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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 |
Series | Stronghold |
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 2012 massively multiplayer online real-time strategy game video game with a Medieval castle building theme. It was an installment in the Stronghold series of games. It is the first game in the MMO genre to be developed by Firefly Studios. [2]
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 17 October 2012 when it achieved gold status. [4]
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]