Genre: Real Time Strategy (RTS), Simulator, Strategy
Stronghold
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.
Stronghold Showcase - Episode 1
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UrxIbz0CqYw
Recently we debuted a brand new video series suggested by you – the players! Introducing the ‘Stronghold Showcase‘ where we flaunt five awesome user-created maps from our five of our favorite Stronghold games. Each episode’s collection of community gems is available to download immediately either via the game’s Steam Workshop page or on Stronghold fan site Stronghold Heaven.
So while you patiently wait for more Stronghold Next info and gameplay, why not dip into our legacy titles with Aaron’s cherry picked array of sieges, skirmishes and economic scenarios? Watch as we take you from the realms of Legends to the lush green fields of Stronghold 2 and the deserts of the Crusader series!
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.
Check out our Stronghold Next playlist, which we'll be updating with new videos in the coming weeks and months.
Stronghold Summer Sale
Get Up to 90% Off Stronghold!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SRMPHqKzg2Q
Winter may be coming but for now we enjoy the long summer. Also cheap videogames!
To celebrate the launch of Steam’s 2018 Summer Sale we have added massive discounts to all Firefly Studios titles, Stronghold or otherwise! We have also traveled back to a simpler time of comic books, trading cards and charming 8-bit graphics. Why? To teach those strangely fashionable 90s kids a thing or two about the future of castle sieging!
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.
Firefly's Favourite Custom Maps
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oYOVh6uoytI
Have YOU already beaten Stronghold 2, Stronghold Crusader 2 or one of our other new Steam Editions? Are YOU sitting there right now thinking “If only I had a few extra maps to try out!” while patiently waiting for the next Stronghold to come out?
Well your prayers have been answered! Watch as we run us through some of our favourite custom maps currently available to download and play on Steam Workshop. We picked seven of the best Stronghold community maps from the games' respective Workshop pages, even throwing in an enjoyable Space Colony scenario for you Stig fans out there!
Got a favourite map of your own? Perhaps you uploaded your magnum opus long ago but it never quite made it to the top of the Workshop? Well fear not! We’ll be featuring more community content in future videos, so if you have a map you’d like to shine a spotlight on let us know in the comments and we’ll try it out.
Credits to Sir Gareth the Ganjagrinder, Sebastien Le Hardi, acv55555, -V-, MooSSiah, Amir P, Impaa and Spinnx!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w7vFxRxgtlA
Test your strategic prowess across two brand new maps released to celebrate the Chinese New Year and Steam’s very own Lunar New Year Sale! As we enter the year of the dog Spencer Steel invites YOU to set foot on legendary new battlegrounds for stellar skirmish and multiplayer action.
Two New Maps
Yin and Yang - Feel the balance of power shift between victory and defeat as you face your opponent on YingYang, a cosy little two-player map with plentiful resources and intertwined player estates. In the eternal struggle of good versus evil it is up to you to tip the scales and subdue your opponent by claiming valuable resources and dominating their land.
Snake River - A large three-player battleground with numerous neutral estates spread along the banks of its slithering river bends. With limited resources available on player estates, control over the neutral land is vital for expanding your castle and raising an army powerful enough to crush your opponents.
Want to create your own lunar new year map? Then fire up the Stronghold Legends Map Editor now from the Steam client under “Library” and “Tools”. Create your custom magical map and publish it in the Steam Workshop for the Stronghold community to enjoy.
We hope you enjoy the new maps and the rest of the Steam Lunar Sale!
http://store.steampowered.com/app/40960/Stronghold_2_Steam_Edition/
Please Note - These new maps are not included in the base game and must be downloaded separately via Steam Workshop using the links above.
