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Top 7 Custom Maps

Have YOU already beaten Stronghold Crusader 2 or one of the new and improved Steam Editions of Stronghold 2, Stronghold Legends and Space Colony? Are YOU sitting there right now thinking “I know and love these games. If only I had a few extra maps to try out!” while staring at the wall waiting for Stronghold Next to come out? Well it’s safe to say that with this week’s video your prayers have been answered.

Today Nick runs us through seven of our favourite custom maps currently available to download and play in seconds on Steam Workshop, assuming you’re not still running a 56k modem and waiting for your parents to get off the phone line… We picked seven of the best Stronghold community maps from the Workshop pages for our games, even throwing in an enjoyable Space Colony scenario for you Stig fans out there!

Credits to Sir Gareth the Ganjagrinder, Sebastien Le Hardi, acv55555, -V-, MooSSiah, Amir P, Impaa and Spinnx!

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Best of PC Gamer Weekender

Last week we took a short break from showing off our new Early Access tactical dungeon crawler to run around the PC Gamer Weekender interviewing our fellow developers. Watch as we run through our eight top picks of the show and interview some amazing developers including British videogame superstar Julian Gollop! Follow us as we investigate everything from medieval RPGs and fantasy RTS games to farming simulators and cat dating sims! Featuring Kingdom Come: Deliverance, SpellForce 3, Real Farm, Endless Space 2, Deep Rock Galactic, Purrfect Date, Phoenix Point, Biomutant and of course our very own MetaMorph: Dungeon Creatures.

We also just want to say massive ‘Thank You!” to all the amazing studios that featured in our video. We really appreciate your time during the event and hope to see you again very soon.

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Stronghold Lunar Sale

To celebrate the Steam Lunar Sale we are putting massive discounts on all Firefly Studios titles, from Stronghold HD all the way through to our new Early Access game MetaMorph: Dungeon Creatures. So what are you waiting for? Go get up to 90% off on satisfying your castle simulation urges!

If that doesn’t convince you, then watch as Spencer Steel presents his legendary gaming hour and takes you through each amazing deal. Whether you want to orchestrate massive caste sieges in the Stronghold series, zap some alien critters in Space Colony, or go on a rampage in a menacing dungeon full of lethal foes in MetaMorph: Dungeon Creatures, the Steam Lunar sale has got it all!

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Firefly vs Stronghold Fans Quiz

It’s Team Lionheart versus Team Saladin in Firefly Studios’ very first Stronghold community quiz! Stronghold tournament winners Max and Nico take on Firefly veteran Paul and German Community Manager Pascal in this two vs two clash of Stronghold scribes. Questions range from which units a particular building can produce to game-specific protagonists and some oddly specific knowledge of tree physics!

Watch the video in full for Paul’s peerless impression of Pascal Deveraux, bonus points awarded for Firefly’s extensive Stronghold expertise and some particularly impressive fan knowledge to boot. Test your memory of Stronghold 2, Legends, Crusader and other classic titles in eight rounds of nerdy goodness in our first ever devs versus players match-up!

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The Making of Stronghold Legends

How did Firefly Studios take Stronghold beyond the history books into the realm of magic and fantasy? What was it like designing a medieval strategy game where units could climb or even fly straight over castle walls? Why does the ice dwarf bare an uncanny resemblance to Diego Maradona? Find out the answers to all these questions and more in our latest entry in the ‘Making of Stronghold’ series!

Producer Paul and Lead Designer Simon Bradbury take us through their memories, anecdotes and insights from development of arguably the most left-field Stronghold game released to date. Nick leads the discussion through the game’s inception, combat, units and unique production challenges as our developers look back fondly the title. Featuring new information about the game’s development, sequel speculation and even new information about our next Stronghold game, you’ll want to watch this week’s video all the way through.

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Top 7 Easter Eggs

After two weeks looking toward the future of Stronghold, both for our mainline series and updates for Stronghold Kingdoms, this week we’re revisiting the past! So lend us your eyes and ears as we run through our top 7 Stronghold and Space Colony Easter eggs! While there may be one or two secrets that aren’t really secrets anymore, given it’s 15 years since Stronghold invaded hard drives worldwide, we bet you don’t know them all! We’d wager the ability to play Legends in third person, early Trump references in Space Colony and even the Stronghold ghost managed to pass most fans by! Obviously these are just a few of the secrets, references and Easter eggs we’ve hidden across more than 10 titles since 2001, so if you have a favourite reference not featured in today’s video let us know! Continue reading

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Stronghold Kingdoms Dev Update

Earlier this week we borrowed an hour of time from our very own Matt Smith to discuss all things Stronghold Kingdoms! We’ve edited together 10 minutes of highlights from the full discussion, along with a number of answers to your community questions. These were collected over the course of the past week and picked from discussions in the forums and on social media over the past few months. That said if you have questions of your own just let us know in the comments and we’ll try to include them in future videos. Continue reading

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Stronghold in 2018

We’re kicking off 2018 with a short announcement on the status of our upcoming Stronghold game, which we are currently referring to as Stronghold Next. It gives us great pleasure to announce that we have now entered into full production on the next mainline Stronghold game for PC. Planned for a late summer reveal, Stronghold Next will be shown for the first time with a full gameplay reveal and information about the new title. You can expect the game’s setting, new units and mechanics, full title and planned features to be revealed as soon as we’re ready to show you what we’ve been working on. Continue reading

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Metamorph – New Monsters, Traps and Levels!

Happy New Year from Firefly Studios! While we have plenty of Stronghold Next and Stronghold Kingdoms content on the way we wanted to kick start 2018 with a glimpse at our immediate plans for our Early Access tactical dungeon crawler MetaMorph: Dungeon Creatures. This video gives you a glimpse at our first MetaMorph content update due for release this month, while also hinting at things to come… Continue reading

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Firefly @ PC Gamer Weekender

Meet with Firefly and play MetaMorph at the PC Gamer Weekender! That’s right: Nick and co. will be taking the latest version of MetaMorph, his top secret knowledge of all current Firefly Studios projects and cool freebies on the road for YOU.

Visit our booth on Feb 17 or Feb 18 in London if you want to:

  • Be the first to try the latest version of MetaMorph: Dungeon Creatures
  • Give us your feedback and shape development of the game!
  • Find out what’s to come in the run up to release when the game leaves Early Access
  • Subtly ask us about certain other games coming out NEXT
  • Meet the devs behind your favourite strategy games
  • Take home cool Firefly freebies!

What are you waiting for? Get your ticket here and give us a shout!