July 21, 2016

Intense PvP competition returns next week with the launch of Domination 3!

Sharpen your swords and tighten your bow strings, as it’s soon time for another epic clash of Houses on a heated PvP battlefield! Launching next week on July 28^th, Domination World 3 will return you – the Lords of Stronghold – to Kingdom’s most coveted Glory Race. Players from all game worlds will once again come together to take part in a fast-paced, brutal and ruthless bloodbath, all in pursuit of eternal glory in the Hall of Legends. Will YOU fight for dominion of the British Isles and win a treasury of in-game prizes?

Based off the Domination 2 rule set, our third Domination world will feature the same unique gameplay changes that bred cut-throat politics and intense PvP warring. The only major change is a significantly longer world lifespan of 180 days, meaning Domination World 3 will offer the most lengthy PvP-heavy challenge in the game’s short history. This new world will once again give new Lords and veterans alike a chance to either secure their rightful place in the Hall of Legends or be shamefully forgotten in the annals of Kingdoms’ history…

Be ready to join the fight on July 28^th at 14:00 GMT!

Click here to read more about Domination World 3

June 15, 2016

A Kingdoms endgame, new updates and a redesigned mobile version. We reveal our plan for all game worlds!

The Final Age

Once the Sixth Age Glory Race comes to an end on a world, said world will then enter its Final Age. In this age a single House of players must conquer and capture all Royal Towers, a new PvE target on the world map, before the House Marshall decides whether or not to press ‘The Button’ and close their world forever! Select players are then rewarded with ‘Royal Loot’ prize tiers, based on their rank and position at world end.

New Ruleset & Gameplay

1. Endgame will activate when a world enters the Final Age, with world end controlled entirely by the players.
2. The Final Age begins with 150 Royal Towers on the map.
3. ‘The Button’ is visible to all players, but can only be pressed by the Marshall of the House that controls all towers.
4. Pressing ‘The Button’ ends the world, determining which players claim each reward tier.
5. The Glory Race has no end and Houses are no longer eliminated.
6. The first House to reach 1 million Glory points wins the Round and gains a star.
7. After each Glory Round, towers respawn and tower control is reset.
8. Each Round brings the number of towers down by 10, with a minimum of 20.
9. A new Royal Towers tab will be added to the Glory screen.
10. Capital guilds can now be upgraded an additional five levels.
11. No new players may join this game world. Only those who previously had a village on this world may enter it.

Royal Loot Prizes

Prepare to win the greatest ever loot haul in the history of Stronghold Kingdoms!

Gold: Members of the House with the most stars at world end will receive the Gold prize pack featuring rare cards, Ultimate Random Packs and more!

Silver: Members of the second to fifth placed Houses in the Glory Race will receive the Silver prize pack featuring 3k Card Points, rare cards and more!

Bronze: Players who fail to qualify for Gold or Silver prizes and are ranked Prince or above, with at least one village in the world, will receive the Bronze prize pack featuring research packs,  3 30-Day Premium Token and more!

Ultimate: In addition to their Royal Loot prize, members of the House which ends the world will receive the Final Victory Ultimate Champion Prize!

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The Future

New features and updates are in active development:

• New Features – Exciting gameplay changes are planned for Kingdoms in the form of future feature updates.
• Events System – A new in-game events system will offer global PvE and PvP challenges for all players, with rewards for those who rise to the challenge.
• iOS and Android – Our redesigned mobile version of Kingdoms is set for a late summer release on iOS and Android devices.
• New Worlds – Extra worlds and world types will be introduced to gradually replace those closed by winning Houses.

June 15, 2016

Now live on World 4, The Sixth Age introduces extra armaments and lightning-fast sieges!

The Sixth Age

The Sixth Age is upon us!

After the political reformation, expanded military schools and abundant treasure castles that characterised the Fifth Age of Stronghold Kingdoms, Sixth Age gameplay will force players to change gear. By increasing the pace of Kingdoms’ bread and butter gameplay, such as launching attacks and monking, the Sixth Age means to prepare you for the challenges to come in the Final Age…

New Ruleset

1. Now live on World 4 and coming to all other worlds that complete Age 5.
2. The cost to recruit troops in capitals has been halved.
3. Movement speed has increased for Armies and Scouts.
4. Monk movement speed has been doubled.
5. Weapons can now be found in stashes.
6. Weapons can once again be bought and sold at markets.
7. The max size for a faction is now 10 players.
8. One million Glory Points are required to win each Glory Round.

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You will need to keep your allies close and eyes open as you carve out a path for your medieval empire in this new age on World 4, with the Sixth Age coming to all other game worlds in time. Weapons are plentiful, diplomacy is limited and attacks are swift, so stay vigilant! Old enemies and new rivals may emerge as the world prepares for the Final Age.

May 31, 2016

THANK YOU! That’s our message to each and every Stronghold fan who submitted their fantastic artwork in the recent Fan Art Giveaway.We are proud to reveal our three lucky winners, whose artistic spirit helped win them this competition:

https://www.instagram.com/justcreat1ve/

https://www.instagram.com/mrflokis/

https://www.instagram.com/tommy.d2606/

Don’t forget to follow us on Instagram to and catch our newest screenshots, concept art and other artistic treasures from the Firefly vault!

https://www.instagram.com/firefly_studios/

1,000 thanks to 1,000 followers on Instagram! As a token of our appreciation we’re organizing a special giveaway.

All YOU have to do is create and show us your finest original Stronghold fan art to win every Firefly Studios game on Steam!

How to Enter

1. Create and publish your fan art on your Instagram account using the hashtag #fireflystudios
2. Email us a link to your Instagram account via competitions@fireflyworlds.com before Monday June 6^th
3. Check the Firefly Studios Facebook page the following day to see if your artwork is a winner!

Five winners will be chosen and each given codes for the following games: The Stronghold Collection, Space Colony: Steam Edition, Stronghold Crusader 2: Ultimate Edition and a Stronghold Kingdoms Starter Pack (either on Steam or in the client version of the game).

All winning artwork will be posted to our Instagram page, will full credit given to the authors.

Don’t forget to follow Firefly Studios on Instagram for the latest screenshots, concept art and paintings from our games – https://instagram.com/firefly_studios/

Good Luck!

April 14, 2016

Storm the shores of an uninhabited world map and conquer 151 countries in our new Global Conflict game world!

New World Now Open

What are you waiting for Sire? Pack your bags, load the ships and set off for this new world! With thousands of eager Lords already storming the empty landscapes of Global Conflict 2, there is no time to waste in the comfort of your castle! Pick a strategically sound corner of the globe, start with a humble village and build an empire spanning 151 countries!

Based on the fan-favorite Global Conflict world map, this second edition presents players of all skill levels with a new chance to assert their strength on a map of 151 real-world countries. Whether you choose to peacefully farm your way to riches, step out onto the political world stage as a diplomatic mastermind or take these thrones by force, there are no boundaries on Global Conflict 2.

Facebook Giveaway

To celebrate today’s launch we are also giving away the below bundle of prizes to 151 lucky Stronghold Kingdoms players:

• 10 Random Card Packs
• 5 Super Random Packs
• 5 Ultimate Random Packs
• 1 Premium Token (30-Day)

To enter simply follow these instructions:

• Go to Stronghold Kingdoms on Facebook
• Share the ‘Global Conflict 2 Now Live’ news post by clicking ‘Share’
• Comment on the post (Remember to include your Kingdoms username!)
• Like the post by clicking ‘Like’

151 winning players will be chosen at random after the competition ends at 09:00am GMT on Thursday April 21^st. These lucky players will be revealed and their prizes given a day later on Friday, April 22^nd.

Don’t forget to sign up to our Firefly Bulletin newsletter for the latest competitions, giveaways and Stronghold Kingdoms news.

April 13, 2016

Are you one of the 151 lucky players to win the Global Conflict 2 launch week giveaway?As the floodgates opened to our newest game world last week YOU stormed our Facebook page in search of riches from our raffle giveaway! As promised we have selected 151 lucky players at random, who will soon be showered with Card Packs and Premium Tokens!

Congratulations from Firefly to the winning players!

The above players have already been given the following raffle prizes:

• 10 Random Card Packs
• 5 Super Random Packs
• 5 Ultimate Random Packs
• 1 Premium Token (30 Day)

Just to spice things up we have also decided to give eight of our winners an extra Ultimate Random Card Pack!

The names of our ‘chosen ones’ can be found below:

felipeperuibe10, Zircron, sapuxx, rasimgungor, alexis.thomas, Putek47, Stronghold_King, TIGR-SS

Please Note: The above prizes have been manually distributed by Firefly staff to each player’s Kingdoms account. There is no specific offer code involved in this giveaway.

Didn’t win? Sign up to the Firefly Bulletin and be the first to hear about upcoming promotions and Stronghold Kingdoms giveaways!

April 2, 2016

Help us celebrate Steam’s Stronghold Crusader 2 free weekend!

Please Note: This promotion is now finished and the crossword giveaway codes have expired (as of Monday 11th of April 2016 10:00 GMT).

Salam, your Lordship! After the Stronghold Crusader 2 free weekend sale on Steam our celebratory Stronghold Kingdoms giveaway now enters its final stage. Below you will find the final piece of our crossword competition puzzle, themed after the game’s colorful cast of characters. The last of three parts, today’s giveaway provides you with the chance to unlock our final ‘mega code’ containing Super and Ultimate Card Packs!

As you can see we have now published the complete crossword, meaning all YOU have to do is find the characters’ names in English and complete the code with the appropriate letters to win!

To claim the gift simply enter your code in the ‘Redeem Offer Code’ section of your Stronghold Kingdoms account.

Want to be notified of future events, competitions and giveaways? Sign up to the Firefly Bulletin now!

Missed out? No worries – You can still take part in previous stages of the competition:

Part 1

• Facebook
• Instagram

Part 2

• Twitter
• YouTube

April 1, 2016

Kingdoms now coming to iOS, Android and Nokia’s classic handset with an exclusive remake!

Miracles happen. While Firefly Studios are busy bringing Stronghold Kingdoms to life on iPad, iPhone and Android devices they are also hard at work on another project equally dear to their hearts. After weeks of intense prototyping, power meetings and rummaging through old boxes to actually find one of the phones, the British developer has finally revealed their secret project.

Key Features

• Forget Snake! Experience classic Stronghold gameplay on your 3310
• Command peasants with controls redesigned for physical number pads
• Enjoy beautifully recreated monotone graphics at 84×84 resolution
• Somehow play cross-platform against PC, Mac, iOS and Android users
• Never worry about dropping your phone again!

FIRST GAMEPLAY FOOTAGE!

While this is early pre-pre-Alpha footage and thus completely unrepresentative of the final product, the Stronghold developer hopes it is apparent just how much love has been put into the demake. A late addition to the scheduled line-up of supported platforms and devices, the 3310 build was put into production after one developer dropped his iPhone. Smashing it to pieces for the 14th and final time.

March 31, 2016

Download and play for free before Sunday 8pm GMT and get 80% off when you buy!

The full Stronghold Crusader 2 base game is currently FREE to download and play this weekend on Steam and the game is also 80% off until Monday. Every player with a Steam account now has access to the single player campaigns, multiplayer and all secondary modes such as free build!

How to Play

1. Do you have Steam installed? Yes? Good.
2. Click here to download the game.
3. Repel the infidel!

For a limited time only we are giving you and your Steam friends a free ticket to the latest and greatest 3D entry in the Stronghold series. Face old rivals like Richard the Lionheart and Saladin in a series of dynamic, fast-paced skirmish matches, challenge your friends in the unforgiving multiplayer arena or build the world’s grandest castle in free-build mode.

Crusader 2 will remain available for free until Sunday April 3^rd at 20:00 GMT, giving you several full days to enjoy the definitive 3D Stronghold.

Already own the game? Then invite your friends! Show no mercy in a brutal multiplayer showdown or teach them the ropes using the game’s unique co-op mode.

Buy Now and Get 80% Off!

March 16, 2016

Mobile version will release in Summer 2016! Coming to iOS and Android with new controls and cross-play.

We have just released the first trailer for our mobile redesign of Stronghold Kingdoms. At release phone and tablet players will do battle with PC and Mac veterans, with existing players able to link accounts and play on their platform of choice. Stronghold Kingdoms will be our first completely cross-platform game and the first ever Stronghold game on mobile:

Completely redesigned for mobile, Stronghold Kingdoms on iOS and Android will feature new controls, a touch-based interface and all core functionality of the PC and Mac versions. Castles will be just as easy to build, siege and defend, with simple one-touch gesture controls and UI rebuilt from the ground up for smart devices.

Stronghold Kingdoms’ player base of over four million registered users is expected to increase greatly with the release of the game on iOS and Android. We look forward to showing you more of the game during GDC and in the coming weeks and months in the run up to release!