King of the Castle: Your castle walls are being smashed by siege engines, an enemy catapult surrounded by troops is rumbling ever closer, your villagers are starving, wolves have been spotted in a nearby cave and your barracks are desperately empty... just another typical day for a medieval lord in FireFly Studios' Stronghold 3. Since fi rst launching in 2001, the Stronghold series has become one of the most respected in its genre thanks to its mix of precision village building, fastpaced real-time gameplay and dramatic sieges with hundreds of enemies swarming over your castle. Stronghold 3 promises to be the best yet, with a keep full of fantastic new features that ensure old and new fans alike experience a gritty slice of medieval life.

Stronghold 3 is the long-awaited third installment in the award winning castle-building series. Set 10 years after the original, the Wolf has cheated death, and during his painful recovery he's become even more bitter and twisted. Now he seeks revenge. Raiding villages and towns during the dead of night, the Wolf has created a tide of panic. You and your allies are the only force that stand against him. In this stunning new update to the world's favorite Castle Sim - will you triumph by day or die by night?
Features
Build and manage mighty castles with an improved building system allowing unprecedented levels of realism and intricacy
Realistic physics and cutting-edge graphics make siege warfare more brutal than ever
Watch your village spring to life in an amazing depiction of medieval village life
Story-driven gameplay engages players across two campaigns: combat or economic
Dramatic night time sieges add a new dimension to the Stronghold franchise
Besiege other players' castles or defend your own in a range of action-packed online multiplayer modes
Attack or defend accurately re-created castles from the pages of history. Will you succeed where others failed?
Minimum System Requirements Processor: Dual Core CPU – 2.0GHZ
Operating System: Windows® XP SP3/ Windows® Vista SP2/ Windows® 7
Video: 256 MB ATI HD2600 XT or better, 256 MB nVidia 7900 GS or better
Sound: DirectX 9.0c-compatible sound card
Memory: 2GB RAM
Hard Disk Space: 5 GB Free
DVD-ROM Drive: Required for disc-based installation
DirectX®: DirectX® version 9.0c
Recommended System Requirements Processor: 1.8 GHz Quad Core CPU
Operating System: Windows® Vista SP2/ Windows® 7
Video: 512 MB ATI 4800 series or better, 512 MB nVidia 9800 series or better
Sound: DirectX 9.0c-compatible sound card
Memory: 4 GB RAM
Hard Disk Space: 5 GB Free
DVD-ROM Drive: Required for disc-based installation
DirectX®: DirectX® version 11