While Hambone may be quieter than an honest politician thanks to an NDA, news about HOMM V for Mac continues apace. For those of you who don’t want to chew through the thread where it’s at here’s an update on what Freeverse’s own Hippieman is saying about HOMM V.

First off, and possibly most exciting, HOMM V will be working on every single Intel Mac. If that doesn’t excite you, it should. Hippieman has reported 60 frames per second (give or take) on MacBooks. MacBook and MacMini users certainly won’t be able to use the higher-end bits of graphical goodness, but unlike the PC version the game will run, and run well, at lower settings. That’s right PowerPC users: you just got an even better excuse to go buy a hot new MacBook!

If that isn’t enough for you, here’s the minimum system requirements for your reading enjoyment:
OS X 10.4.8
Intel-based Mac
512 MB of RAM
DVD-ROM Drive
2 GB of HD Space
Internet Connection required to register the product

Secondly, HOMM V for Mac will be available in two versions: on DVD and downloadable. Unlike many commercial games these days, HOMM V will require a one-time online registration in order to play, but after that you will not have to insert the disc when you want to play. On a scale from meh to freaking cool, this lands somewhere near w00t!.

To play online, of course, you will have to own a legit key, or the Freeverse Pirate Police will hit you like a ton of bricks made out of monkeys.

Networking is reportably PC to Mac friendly (and of course Mac to Mac and Hotseat are available), although there is no word yet whether the Mac version sports the same gamebrowser as the PC version.

Heroes of Might and Magic V is Gold Master and merely waiting for Ubisoft’s stamp of approval to be released via download and DVD.

And if you haven’t wet your pants in anticipation yet, you should go get an exam. Those lucky souls who own Intel Macs are very, very close to achieving HOMM V nirvana.