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"We are the British indie developer behind Stronghold. Currently working on Stronghold Crusader 2 and Stronghold Kingdoms. We love strategy games!
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Changed just before the release, our early 'Crusader Ranger' concept art was the game loading screen for almost two years of development! #ranger #crusader #strongholdcrusader2 #conceptart #videogame
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Changed just before release, our early 'Crusader Ranger' concept art was the game's loading screen for almost two years of development! #ranger #crusader #strongholdcrusader2 #conceptart #videogame
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Win a Kingdoms Card Pack Bundle
We've got a bunch of card packs for you to win this week! One lucky winner will be sent a special offer code for Random Packs, Super Random Packs and Ultimate Random Packs when the competition ends on Friday.
Improve your chances with three ways to enter:
We're giving you three chances to enter, with each entry improving your chances in the prize draw on Friday. Enter using all of the below methods and you'll have three times the chance to win!
Entry 1: Follow @PlayStronghold on Twitter and retweet our competition tweet.
Entry 2: Leave a message in the comments below.
Entry 3: Like and share this post.
A winner will be selected randomly from the total pool of entrants after the competition ends this Friday July 24 at 2pm BST
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Final Call for Donations!
Last week Team Firefly were brave enough to run for SpecialEffect in the British 10k, which took place on a characteristically cold London Sunday. Much of the SpecialEffect team also went the extra mile and did so while dressed as Tetrominos, Zelda characters, Power Rangers, Angry Birds and more!
But we still need your help! The Firefly fund raise is currently sitting at around 90% of it's £1,000 goal and we need fans, family and friends to help people like Rob share the joy of playing games with their family and friends:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mMOgC6coba8
If you can spare anything it really will make a huge difference to the lives of gamers like Rob, improving their quality of life in a way that very few charities can.
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Summer Sale Begins - 40% Crowns Bonus!
Tell me Sire... What is golden, shiny, fills our hearts with joy and hasn't been spotted in the kingdom for all too long? Yes! Summer is here and with it comes a deal that few Lords and Ladies can resist, extra Crowns! To give your scouts a boost of energy while riding under the blazing summer sun and to keep the stocks in our granary from spoiling too quickly, the royal bank is offering a staggering 40% bonus on all Crown purchases.
This rare deal is now live and will be available until 2pm GMT (Game Time) on July 5th. It applies to all purchase types and payment methods, including gifts. Stock up your supplies and reinforce your defenses or ready your forces for battle! Do not miss this opportunity to crush our enemies and raise to kingship as they bathe in the sun.
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Steam Workshop Winner
Shortly after the launch of invasions in Stronghold Crusader 2's Sandbox Mode, we asked you forge your own maps and erect mighty castles to hold off the most brutal and diligent of AI attacks. Picking our winner was no easy feat as we put your creations to the test by sacrificing thousands of brave archers, knights and AI Lords. After evaluating the maps both for their defensive ingenuity and pleasing aesthetics, we have hand picked our favourite creationsto be glorified throughout all Kingdoms and battle fields. In what ended up becoming a very close vote, we are proud to present the winner of the second Crusader 2 Steam Workshop Competition!
Winner:
bayoda with his map 'Steinschloss'
http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=456836545
To reward their fantastic efforts the winner will receive a lifetime supply of Stronghold Crusader 2 DLC!
Don’t forget you can enjoy this map and dozens of others by following the above link to Steam and hitting the 'Subscribe' button. So long as you’re logged in or using the Steam client it will automatically download the next time you start up the game. All other custom maps can be found on our Steam Workshop page:
http://steamcommunity.com/app/232890/workshop/
We would like to thank all players who used this opportunity to share their own custom maps and missions on our Steam Workshop page. The Crusader 2 team is looking forward to seeing lots more of your creations for the Sandbox Mode, as we work towards free content updates and our planned DLC releases. Every custom map has the power to deliver a totally new Stronghold Crusader 2 experience. See for yourself by browsing our workshop page, downloading new maps and seeing if you can do even better in the Crusader 2 Map Editor!
#stronghold#stronghold crusader#Stronghold Crusader 2#crusades#crusader#crusaders#steam#workshop#steam workshop#winner#competition
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Ever entered the Konami Code at the Crusader 2 main menu? Maybe that’s something you should try!
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Could you resist a marriage proposal at one of these romantic Irish castles?
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Last Chance for Super Sales!
The Steam Summer Sale is coming to an end, giving you a last chance to grab some amazing deals on our most beloved games! With just 5 hours left in this year’s largest game price massacre, head over to the Steam Store now and get your favourite Firefly games at fantastic discounts:
Stronghold Crusader 2 (30% Off) - http://store.steampowered.com/app/232890/
The Princess & The Pig DLC (33% Off) - http://store.steampowered.com/app/348990/
The Emperor & The Hermit DLC (33% Off) - http://store.steampowered.com/app/349000/
Space Colony: Steam Edition (10% Off) - http://store.steampowered.com/app/297920/
Stronghold HD (50% Off) - http://store.steampowered.com/app/40950/
Stronghold Crusader HD (50% Off) - http://store.steampowered.com/app/40970/
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#stronghold crusader#stronghold#Stronghold Crusader 2#curasers#stronghold series#steam summer sale#steam sale#sale#offer#discount#reduced
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The Princess & The Pig DLC, Free Map Pack & 40% Off! OUT NOW!!!
Man the castle walls and gather your forces as two powerful AI Lords approach the desert! Determined to end your Crusade, two new warriors have arrived to help The Wolf, The Caliph and their accomplices. Grab “The Princess & The Pig” DLC now at 33% off to stop them in their tracks or open Steam and load up the free “Blow the Horn, Bang the Drum” update. This new update should download automatically adding improvements to enemy AI and a new map pack containing four skirmish maps.
Daily Deal – 40% Off Stronghold Crusader 2
To celebrate the release of our first DLC, Crusader 2 is currently 40% off on Steam -
http://store.steampowered.com/app/232890/
The Princess & The Pig DLC – 33% Off
Developer Diary -
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-UwjGRE7Gf0
Buy Now -
http://store.steampowered.com/app/348990
New contestants have entered the fray in the battle for Jerusalem! The Princess and The Pig have embarked for the holy lands bringing swords, spears and maces in a journey destined to disrupt the balance of power. Players must fight their way through a new skirmish trail with seven deadly scenarios to tackle, including three new maps. Old faces such as The Wolf, Richard the Lionheart and Saladin also make a return, smarter and more strategic than before. While these new rivals sometimes aid the player in battle, they won’t hold back when it comes to the gruesomely difficult finale.
The first piece of downloadable content available for Stronghold Crusader 2, The Princess & The Pig DLC adds seven missions, two AI opponents, 10 achievements and new castle designs unique to The Princess and The Pig. It is available now on Steam for £3.99/$5.99/€4.99, with an additional 33% off for the next seven days!
‘Blow the Horn, Bang the Drum’ Update
To coincide with the launch of our first Stronghold Crusader 2 DLC, we have released a free update for all players adding a new map pack and improved enemy AI. Dive into new Custom Skirmish and Multiplayer experiences on a set of challenging new maps, in an ultimate test of your prowess on the battlefield. Challenge your friends online or go up against improved enemy Lords, updated with more effective AI when attacking or defending against the player.
Read more about the update here:
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Please Note: Today’s ‘Blow the Horn, Bang the Drum’ update is independent of ‘The Princess and The Pig’ DLC and will be downloaded automatically once you open Steam. We also have a second free content update planned for release in two weeks on April 1st, which will add sandbox invasions and more to the game.
#rts#real time strategy#stronghold#stronghold crusader#crusader 2#castle sim#sim#simulation#stronghold series#historic#siege#battle#combat#steam#steam sale
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Play Space Colony: Steam Edition at EGX Rezzed!
It gives us great pleasure to announce Space Colony: Steam Edition! Developed and self-published on Steam by the folks here at Firefly, this new release is a remaster of the original sci-fi base builder. It will expand the core game with new missions and features, releasing exclusively on Steam in Q2 2015. If you’re currently in London you can try out our first public playable build, which is currently on show at EGX Rezzed!
Not at the show? Then check out our Rezzed announcement trailer for a full run-down on what the new Steam Edition has to offer:
Steam Trailer - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yO7KRWasma0
Faithful to the original game Space Colony: Steam Edition includes military and civilian campaigns with more than 80 missions in total, including brand new single player content. Steam Workshop functionality also has been added to the map editor, allowing you to share custom maps with the Steam community. This means from launch you can discover old favourites, upload new creations and even download whole new campaigns designed by the Space Colony community!
Created exclusively for Steam, this new remastered version will also include a number of Steam features such as achievements, trading cards, the aforementioned Steam Workshop support and Steam Cloud. Space Colony: Steam Edition is the definitive version for fans of the original game and the Stronghold series. Also supported are high resolution graphics settings, allowing players to view their entire colony while playing on a single screen.
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The Wolf has returned! Unite with thousands of other players and do battle with classic Stronghold characters in Stronghold Kingdoms: Rise of The Wolf. The latest free update for Firefly Studio's popular MMORTS, Rise of The Wolf sees players fighting to take back medieval England from the clutches of The Rat, The Snake, The Pig and the nefarious Wolf.
NOW LIVE on www.strongholdkingdoms.com
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The Wolf Rises
My Lord, our spies have collected fresh intelligence on this distant world and the terrors they speak of confirm our worst fears! The spymaster tells of a Kingdom drenched in the darkness of The Wolf's tyranny, upheld by his cruel and merciless henchmen: The Rat, The Snake and The Pig. Together they have sights set on the whole of the British Isles, razing and capturing villages as they see fit and holding the world's political landscape hostage in a diabolical power play.
We will finally gain access to these battered lands on 05/03/15 at 15:00 GMT, at which point time will be of the essence. It will be up to you and the alliances you have managed to form to end the conflict in these haunted lands and claim the throne for yourself! Beware… These foreign lands are governed by special forces and rules that will support you in your quest to drive out The Wolf and his cronies, but also put you in yet unseen dangers. Here’s what we know so far:
The AI (The Wolf, Pig, Snake and Rat) control villages in the same way players do, this includes castles.
The AI has the ability to capture and raze player villages.
AI villages can be captured by players
The AI will vote for itself in elections and control capitals.
The AI sends out scouts to resource stashes.
Over time the AI will repair its castles.
The frequency with which resource stashes appear is increased, now also include weapon stashes.
Razing or capturing each AI village will give players a chance to win a special Wheel Spin.
Uncovering a resource stash will give players a chance for a special Wheel Spin.
Armies and Scouts move at four times normal speed.
The AI will launch regular invasions from multiple points around the British Isles in an attempt to capture new villages.
Glory rounds end when a House (including the AI House) reaches 2 million Glory Points.
The winners of each Glory round receive a special prize.
‘Rise of The Wolf’
is an upcoming special game world featuring classic Stronghold characters, improved AI and PvE (player-versus-environment) gameplay. In Rise of The Wolf players are randomly assigned a location on a medieval map of the British Isles. Forced to cooperate and hold back a tide of attacks from The Wolf, The Snake, The Pig and The Rat, who have returned to take vengeance against the people of Britain. Players must fight for both land lost to the invaders and for the support of the people. Only by engaging enemy troops to take back villages and winning votes in the political arena, right down to the level of each parish, can players hope to succeed.
Rise of The Wolf is a faster, more challenging game world designed for large numbers of players working together in pursuit of a common goal. It will open to everyone at 15:00 GMT on 05/03/15, when The Wolf and his subordinates will begin their main assault. This new game world is the first to focus entirely on PvE gameplay and feature characters from the original Stronghold, due to popular demand. Differentiating itself from Domination, Rise of The Wolf will not be time-limited and will feature rounds of prize giving like a normal world, as opposed to a single prize at the end.
Downtime Warning: To prepare for the launch of Rise of The Wolf on Thursday 5th March we will require at least 90 minutes of downtime across all game worlds on Wednesday 4th March, starting at 11:00am GMT.
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Stronghold Kingdoms Mac Giveaway
#Stronghold Kingdoms#MMORTS#rts#mac#play#online#strategie#strategy games#real time strategy#strategy war games#take a bite out of this#mac osx#os x yosemite#app store#apple#jan 13#2015#coming soon#coming#soon#nearly#Next Year#Q1 2015#Q1
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Like you we love the creation of games, playing and talking about them. Are you unsure what to play next? If you need a second opinion, are curious about the games we love or just want to become a member of our Steam group then please do follow us!
With Steam's Curator Groups we can now easily share our most fond gaming experiences, recommending a selection of our personal favourites. Sound good? Then follow the Firefly Curator page, let us know what your favourite games are and find out what we play when we're not playing our own games!
http://store.steampowered.com/curator/6860764/
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You can learn a lot from a tooth. Molars taken from skeletons unearthed by work on a new London railway line are revealing secrets of the medieval Black Death—and of its victims.
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