Stronghold: Warlords Special Edition Announced

Stronghold: Warlords, the castle-building sim coming to PC on January 26 2021 (after a recent delay), will get a digital special edition release with a number of bonuses. Revealed at Gamescom 2020, the upcoming strategy game will bring a special edition on Steam, priced at $49.99 USD / £39.99 (Australian prices not available at time of writing), including a copy of the game, a soundrack, an art book and a documentary. You can check out the full contents at the bottom of this story. We also got a look at the game's Japanese faction's campaign mode, which you can watch below: [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2020/08/28/strongholds-warlords-is-an-rtscastle-sim-with-deep-mechanics-developer-walkthrough-trailer"]

Stronghold: Warlords Digital Special Edition Contents

• Full Steam copy of the game

• Soundtrack

  • Completely new full soundtrack

  • Same Stronghold atmosphere and epic battle feeling, 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 music 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

  • Total runtime of 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 even lowly 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

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