Yesterday, Russian IT site F-Centre took an interview about Heroes V from three Nival employees, two of whom Celestial Heavens visitors may have already heard of: Ilya Karpinsky, Alexander Mishulin, and Larisa Nuretdinova. The interview is in Russian. Among other facts, the following were mentioned:

• Haven players will be able to upgrade low-level troops (e.g. Peasants) to high-level troops (e.g. Knights). However, it costs a fortune.
  
• Sylvan players will be able to select a few most hated enemy units, and their troops will fight better against them.
  
• There will be difficulty levels, and possibly not five like before.
  
• Artifacts are stronger, but are encountered less frequently than in previous Heroes games. There will be no Heroes III-style artifact flood.
  
• Most of the combat AI has been ready for more than a year, but it is still in development - they still have to teach it using tricks like the Griffin special attack. However, it has shown itself a worthy opponent and is praised by virtually everyone having access to the game. The global AI is still under development.
  
• Cavaliers will retain their Charge ability.
  
• There is a multiplayer mode in which players make their turns simultaneously until the first "conflict of interests" - for example, if a hero is within a movement range of another hero, which includes spells like Dimension Door.

The translation of the interview should be available soon.