Stronghold Kingdoms
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| Developer(s) | Firefly Studios |
| Publisher(s) | Firefly Studios |
| Producer(s) | Eric Ouellette Paul Harris Mark Barney |
| Designer(s) | Simon Bradbury Eric Ouellette |
| Artist(s) | Darrin Horbal Tom Ward |
| Platform(s) | Windows, OS X, iOS, Android |
| Release | Microsoft Windows
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| Genre(s) | Massively multiplayer online real-time strategy |
| Mode(s) | Multiplayer |
Stronghold Kingdoms is a Massively multiplayer online real-time strategy game video game with a Medieval castle building theme. It was developed by Firefly Studios and based upon their commercially successful and popular Stronghold series of games. Firefly Studios started development of Stronghold Kingdoms in 2007 as their first entry into the MMO genre.[2]
Development
[edit]Work on the game began with a small team of developers in 2007, the early alpha phase was started at the beginning of 2009, after which testers were able to play in a closed setting for the first time. The first alpha test began in 2009 and was open to 150 players.[3] From November 2010, an open beta ran for almost two years until the game was officially released on October 17, 2012 when it achieved gold status.[4]
Reception
[edit]Stronghold Kingdoms has achieved a Metacritic score of 75, indicating generally favorable reviews.[5]
Strategy Informer gave a score of 85/100, with reviewer Emmanuel Brown describing it as "mission accomplished" and saying that "for the most part, they get it absolutely right."[6] Gaming XP's review praised how the classic Stronghold format was "implemented very well for this MMO".[7]
References
[edit]- ^ "At long last, Stronghold Kingdoms is available for Mac castle builders".[permanent dead link]
- ^ Ford, Suzie. "Firefly Studios Announces "Castle-Based" MMO". Warcry Network. Archived from the original on 2 August 2017. Retrieved 16 May 2011.
- ^ Ford, Suzie. "Firefly Studios Talks Up Stronghold Kingdoms". Warcry Network. Archived from the original on 19 October 2013. Retrieved 16 May 2011.
- ^ "Stronghold Kingdoms Goes Gold". Firefly Studios. 11 October 2012.
- ^ "Stronghold Kingdoms Metacritic". Metacritic. Retrieved 4 August 2013.
- ^ Emmanuel, Brown. "Stronghold Kingdoms Review". Strategy Informer. Retrieved 4 September 2014.
- ^ "Stronghold Kingdoms". Archived from the original on 18 January 2015. Retrieved 10 December 2012.
External links
[edit]- Official website
- Stronghold Kingdoms at Firefly Studios
- 2012 video games
- Android (operating system) games
- Free online games
- Free-to-play video games
- IOS games
- MacOS games
- Massively multiplayer online real-time strategy games
- Real-time strategy video games
- Stronghold (series)
- Video games developed in the United Kingdom
- Video games set in castles
- Video games set in the Middle Ages
- Windows games