Stronghold Warlords has a new gameplay video and a special edition
During Gamescom, Firefly Studios were on hand to showcase another trailer for the upcoming Stronghold Warlords, this time with a developer lead gameplay look at one of the Japanese missions, featuring Toyotomi Hideyoshi.
“We’re overjoyed to see how the community reacted to our recent delay announcement and I think the footage we showed during Gamescom really displays the level of polish we’re shooting for,” said Firefly Studios Marketing Director Nick Tannahill. “The digital special edition should really appeal to fans of the series, especially the making-of documentary. There are so many fantastic behind-the-scenes stories to be told and I can’t wait for the community to see it”
The game was planned to be out this month, but was delayed and will now release on January 26. You can buy the game as a standard title, or pick up the newly announced Digital Special Edition.
Stronghold: Warlords Special Edition contains Stronghold: Warlords, the game’s soundtrack, a digital artbook, and a feature-length Making of Stronghold: Warlords documentary with developer interviews and behind the scenes footage from the last three years of development. Special Edition owners also receive a copy of Stronghold HD on Steam.
Here is a more detailed breakdown of what is included:
Soundtrack
Completely new full soundtrack
Same Stronghold atmosphere and epic battle music, but with a completely new set of instruments and historical inspirations
Created by fan-favourite series composer Robert Euvino, who has scored every Stronghold game to date
Based on Japanese, Chinese, Cambodian, Mongolian and Vietnamese culture
Taking influence from musicians like Yo-Yo Ma and master Shakuhachi players
Cover a wide geographical area and hundreds of years of history
Available in high quality original format
Art Book
Over thirty pages of original Stronghold artwork from the game's artists
Everything from 2D concepts and character models to in-game renders, environmental illustrations and more
Includes key art created by polish artist Mariusz Kozik
Insight into Firefly's artistic process and the way art functions in an RTS
Exclusive game art not available in any other format
Making of Documentary
Feature length runtime of almost 90 minutes
Covering 3 years of development
Mix of behind the scenes footage and interviews with key Firefly staff
Designers, coders, artists, composers, producers and marketers talk about their experience developing, revealing and releasing Stronghold: Warlords
An honest look at modern indie game development at a small studio during a global pandemic
