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ABOUT Firefly Studios

Firefly Studios

We are the BAFTA nominated developer behind the classic RTS 'castle sim' series Stronghold!

Firefly Studios has remained active since 1999 with staff past and present responsible for many high quality historical (and very occasionally sci fi!) titles. We've worked with big publishers, befriended smaller ones, tried our hand at consoles, launched a successful free-to-play title based on our own IP, moved from boxed to digital and even released Stronghold on mobile!

At our heart however we are a PC strategy games developer with a love of trebuchets (the superior siege weapon), base-building and gong farming. Currently working on Romans: Age of Caesar.

Game Website[www.strongholdwarlords.com]
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Valley of the Wolf & Spring Update - Coming April 30th!

28 March - FireFlyNick | 1 Comments

Snarls Soon you will see what it means to wage real warfare! That is... In our final instalment of the Stronghold: Definitive Edition 'Jewel' campaign! Valley of the Wolf extends the base game with seven new missions and extra achievements. Under the tutelage of the wise Sergeant, finish the fight by rescuing Sir Longarm's captured kin once and for all, when this new DLC releases for $2.99, €2.99 and £2.49 on April 30th.

This final chapter of 'The Jewel' campaign pits players against the greatest rogue of them all... The vicious Wolf! To safely retrieve the Jewel of the North and put an end to The Wolf's insidious scourge, players must plunge directly into the belly of the beast and bring the fight to his borders. Against great odds in unfamiliar territory, survival alone demands that nothing is held back.

Also arriving on April 30th as part of our 'Spring Update' is a second castle trail of 10 siege scenarios. This new 'Noble Trail' will arrive alongside additional maps for Multiplayer, Free Build and Siege modes, with the exciting (and long overdue!) introduction of our first ever Polish castles to be featured in a Stronghold game.

Malbork, the fortress erected by the Teutonic Order to signify their Prussian conquest, Biskupin, an ancient stronghold built at the dawn of Rome, and Niedzica, a daunting gothic castle that Dracula himself would be proud of, will all be found in the new castle trail, while another castle, Ogrodzieniec, will be playable as a standalone map through Siege mode.

We would like to thank our Polish fans who suggested these epic citadels online and in person last year, at events like Gamescom and EGX. Your support for Stronghold: Definitive Edition has been incredible and we hope to bring demos of future Stronghold games to events in Poland. So please keep an eye on our socials for the latest news!

Be sure to return on April 30th and check out our full patch notes at release. These will include a run down of other minor features, fixes and improvements coming to the game as part of the Spring Update in version 1.3.

Thanks for playing!

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2728000/Stronghold_Definitive_Edition__Valley_of_the_Wolf_Campaign/

The Future of Stronghold

1 February - FireFlyNick | 5 Comments

Happy New Year! After a launch that quite frankly exceeded all our expectations... We are pleased to announce that the first substantial gameplay update for Stronghold: Definitive Edition releases on Steam on February 13th! A simultaneous launch of free content and paid DLC, the Winter Update will be available to all players, while the Swine's Bay Campaign DLC will retail for $2.99, £2.49 or €2.99.

Feeling lucky? You could even win this DLC through a giveaway being run in the above development diary! Check it out to learn more and get the inside track on what to expect of Firefly in 2024 and beyond.

As announced before launch, we intend to support Stronghold: Definitive Edition with both free and paid post-launch content, releasing as two major updates. The aim of each DLC is to offer fresh missions, created by veteran developers for players who want to challenge their two decades of castle sim experience. While the free updates will bring a host of fixes and improvements, alongside extra missions designed to compliment the main story.

Releasing on February 13th, the Swine's Bay Campaign DLC follows the events of the main game and is narrated by returning series actor Christopher Kent. Players will be met with seven ruthless military combat scenarios across original maps, as they seek to retrieve the Jewel of the North from the clutches of the infamous slaver Captain Hogsfoot.

Releasing alongside this DLC, our free Winter Update will add a second economic campaign, voiced by another returning Stronghold actor in Jay Simon! These missions are designed to test players’ strategic skills beyond the warfront, with a series of resource production and management challenges. Kingdoms may be crushed by warriors, but they can only be raised by those with the vision to build.

Looking forward to the future we are actively engaged in a number of projects, the most prominent of which is the as of yet untitled ‘Stronghold Unreal’ project, built using Unreal Engine 5. Needless to say, witnessing the love for mechanically deep, passionately made strategy games like Stronghold: Definitive Edition has lit a fire under our little studio and the team can’t wait to share more!

In the meantime our Swine's Bay Campaign is available to Wishlist, ahead of its release on February 13th:

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2727990/Stronghold_Definitive_Edition__Swines_Bay_Campaign/

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philb19464 8 Nov, 2023 @ 8:25pm

Please add Stats tracking and leaderboards to Stronghold Definitive edition to help with the replayability aspect and keeping players engaged in the multiplayer.

Damat Ferit 19 Oct, 2023 @ 2:25pm

Why don't you release this game, which means so much to me, for the MacOS operating system? Greetings from Türkiye

Holydit 12 Oct, 2023 @ 12:39pm

NICE :D

Himitsu 9 Aug, 2023 @ 3:13am

Wood needed.

~Yak~ 6 May, 2022 @ 11:03pm

Night time maps would be interesting as well (fire arrows) or a day night cycle that is switchable for multiplayer.

~Yak~ 6 May, 2022 @ 11:02pm

Just saw that a new game was in the works. Hope to see a remastered version of the original Stronghold combined with the best ideas from Crusader/SC2. Would be great to have massive armies (thousands), green forest-filled maps, modern graphics, moats, ladders, all the siege etc.

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