Stronghold Kingdoms Will Soon Let Players End Their Game Worlds

Firefly Studios announced today that, in an upcoming update called The Final Age, Stronghold Kingdoms players will soon be able to end the game worlds in which their kingdoms reside. This option will be given exclusively to a single player per world, "the Marshall of a winning House."

Firefly Studios Lead Designer Simon Bradbury explains the reasoning behind adding such a feature as follows.

From the very beginning we knew players would be involved in development, this is the ultimate expression of that. Players deserve a proper endgame and in the case of Kingdoms we believe this means letting the community decide whether or not to close their game worlds. This doesn’t mean Stronghold Kingdoms is coming to an end, far from it! For those worlds that players do decide to close new ones will open. We also have updates planned for the game, including our upcoming events system and redesigned iOS and Android versions.

The Final Age is scheduled to release "in the near future." In the meantime, the development team is working on a new in-game event system, as was requested by the community, and new world types.

Additionally, Stronghold Kingdoms is launching on Android and iOS in the near future. Those who are interested in playing on either platform can pre-register here.

Matt's Take:

This is a bold move on the part of Firefly Studios. While there is a sort of "win state" in Stronghold Kingdoms, this is the first time that players that don't win will have the option to continue playing on the server of their choice taken away from them, should the winning House's Marshall decide to end the game world. It's a neat feature in theory, but it will be interesting to see how the community responds to it in practice.