<s>
Stronghold	B-Application
3	I-Application
is	O
a	O
2011	O
real-time	O
strategy	O
video	O
game	O
for	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
developed	O
by	O
Firefly	O
Studios	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
7Sixty	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
is	O
the	O
seventh	O
in	O
the	O
series	O
after	O
several	O
spin-offs	O
,	O
including	O
a	O
remake	O
,	O
Stronghold	B-Application
:	I-Application
Crusader	I-Application
Extreme	I-Application
,	O
and	O
Stronghold	B-Application
Kingdoms	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
the	O
sequel	O
to	O
Stronghold	B-Application
,	O
released	O
in	O
2001	O
,	O
and	O
Stronghold	B-Application
2	I-Application
released	O
in	O
2005	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Unlike	O
previous	O
games	O
in	O
the	O
series	O
which	O
were	O
published	O
by	O
Take-Two	O
Interactive	O
,	O
the	O
game	O
has	O
been	O
published	O
by	O
SouthPeak	O
Games	O
,	O
the	O
new	O
parent	O
company	O
of	O
Gamecock	O
Media	O
Group	O
,	O
publisher	O
of	O
Stronghold	B-Application
Crusader	I-Application
Extreme	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
original	O
Stronghold	B-Application
told	O
the	O
story	O
of	O
The	O
Boy	O
and	O
his	O
quest	O
for	O
revenge	O
against	O
Duc	O
de	O
Puce	O
(	O
The	O
Rat	O
)	O
,	O
Duc	O
Beauregard	O
(	O
The	O
Snake	O
)	O
,	O
Duc	O
de	O
Truffe	O
(	O
The	O
Pig	O
)	O
and	O
Duc	O
Volpe	O
(	O
The	O
Wolf	O
)	O
for	O
the	O
ambush	O
and	O
murder	O
of	O
his	O
father	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Set	O
10	O
years	O
later	O
,	O
Stronghold	B-Application
3	I-Application
follows	O
the	O
continuing	O
story	O
of	O
The	O
Boy	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Buildings	O
in	O
Stronghold	B-Application
3	I-Application
are	O
more	O
dynamic	O
than	O
before	O
,	O
with	O
the	O
housing	O
capacity	O
and	O
appearance	O
of	O
hovels	O
changing	O
the	O
further	O
they	O
are	O
built	O
from	O
the	O
player	O
's	O
keep	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
currently	O
lacks	O
a	O
Kingmaker	O
or	O
skirmish	O
mode	O
,	O
as	O
available	O
in	O
previous	O
Stronghold	B-Application
titles	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Despite	O
fan	O
demand	O
,	O
a	O
skirmish	O
mode	O
was	O
never	O
added	O
to	O
Stronghold	B-Application
3	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Firefly	O
Studios	O
had	O
previously	O
claimed	O
in	O
2008	O
that	O
they	O
would	O
be	O
working	O
on	O
Stronghold	B-Application
3	I-Application
due	O
to	O
the	O
high	O
demand	O
by	O
fans	O
,	O
but	O
only	O
after	O
the	O
completion	O
of	O
Dungeon	B-Application
Hero	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
in	O
2010	O
the	O
status	O
of	O
Dungeon	B-Application
Hero	I-Application
was	O
uncertain	O
after	O
being	O
delayed	O
numerous	O
times	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2009	O
when	O
asked	O
if	O
they	O
had	O
any	O
other	O
unannounced	O
games	O
in	O
development	O
other	O
than	O
Dungeon	B-Application
Hero	I-Application
and	O
Stronghold	B-Application
Kingdoms	I-Application
,	O
the	O
answer	O
was	O
that	O
they	O
still	O
had	O
one	O
more	O
game	O
in	O
development	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
game	O
would	O
later	O
turn	O
out	O
to	O
be	O
Stronghold	B-Application
3	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Steam	B-Application
page	O
for	O
the	O
game	O
was	O
later	O
opened	O
on	O
March	O
18	O
,	O
2011	O
,	O
which	O
first	O
stated	O
the	O
release	O
date	O
to	O
be	O
approximately	O
the	O
21st	O
of	O
June	O
2011	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Since	O
its	O
release	O
Stronghold	B-Application
3	I-Application
received	O
"	O
generally	O
unfavorable	O
reviews	O
"	O
according	O
to	O
the	O
review	B-Application
aggregation	I-Application
website	O
Metacritic	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Reviewers	O
almost	O
unanimously	O
agreed	O
that	O
Stronghold	B-Application
3	I-Application
felt	O
unfinished	O
at	O
launch	O
,	O
although	O
many	O
highlighted	O
the	O
potential	O
for	O
the	O
game	O
to	O
be	O
improved	O
via	O
patches	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
While	O
one	O
ultimately	O
felt	O
that	O
Stronghold	B-Application
3	I-Application
was	O
"	O
a	O
decent	O
RTS	O
with	O
a	O
few	O
hiccups	O
here	O
and	O
there	O
that	O
could	O
easily	O
be	O
fixed	O
with	O
a	O
patch	O
or	O
two	O
"	O
,	O
others	O
believed	O
that	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
problems	O
were	O
due	O
to	O
design	O
choices	O
that	O
are	O
unlikely	O
to	O
be	O
patched	O
out	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
a	O
number	O
of	O
patches	O
to	O
improve	O
gameplay	O
and	O
fix	O
issues	O
,	O
Firefly	O
Studios	O
introduced	O
various	O
multiplayer	O
features	O
and	O
additional	O
campaigns	O
into	O
Stronghold	B-Application
3	I-Application
and	O
re-released	O
it	O
on	O
25	O
May	O
2012	O
under	O
the	O
name	O
Stronghold	B-Application
3	I-Application
:	O
Gold	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
a	O
gesture	O
to	O
fans	O
,	O
Firefly	O
delivered	O
these	O
added	O
features	O
into	O
already	O
purchased	O
copies	O
of	O
Stronghold	B-Application
3	I-Application
through	O
Steam	B-Application
for	O
free	O
.	O
</s>
