Stronghold Kingdoms is a free-to-play game where gamers fight, trade, farm and negotiate their way to success, aided by the thoughtful use of strategy cards.

Besiege the castle that's never been taken, overthrow tyrants, bankroll your factions war effort, pillage your neighbor's resources, peacefully raise sheep or do it all! The choice is yours in a wide-ranging simulation of medieval life, played out in real time against thousands of online opponents striving for power and glory.

A hybrid of web- and PC-based gaming brings together online interactivity and community with a richly depicted medieval world of thriving villages and dramatic battles. Build a kingdom over days and weeks. A mix of real-time gameplay with long-term planning, this brings a novel twist to the strategy genre.

While strong and well-planned castles are at the heart of any lord's domain, players can also specialize via a vast research tree. Starting out as a humble peasant, each promotion brings research points to spend on becoming the best in as many areas as you wish — diplomacy, farming, trading, warfare and more — as the player seeks to control the local parish, county and beyond. As their power grows, players can eventually join in a country-wide war for the crown.

“We launched in the very early days of free to play. A single payment seemed like a pipe dream, let alone five million players” said Nick Tannahill, Business Development Manager at Firefly Studios. “At the time MMOs of this type had around a three-year lifecycle and Stronghold Kingdoms had its first closed alpha back in 2009. As such its success, particularly with our conversion and ARPPU which are both far above average for this industry, is still hard to believe. We can’t wait to release the new redesigned mobile version on iOS and Android, something players are really looking forward to.”

To celebrate reaching this milestone Firefly have launched a new game world. Global Conflict returns the online castle builder to its PvP roots by massively expanding the playable game world to 151 countries. The online battlefield now includes almost every country in the world, allowing for warfare between cities, within countries and across entire continents.

Key Features:

• Build, expand and conquer villages as your power grows.
  • Plan clever layouts for your villages to maximize their efficiency.
  • Many village types each bring advantages: mountain fortresses, coastal traders, plains farmers, etc
• Play alongside thousands of players in a persistent medieval world
  • Explore the game world in a zoomable, fully interactive map.
  • Fight across real countries, such as Britain and Germany.
• Build mighty castles to crush invaders.
  • Watch exciting real-time battles.
  • Analyze your opponent's castles for weaknesses and exploit them.
• Explore a vast research tree.
  • Tailor your research to your personal play style
  • Specialize in trading, fighting, farming, spying and many more disciplines.
• Build your own medieval lord.
  • Rise through the ranks from humble peasant to mighty baron and beyond.
  • Become a sheriff, a governor, or even king as you and your faction strive for victory.