Genre: Real Time Strategy (RTS), Role-playing (RPG), Simulator, Strategy
Stronghold Kingdoms
Stronghold Kingdoms: Tournaments
New Gameplay, Leaderboards and Loot!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=26ncUDpUPyA
The more eagle-eyed Stronghold Kingdoms players may have noticed a new golden laurel wreath icon in the game… We are excited to reveal this is for our new ‘Tourney’ system!
This new gameplay update will allow players to compete in a series of medieval tournaments for special prizes and bragging rights on all-new leaderboards. Starting with the first tourney scheduled for 3pm GMT on October 31st, players will regularly compete in a wide range of contests changing as often as every few weeks.
Medieval ‘Tourneys’ will soon take place across all game worlds as limited-time events, with various PvE challenges designed to test players’ mastery over different areas of the game. Tournament objectives will eventually cover all areas of Stronghold Kingdoms gameplay including economy, trade, military, exploration and religion.
Stronghold Next Q&A (Part 4)
Economic gameplay, invasions, dev diaries and demos!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xTWf1hdEnw8
The Stronghold Next community Q&A series is back! In our fourth episode we answer a further 20 questions, all without spoiling the upcoming gameplay reveal planned for early 2019. While this won’t be our final Stronghold Next video of the year, it is currently our last planned Q&A. That said if we receive enough questions in the comments section we might just be convinced to do a bonus round!
This week we respond to your fan questions about the simulation and economic aspects of our new Stronghold game. How much micromanagement will you be doing? What can you expect in terms of difficulty for new and veteran players? Will Free Build feature AI invasions? Will the beloved Bessy return!? We cover all this and more including our plans to demo the game and how we’ll be updating you on development in 2019 and beyond.
Check out our Stronghold Next playlist, which we'll be updating with new videos in the coming weeks and months.
Stronghold Next Q&A (Part 3)
Story, campaign, co-op and sim modes!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ku3cfg5NYbo
Welcome back to our Stronghold Next Q&A series! The third part in our mega Q&A series has Nick answering 20 questions about our next Stronghold game. With all questions and comments taken from Stronghold videos on the Firefly YouTube channel, we reveal everything we can about about our upcoming castle sim.
This week the topics of discussion center on Stronghold Next’s story campaign and various game modes, allowing us to reveal our plans for historical authenticity and overall single player design. Questions on sim modes, tournaments and co-op are all answered, with loads of new info and some discussion of what truly makes a Stronghold game. We even touch on subjects like Sir William’s baby, The Wolf’s demise and Nick’s uncanny resemblance to Ramsey Bolton…
Check out our Stronghold Next playlist, which we'll be updating with new videos in the coming weeks and months.
New Game World
As we pass the mind-boggling milestone of six million Lords and Ladies fighting for glory in Stronghold Kingdoms, it is time for another Global Conflict battlefield! Based on today’s real-life map of the globe, Global Conflict 4 invites thousands of players into the fray, tempting them with 151 thrones to conquer. Now live and open to all players, Global Conflict 4 presents both veterans and novices with new opportunities, challenges and fertile soil to grow their empire!
Global Conflict 4
151 Countries - Stand your ground on the largest battlefield Stronghold Kingdoms has ever seen!
World Map - Take and hold small islands, city states and huge countries spanning across continents.
Fresh Land - Be first to claim your own corner of this game world and prepare to reach for the crown.
New Rule Set - Global Conflict 4 uses the newly reworked Era rules giving it a fast, old school flavour.
Stronghold Next Q&A (Part 2)
Upgrades, siege engines, map editor and more!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-wYSxse3NMs
Welcome back to our Stronghold Next Q&A series! The second part in our massive community Q&A sees Nick answering 25 questions about our next Stronghold title. With all questions taken from Stronghold videos on the Firefly YouTube channel, we answer as much as possible about our upcoming castle sim.
Want to know about the castles we visit for research? Our expert opinion on gong? Perhaps Nick’s favourite number? No? Well good thing we have info on our map editor, boxed version, single player campaigns, voice lines, siege weapons, upgrades and animations!
We hope most if not all of your most pressing questions have been successfully answered over the past two weeks, but if not let us know! We’ll be monitoring the comments sections closely under all videos released between now and the gameplay reveal.
Check out our Stronghold Next playlist, which we'll be updating with new videos in the coming weeks and months.
Stronghold Next Q&A (Part 1)
Modes, mods, diplomacy, languages and more!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5AS3PafCo9k
Welcome to part one of our massive Stronghold Next Q&A! We answer your questions from previous Stronghold videos on our YouTube channel, hoping to tide everyone over until the full gameplay reveal. Nick answers more than 50 of your most pressing questions over the next two weeks, all without going into spoiler territory!
Watch as we reveal as much as possible about the upcoming castle sim including similarities with the Crusader series, game modes, mods, pricing, diplomacy, language support, release dates and more! There’s also discussion about the Stronghold series as a whole, such as how likely we are to see a console version of the castle builder and possible future settings.
We hope you enjoy this first half of our community Q&A extravaganza and would like to thank you for your patience waiting for the full gameplay reveal! Rest assured we are hard at work on that front and will do our best to keep you supplied with more Stronghold Next goodness in the meantime.
Check out our Stronghold Next playlist, which we'll be updating with new videos in the coming weeks and months.
Stronghold Next Update
13 Things You Need To Know
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_x4l6Uv1H9o
With our Stronghold Next 2018 gameplay reveal still a few months out, the devs here at Firefly thought a fresh info drop might satisfy any news cravings you might be currently experiencing. Enter Nick with a bunch of new info about our upcoming Stronghold title currently in development, delivered exclusively on the Firefly Studios YouTube channel!
Today we reveal fresh information about the game's new setting, gameplay mechanic, returning units, siege equipment and more. We've done our best to reveal as much as we can about the next Stronghold game without spoiling our gameplay reveal planned for later this year. We hope this is enough to tide over historical RTS lovers and Stronghold fans, so please enjoy our latest Stronghold Next update and look forward to more in the coming months.
Due to popular demand we have opened a game world for you to explore, conquer and control! 'Return of The Wolf' is the latest version of our special PvE game world, pitting Lords and Ladies in a joint fight against his invading forces. As you claim and fortify occupied territories of the UK, it is your quest to free these lands by driving his evil forces from the British Isles!
Band together, form mighty Houses and wage war on House 10, led by none other than The Wolf, The Pig, The Snake and The Rat.
Return of The Wolf
Classic Characters - The Wolf, Pig, Snake and Rat return to wreak havoc and place their villainous leader on the throne.
PvE Gameplay - Just like players AI Lords will capture villages, scout for resources and even vote for themselves in elections!.
AI Invasions - Your opponents will launch regular invasions from multiple points around the British Isles to divide and conquer.
New Prizes - Due to popular demand the wheel spin prizes from 'Heretic' will be making their way over to 'Return of The Wolf'.
Stronghold Next Interview
Lead Coder Talks Stronghold @ PAX East
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1myBHEh60v8
Our second major update on the Stronghold front comes from the game's Lead Programmer himself! While at PAX East showing players our new tactical dungeon crawler MetaMorph: Dungeon Creatures, we sit down with Tony to discuss the upcoming game's setting, returning features, overall gameplay and direction.
To tide everyone over until our next feature and the full gameplay reveal later this year, this interview covers a number of points of interest for series fans:
Sequel? - Tony confirms that Stronghold Next will be neither Stronghold Crusader 3 nor Legends 2. These games could still happen, but we have no plans at this time.
Returning Features - In addition to confirming skirmish for the game, our new interview sheds light on a few classic features and units returning for this brand new Stronghold.
Sim Gameplay - While our next game will retain the full RTS and besieging experience, it will also shift the focus a little back to the simulation gameplay we all know and love.
No Magic! - Not a single wand, pointy hat or dragon in sight.
Our upcoming Stronghold will be self-published by Firefly Studios on Steam and released when it's ready. In addition to Next being a completely new entry in the series another top priority is to deliver a fun, polished game from day one that incorporates as many fan-favourite features and touches as possible.
Please look forward to more Stronghold information in the coming months and subscribe on YouTube for the latest Stronghold Next news, trailers and interviews.
Due to popular demand we have opened a new European map for you to explore, conquer and control! A total of 33 different kingdoms await, reconstructed from the real-world maps of European countries. Each is ready to be seized by your mighty armies, strategic eye and silver tongue. Settle near your home town, forge unbreakable alliances with close neighbours and set out to establish your rule over of the lands of Europe one throne at a time!
Europe 5
33 Countries - Wage war across an entire continent with countless parishes, counties and Kings to rule over them.
New Lands - Claim your piece of Europe 5 or dominate the entire game world with your House on untouched lands.
Fresh Alliances - Forge new partnerships and break bonds if you must to rise up and claim what is rightfully yours.
Updated Gameplay - Play with new community-driven rules for Era worlds, restoring old tactics to their former glory!
