Anvil Game Studios

Factsheet

Developer:
Anvil Game Studios
Based in Malta

Founding date:
June 18th, 2014

Website:
holdfastgame.com

Press / Business contact:
contact@anvilgamestudios.com

Social:
Discord
Twitter
Facebook

Releases:
Holdfast Frontlines
Holdfast Nations At War

Phone:
+356 99314588

Description

Anvil Game Studios is a game development company based in Malta with an international team of passionate individuals. We independently developed and produced our debut title ‘Holdfast: Nations At War’ and our latest WW1 total conversion DLC ‘Holdfast: Frontlines’ - A multiplayer first and third person shooter set during the great Napoleonic and WW1 eras. Massive battles with over 150 players per server take place in the game.

History

Before Anvil Game Studios

Back during the early months of 2014, twin brothers Julian and Andrew Farrugia started working on an early concept for what would eventually become the studio’s first title - ‘Holdfast: Nations At War’. After their involvement with the ‘Napoleonic Wars’ DLC for ‘Mount & Blade: Warband’, they set their sights on getting a programmer involved to complete the core team.

The Start of Anvil Game Studios

Malta is a relatively small island and it sometimes seems like everybody knows each other. Therefore it did not come as a surprise that a friend of the brothers quickly introduced them to programmer Andreas Grech. This led to the start of Anvil Game Studios in June 2014.

Onwards

Since then the team has been growing by bringing together an international team with various skill sets. The studio released ‘Holdfast: Nations At War’ through Steam Early Access on September the 21st 2017. Having spent more than two years pushing updates to deliver on the promises set out in the roadmap all the while acting on feedback put forward by its dedicated community, the team successfully released ‘Version 1.0’ in March 2020. Since then Anvil Game Studios has continued to support ‘Holdfast: Nations At War’ with additional features and content following its full release.

Towards Frontlines

The WW1 total conversion DLC ‘Frontlines’ will be released for free February 17th 2022 as a show of thanks to our beloved community. Frontlines is a result of over a year’s worth of development and introduces a new era into the game. Players can charge over the top, shell enemy trenches with powerful artillery shells or lay down suppressing fire with the devastating machine guns of the time, these and additional new mechanics that the DLC will introduce.

Projects

Videos

Version 2.0 release trailer for Holdfast: Frontlines. YouTube

Version 2.0 teaser trailer for Holdfast: Frontlines. YouTube

Version 1.0 release trailer for Holdfast: Nations At War. YouTube

Major content update release during Early Access featuring the 50-Gun Frigate. YouTube

Major content update release during Early Access featuring Cavalry Units. YouTube

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