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Stronghold Kingdoms

Stronghold Kingdoms
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
SeriesStronghold
Platform(s)Windows, OS X, iOS, Android
ReleaseMicrosoft Windows
  • WW: 17 October 2012
OS X
  • WW: 19 January 2015[1]
iOS
  • WW: 15 August 2017
Android
  • WW: 31 August 2017
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 instalment in the Stronghold series of games. It is the first game in the MMO genre to be developed by Firefly Studios.[2]

Development

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]

Reception

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

  1. ^ "At long last, Stronghold Kingdoms is available for Mac castle builders".[permanent dead link‍]
  2. ^ Ford, Suzie. "Firefly Studios Announces "Castle-Based" MMO". Warcry Network. Archived from the original on 2 August 2017. Retrieved 16 May 2011.
  3. ^ Ford, Suzie. "Firefly Studios Talks Up Stronghold Kingdoms". Warcry Network. Archived from the original on 19 October 2013. Retrieved 16 May 2011.
  4. ^ "Stronghold Kingdoms Goes Gold". Firefly Studios. 11 October 2012.
  5. ^ "Stronghold Kingdoms Metacritic". Metacritic. Retrieved 4 August 2013.
  6. ^ Emmanuel, Brown. "Stronghold Kingdoms Review". Strategy Informer. Retrieved 4 September 2014.
  7. ^ "Stronghold Kingdoms". Archived from the original on 18 January 2015. Retrieved 10 December 2012.
Quelle: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stronghold_Kingdoms