Firefly Studios has released a new expansion for its castle-building free to play MMO Stronghold Kingdoms, titled Rise of The Wolf. It sees the return of several classic Stronghold characters.
Including, as you might have guessed, the Wolf, an AI commander who should give players one of their sternest PVE challenges yet. He’ll be backed up by his menagerie of AI captains; The Snake, The Pig and The Rat.
“The idea with Rise of The Wolf is to invert the gameplay of Stronghold Kingdoms. We’re turning Kingdoms’ hardcore player-versus-player gameplay on its head and challenging people to work together, to defeat a common enemy”, explains Firefly’s creative director Simon Bradbury. “While you can still enjoy a more pure PvP experience on the regular game worlds, we developed Rise of The Wolf because it offers a new way to play our MMO for those who enjoy or indeed prefer PvE. I can’t wait to see what tactics players use to take down The Wolf, The Snake, The Pig and The Rat!”
Players are given a starting location on a medieval map of the British Isles, and then tasked with stopping a full-scale invasion lead by The Wolf and his allies. The new AI enemies are designed to act like skilled human players, utilising the same sneaky tricks and tactics against the player. They’ll presumably act much like they did in the more solo-play focused Stronghold Crusader 2, which released last year.
The update’s available now. You can head over to the official Kingdoms website to download a free client.
