Holdfast: Frontlines was a massive hit! Breaking its all-time concurrent player peak record 3 times over, it saw many new and old players alike return to experience the free total-conversion DLC. However. the team here at Anvil Game Studios already has their eyes set on bringing fresh new content to the game. Check out the development roadmap for a sneak peek at what’s to come.
We do most certainly hope that this will keep you just as excited as we are for the future of Holdfast! Expect updates to hit both the game’s Napoleonic front on both land and sea as well as the latest addition to that of the Great War.
An update will release early this week targeting bug fixes and optimisations.
Our Vision. Holdfast’s Future
The release of Frontlines stays true to AGS’s roots - Forging our Way Through History. It marks the beginning of a new era for Holdfast both literally and figuratively. The development of Frontlines has been well over a years worth of effort and required the expansion of our team to ensure multiple projects could be worked on at once and that nothing would become neglected.
Both Harper and Storey will be joining the team officially as artists to continue their work on Nations At War, Frontlines and a 3rd yet-to-be announced project that is early in the works. We’re most excited to share more about this in the future but for now we’ll leave you with one thing, as can be said with any title we develop, it will have you, our beloved community in mind. Graciously we ask for your patience and know that development of Holdfast will not cease thanks to the expansion of our team.
We’re sure you’ll enjoy this just as much when it sees a release!
We truly believe that the community is the content and our efforts will not stop here. As mentioned, the release of Frontlines is not an endpoint, rather the start of a new era for the team and this genre of warfare roleplay games we all dearly love. This expansion of our team will allow for content based releases to be worked on at a larger scale and efficiency as shown with Frontlines.
We also want to continue providing the tools for our most dedicated fellows to better enjoy the content we create. Our great community of modders have already been hard at work since the first iteration of the Holdfast SDK which is why we plan on releasing ‘Version 5’ of the SDK that will incorporate the new Frontlines additions amongst additional modding abilities. This will allow modders to create their own unique experiences for the game, perhaps even in eras or settings of their own picking.
Multiple competitions based around the updated SDK will also rise giving players the opportunity to get their own creations into the game. We've also committed to introducing additional content throughout this year on both the game’s Napoleonic and Great War fronts.
Finally, a thank you from everyone at Anvil Game Studios for your ongoing support, it is invaluable and has powered us on to create new experiences to give back to this wonderful community. We hope you enjoy all our efforts and we look forward to seeing you on the Frontlines after all this time!
Until then, may good health be yours. 💕
- Anvil Game Studios
Refleax, Rycon, Dreas, Wrexial, Walki, Cameron, Jackson, Rejenorst, Harper, Storey, UberJuice & Winston (The Cat).