In an interesting piece of news, Ubisoft have announced the release date to the first Standalone expansion pack for their Might And Magic Heroes VI game in the long line of Might And Magic titles first released by 3DO. The standalone expansion pack is titled Might And Magic Vi: Shades Of Darkness and this could possibly mean that the original Might And Magic VI game is not required to play this story expansion.
The release date for this title is the 28th of February, 2013 and will be releasing alongside the Might And Magic Heroes VI Complete Edition that contains additional quests, maps and the like. Be sure to check out the revamped Might And Magic website for more details.