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Topic: Announcements
The new items published under this topic are as follows.



Firefly Studios: Stronghold Kingdoms Announced!
Sunday, May 31, 2009 - 02:38 AM (2445 Reads)

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Firefly Studios has announced they have been working a new massively multiplayer onine game, Stronghold Kingdoms. Our quick scan of the press release gives the impression that Stronghold 1 style graphics have been married to a Stronghold 2 type economy system. Add in massive multiplayer elements for attacking, defending and raising through the ranks of a faction.


News: Stronghold Crusader Extreme
Tuesday, January 29, 2008 - 01:45 PM (13630 Reads)

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28th January 2008 - Firefly Studios announces Stronghold Crusader Extreme!

Firefly Studios (Developer) and Gamecock Media (Publisher) have announced the release in Spring 2008 of Stronghold Crusader Extreme, the new and (so we are lead to believe) improved version of the best selling Stronghold Crusader.


News: Stronghold Legends went Gold a long time ago now!
Tuesday, October 10, 2006 - 06:33 AM (4188 Reads)

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'Twas available from 23rd October 2006 in North America


Firefly Studios: CivCity: Rome
Friday, March 17, 2006 - 12:29 PM (3010 Reads)

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Firefly Studios, with Firaxis Games (the studio of the Sid Meier's Civilization games) is planning to release a new game called CivCity: Rome sometime this summer.



"In CivCity: Rome, gamers will recreate the glory of Rome by building a small settlement into a mighty imperial city. Featuring hundreds of buildings including gladiatorial schools, amphitheatres, the circus maximus, legionnaire forts, weapons workshops and much more, CivCity: Rome offers the most detailed look at Roman life ever depicted on a computer screen."

Talk about CivCity: Rome in our forums.

Check out the Firefly website..

Read the Take2 Games Press Release.

IGN has some screen shots.




News: SH2 Lord of the Rings Project Mini-Release
Tuesday, February 21, 2006 - 08:57 PM (87979 Reads)

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Compatible with Stronghold 2

The title says it all. The members of Stronghold-Knights have been working on a Stronghold 2, Lord of the Rings themed map pack, with game modifications, for months now, and we have released a set of nine maps and other modifications to mark our progress as well as whet the appetite of anyone interested. Read on to learn what has been done so far, and what is still to come.

Submitted by the SH2 LoTR Project Team


News: Stronghold Legends
Monday, February 13, 2006 - 07:06 PM (2697 Reads)

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FireFly Studios has officially announced their next installment in the Stronghold series. Stronghold Legends!

FireFly's very own Niall gave Stronghold-Knights.com the breaking news.

Find out more and discuss it in our forums by clicking here.

Go to FireFly Studio's Stronghold Legends website by clicking here.

Read the 2K Games Press Release by clicking here.

Check out the promotional screen shots by clicking here.




News: SH2 Custom Maps in Multiplayer Matches
Tuesday, February 07, 2006 - 05:59 PM (7692 Reads)

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Compatible with Stronghold 2

Two complaints concerning Stronghold 2 multiplayer matches were the facts that we could not play on custom maps and players can not duel against AI opponents. With FireFly Studios' guidance, we can now at least play each other on well crafted custom maps.



Submitted by The Pig, LordAussie and FireFly Studios




Firefly Studios: 3D Stronghold Versions
Monday, December 19, 2005 - 02:31 PM (16284 Reads)

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This is a continuation of our original Game Versions article. Due to length, the original article has now been split into two, one covering the 2-dimensional versions of the game, and this article covering the 3-dimensional games. There are more versions of Stronghold than you may think. These articles list all of them, along with information o­n their release dates, patches, publishers, strategy guides and more... If you've ever wondered what Castle Attack 2, the Conquest Trail, or Stronghold 2 Deluxe are, whether to patch your version of the game or not, or simply want to see the history of these great games, read o­n...

Submitted by Lord-Aaron-VII-of-Windsor, LordBritian, and Aubergine




Firefly Studios: 2D Stronghold Versions
Saturday, June 04, 2005 - 10:09 PM (131434 Reads)

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There are more versions of Stronghold than you may think. This article lists all of them, along with information o­n their release dates, patches, publishers, strategy guides and more... If you've ever wondered what the Castle Attack, Excalibur Pack, Stronghold Deluxe, Desert Warrior or Warchest are, whether to patch your version of the game or not, or simply want to see the history of these great games, read o­n...

Submitted by Lord-Aaron-VII-of-Windsor, LordBritian, Aubergine and gogo555



Note: Due to length limitations, this article was split into two parts. Read 3D Game Versions for the rest of the article.

Added details of 3rd CD in the German version of SH2 - thanks to gogo555 for providing the pics and added the Mac version disk and inside cover.

Firefly Studios: Stronghold 2 Readme File
Wednesday, April 20, 2005 - 09:12 PM (19407 Reads)

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If you have purchased Stronghold 2 and haven't read the Readme file yet, you really should! It contains details about graphics cards, sound cards, contact details for their support team and so o­n. Read it now!




Firefly Studios: Stronghold 2
Tuesday, April 19, 2005 - 09:53 AM (28942 Reads)

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The King, having fled after the defeat of his armies, now attempts to rule his country from a secret location. It is not known if he is even in the country anymore. Now, powerful barons jostle for what is fast becoming a disintegrating kingdom. It is up to you to stem the tides of their ambition and unite the land under the King o­nce again! And now Sir William, your mentor in the search for the lost King, is safe - guarding his grand castle against the evil Lord Barclay, also called "The Hammer"...




Firefly Studios: Stronghold 2 Interview with Paul Harris of Firefly Studios
Tuesday, March 01, 2005 - 01:56 PM (36473 Reads)

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Paul Harris, Associate Producer of Stronghold 2 at Firefly Studios, has kindly answered some questions asked by our site members in our forums.

As well as some unique screen grabs, we'll also find out a little more about the history of the company and the Stronghold series of games, why the switch from 2D to 3D was made (along with our first hint as to what computer specifications and graphics card will be required), information o­n the campaigns and historic castles, details of the royal foods and other resources, Lord ranks and military troop formations...

Questions by our site members, Answers by Paul Harris o­n behalf of Firefly Studios




News: Town Crier
Saturday, January 15, 2005 - 02:25 AM (2226 Reads)

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Oyez, Oyez, Oyez! My Lords, Ladies and Gentlemen, Be it known that Stronghold Knights' Town Crier will hereby be notifying you of the latest news, events, contests and other important information in our forums. Read o­n to learn a bit more about town criers...

Submitted by Aubergine



Note: The bell will appear where there is an announcement or something new for you to see.

Firefly Studios: Castle Attack 2 - Unlocking Secret Level
Wednesday, January 05, 2005 - 06:27 PM (21345 Reads)

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Castle Attack 2

This tutorial shows you how to unlock the secret level in the new Castle Attack 2 mini-game by Firefly Studios. Find out what happens when your Keep gets attacked by chickens, rats and one very large and very angry dairy cow... Moooooo!

Submitted by Aubergine having followed the clues from Triblade



Note: Updated to include details on how to create the settings file if it is not already there...

Firefly Studios: Castle Attack 2
Wednesday, December 22, 2004 - 10:32 AM (26816 Reads)

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Castle Attack 2

Firefly Studios free Castle Attack 2 game is now available for download. If you want to get your first sneak preview of what to expect in Stronghold 2, it's time to get downloading! Our review includes an exclusive guided tour with plenty of hints and tips for getting higer scores...

Submitted by Legolas of Mirkwood, Aubergine, Lord Mohraj the Mairmon and Triblade



Note: When entering your name in to the scores table, please put a {SHK} next to it so we can see how many SHK members are getting in to the high scores... Can you get to the Top 5?

News: Downloading for Beginners
Monday, November 01, 2004 - 08:06 PM (17508 Reads)

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Generic

 

This tutorial is designed for absolute beginners and is intended as a guide to simple, hassle free downloading of maps, templates and saved games. Where possible we have tried to minimise the need to open other programs or game folders to make the process as quick and easy as possible.

Submitted by Brave Sir Robin and Dragonheart Killer




News: The Writers' Guild
Thursday, September 30, 2004 - 01:14 PM (1495 Reads)

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I know many of you like writing (or so it seems, judging from your participation in the Dancing Bear Inn and the Quest) and it seems that we have wonderful writers amongst us. In this article we will show you how to add your own stories and poems to this website...

Sumbitted by Merrill the Just




Firefly Studios: More on Stronghold 2
Tuesday, August 24, 2004 - 09:18 AM (1729 Reads)

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Well, we finally have concrete evidence for the existence of Stronghold v2!

You can find out more and discuss it in our forums by clicking here.

You can read about it o­n Firefly's website by clicking here.

You can read the Take-2 press release by clicking here.

 

You can see loads of screen grabs by clicking here.

You can find out what new features, buildings, units there are by clicking here.

Download a German Video showing the game in action by clicking here. (22Megabytes and o­nly includes a short piece o­n Stronghold at the end)




Firefly Studios: Press Release - New Website
Monday, July 12, 2004 - 11:15 AM (2091 Reads)

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'Firefly Studios, developer of Stronghold, Stronghold Crusader and Space Colony, is proud to announce the re-launch of www.fireflyworlds.com. With a fresh new look and all new graphics and content this site will be the first point of call for fans to get the latest info o­n Firefly's current projects. Look out for exciting new announcements coming very soon!'


Firefly Studios: Stronghold 2 exists?
Saturday, May 01, 2004 - 08:41 AM (2671 Reads)

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"Yes you heard right. SH2 will be presented at the E 2004 in LA in May. That writes the serious german game magazine Gamestar. So, let´s make a big celebration and hope that it´s true!"




Firefly Studios: Space Colony - Building Your Colony
Monday, March 22, 2004 - 03:09 PM (7689 Reads)

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In Space Colony, a game from the Firefly Studios the makers of Stronghold, you will want to know how to survive lightyears away from Earth and simultaneously gain a fortune...

Submitted by Earl Listibald




News: Adding Stronghold Speech to MSN Messenger and Windows
Saturday, February 28, 2004 - 08:26 AM (3112 Reads)

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Playing speech for a contact who has just come o­nline in MSN Messenger can come in very handy if you leave your computer and speakers o­n and wish to be notified of their o­nline status with a voice message from Stronghold or Crusader. If you’re playing a game or using an application and cannot see the Messenger pop-up when someone logs o­n, you can have a voice play 'Greeting lord/lady'. You can even use the sounds for common Windows events such as start-up, opening pop-up menus, etc. Read o­n if you want to bring the whacky world of Stronghold and Crusader voices to your computer...

Sumbitted by Lord Scooby with some extra bits from Aubergine




Firefly Studios: Space Colony - Introduction
Thursday, December 04, 2003 - 10:38 AM (2444 Reads)

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Wait a second; you’re up for a breather? Enough of the history and the past? Do you need to know what the future of mankind will look like? Look no further, the answers have been given by Firefly Studios, the makers of Stronghold, Crusader and Warchest!

Submitted by Earl Listibald




News: Membership Benefits
Monday, November 17, 2003 - 09:11 PM (106371 Reads)

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Still undecided as to whether or not to become a registered member at this website? Read o­n and you'll find out about all the great things you can get after registering...

Remember, registration is completely free with no hidden strings attached! This is an advert-free, not-for-profit website and we plan to keep it that way.

We will not sell o­n your details to other organisations and there are no banner adverts to monitor your activity.




News: trebuchet.com
Tuesday, November 04, 2003 - 08:39 PM (2148 Reads)

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Have you ever wanted to sit o­n a trebuchet, then launch yourself in to a lake? Yes, we thought so! We know someone who has already done this...

Welcome to the surreal world of trebuchet.com! Here we give you a quick guided tour of Ron L. Toms' wonderful world of trebuchet madness.

Submitted by Earl Listibald and Aubergine



Note: Do not try this at home!

News: Walkthroughs
Tuesday, October 28, 2003 - 01:15 PM (9108 Reads)

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Stronghold-Knights.com are delighted to present you with Lord Michael's complete set of walkthroughs for Stronghold, Crusader and Warchest!




News: Playing Stronghold on Linux!
Monday, October 20, 2003 - 10:02 AM (11564 Reads)

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If you want to run Stronghold or Crusader o­n Linux (or anything else that has a WineX port), here's how... Not for the fient hearted!

Submitted by Aubergine and Earl Listibald




News: Stronghold Webring
Tuesday, October 07, 2003 - 05:35 PM (1558 Reads)

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Welcome to the www.Stronghold-Knights.com webring portal to Stronghold fan sites...


News: Our site grows...
Wednesday, September 24, 2003 - 09:55 PM (1394 Reads)

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For those of you who wondered what caused our old ISP to have trouble coping with the increase in popularity of our site, here is the answer...

Note: We have now had over 600,000 visits to this site in total with well over 100,000 visits per month in 2004!

News: We've have changed to a new ISP...
Friday, September 12, 2003 - 03:15 PM (1514 Reads)

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You will have no doubt noticed that our site was suffering from problems recently.  This was due to a most impressive increase in site visitors putting extra strain o­n our former web server and our former database server. (Poor little thing, hehe...)

Therefore we had to move to a new host as the situation became really unbearable...




News: Competition Winners
Tuesday, July 01, 2003 - 09:23 AM (1967 Reads)

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Congratulations to our members who recently won both main categories and 5 of the 6 sub-categories of a scenario design  contest over at SHH!


Firefly Studios: Space Colony
Monday, June 30, 2003 - 03:32 PM (1684 Reads)

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FireFly Studio's have announced a new game called Space Colony - be sure to check out the reviews...


Firefly Studios: Stronghold Warchest
Friday, June 27, 2003 - 07:31 PM (17744 Reads)

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The time for poetry is over...now is the time to draw swords, man the walls, and defend your land! All of the castle-storming and rock-hurling excitement from the original series is here, plus challenging new maps and dangerous new enemies!


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