beta test: "We've been compiling about 20 pages of bullet-point items on things to change, improve, add, rename... on top of about hundreds of bugs reported in the beta. Yes sir, the testers are doing a great job, thanks to all of them !" He also said that the second phase has been delayed until Monday, and the new batch of testers will be added then.

Fabrice also sent a warning to all people spreading information about the beta test: the information is confidential, whether the person posting it is under a non-disclosure agreement or not. Posts will be deleted, warnings will be sent and in the worst cases people will be banned. The same rules applied to the Round Table forums by the way. That's all for now. Get well soon, dear Fabrice.