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:
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Stronghold: Warlords Digital Special Edition Contents
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Full Steam copy of the game
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Soundtrack
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Completely new full soundtrack
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Same Stronghold atmosphere and epic battle feeling, but with a completely new set of instruments and historical inspirations
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Created by fan-favourite series composer Robert Euvino, who has scored every Stronghold game to date
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Based on music Japanese, Chinese, Cambodian, Mongolian and Vietnamese culture
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Taking influence from musicians like Yo-Yo Ma and master Shakuhachi players
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Cover a wide geographical area and hundreds of years of history
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Available in high quality original format
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Art Book
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Over thirty pages of original Stronghold artwork from the game’s artists
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Everything from 2D concepts and character models to in-game renders, environmental illustrations and more
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Includes key art created by polish artist Mariusz Kozik
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Insight into Firefly’s artistic process and the way art functions in an RTS
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Exclusive game art not available in any other format
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Making of Documentary
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Total runtime of 90 minutes
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Covering 3 years of development
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Mix of behind the scenes footage and interviews with key Firefly staff
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designers, coders, artists, composers, producers and even lowly marketers talk about their experience developing, revealing and releasing Stronghold: Warlords
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An honest look at modern indie game development at a small studio during a global pandemic
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There’s much, much more to come from Gamescom 2020 on IGN – check out our full Gamescom schedule to find out what else is on the way.
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