After a long delay, patch 3.1 for the Tribes of the East expansion is finally available. The US and European version can be downloaded here, while the various localizations can be picked up at the bottom of this post. In that post Fabrice Cambounet explains why we had to wait for patch 3.1:

"Well, the main point is that we (Ubisoft) have not pushed Nival to release it fast. It was not a priority, as the game (ToE) was considered quite polished at release, and we wanted this patch to be as clean as possible (ie, not generating its own new bugs). Although the work started on the patch sometime after the game release, we preferred to keep it in testing for as long as it was not rounded up. So, its been mostly stable for a couple of months, and we spent more time getting sure nothing was forgotten in terms of localizations, links, docs, etc. Here it is now, and i'm quite confident that we havent overlooked something."

With that announcement came a change of personnel in the producer seat, with Erwan le Breton (the Tribes of the East producer) taking over Heroes of Might and Magic while Fabrice focuses on Heroes Kingdoms. Here is another quote:

"This is a very complex project to produce, and its been a rocky ride all along - you are aware of a good part of the events that have happened along the development, release and support of Heroes. Its also been very upbringing to dwelve in a large & structured community such as the Heroes fanbase. The interactions have been numerous, very constructive and useful most of the time, even if a lot of them took place backstage. I hope you are happy with the work done here on this unique brand, and will continue to be happy with what will be released in the future."