Take an MMO. Focus on that bit where you get a bunch of guys together and go raid some dungeons. Remove the rest of the game, and then re-add in a simple but effective hub world for staging said raids – welcome to Might & Magic: Raiders. With Ubisoft really pushing the core Might and Magic franchise over the next year or so, spin-off titles like this have sprung up all over the place — we sent Joe Robinson in to check it out.

Ubisoft are all about Might & Magic this year – from known quantities such as Heroes VI’s first set of DLC and Clash of Heroes on iPad, to newcomers such as Duel of Champions. Amongst the other, so-far elusive new titles is Might & Magic: Raiders — a free-to-play action-RPG based on the franchise that delivers its own spin on the world of Ashan, and is composed of short, episodic bites of gameplay. We spoke to Jean Francios Vallee, Producer at Ubisoft Chandu, to find out more.