games founded london england 1999 headquarters firefly uk london england firefly us canton connecticut united states firefly scotland aberdeen scotland united kingdom products video games number of employees 26 website http www.fireflyworlds.com firefly studios is a british computer game developer that has offices in london england and canton connecticut with a qa department in aberdeen scotland . the company was formed in august 1999 by simon bradbury eric ouellette and david lester who had worked together on numerous titles such as the highly successful caesar 1 and lords of the realm 2 series . upon forming firefly released a mission statement that set out their vision for their company firefly studios goal is to create compelling new worlds for people to play in . we aim to provide a richer environment for the player by continually increasing the level of visual and coded detail in our game worlds . our expertise is in creating strategy based sim games and we will continue to evolve the genre by combining detailed visuals in depth game play compelling characters and an easy learning curve . if we have done our job well players will be able to see the world they have built come to life and take on a personality of its own . 3 the company has focused on historic real time strategy titles for the pc and macintosh systems and is best known for its stronghold series of games . contents 1 history 2 future 3 games 4 references 5 external links history edit firefly s first title stronghold was wildly successful both critically and commercially 4 and the sequel stronghold crusader replicated the high standards of the original . 5 the company has however struggled to recreate the popularity of its original stronghold and stronghold crusader titles ; stronghold 2 and stronghold legends both reviewed poorly with metascores of 63 % 6 and 57 % respectively 7 and the last of the series stronghold crusader extreme has received the worst reviews to date receiving average 40 % scores . 8 their latest title stronghold 3 has again had negative reviews by multiple gaming sites and fans for errors in the game i.e. hard to build walls no kingmaker etc. . although there are many problems with this game firefly studios is saying they will try to patch this game every week . a brief collaboration with firaxis games produced civcity rome which again reviewed poorly 9 and was in fact the last firefly title published by take two interactive . the latest title stronghold kingdoms is firefly s first foray into the mmo genre and was launched as an open beta in november 2010 . firefly has also previously stated in 2008 that they would be working on stronghold 3 then crusader ii due to the high demand by fans but only after the completion of dungeon hero . in 2009 when asked if they had any other unannounced game in development other than dungeon hero and stronghold kingdoms the answer was that they still had one more game in development . 10 11 in firefly s second newsletter they stated that they had something very big in the pipeline which will be revealed in 2010 . 12 stronghold 3 was officially announced on 14 may 2010 by southpeak interactive . it was released in october 2011 . 13 future edit the highly publicised title dungeon hero being developed for the pc and xbox 360 systems has been in development for several years . originally being published by gamecock media group until they were bought out by southpeak interactive in october 2008 14 this spurred a legal squabble on the subject of ownership of the game . dungeon hero is currently without a publisher 15 despite southpeak publishing every other gamecock title due for release . firefly studios have announced that the title is on hold 16 and with the last of several planned release dates having passed it has further fuelled speculation that this title is now a vaporware title . stronghold crusader ii is the latest title in the stronghold series and was scheduled for release in q4 2013 17 but got later delayed to q1 2014 . 18 it is the sequel to their 2002 title stronghold crusader which is according to lead designer at firefly studios simon bradbury our favorite game it s our fans favorite game and it s the game we have been waiting to put into production for several long years now . 19 games edit name time stronghold 2001 stronghold crusader 2002 space colony 2003 stronghold 2 2005 civcity rome 2006 stronghold legends 2006 stronghold crusader extreme 2008 stronghold kingdoms 2009 stronghold 3 2011 stronghold hd 2012 stronghold crusader hd 2012 space colony hd 2012 stronghold crusader ii 2014 space colony steam edition 2015 dungeon hero canceled wonky tower 20 2016 references edit caesar iii mobygames lords of the realm ii mobygames game chronicles company profile stronghold meta score stronghold crusader meta score stronghold 2 meta score stronghold legends meta score crusader extreme meta score civcity rome meta score stronghold kingdoms interview stronghold 3 and crusader 2 coming at some point firefly newsletter issue 2 southpeak games staff may 13 2010 . southpeak games acquires rights to publish firefly studios stronghold 3 . southpeak games . retrieved may 10 2010 . gamecock media group wikipedia page firefly studios forum firefly studios forum http www.strategyinformer.com news 19658 firefly studios announces stronghold crusader ii for pc in late 2013 http www.fireflyworlds.com press sheet.php p stronghold % 20crusader % 202 http www.fireflyworlds.com index.php option com content & task view & id 524 & itemid 1 wonky tower firefly studios . www.fireflyworlds.com . retrieved 2016 07 07 . external links edit firefly studios official homepage firefly studios profile on mobygames stronghold crusader information v t e stronghold series main series stronghold stronghold 2 stronghold 3 crusader series crusader extreme crusader ii spin offs legends kingdoms companies firefly studios authority control worldcat identities viaf 146536321 isni 0000 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