[img]{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/28169799/6f9265452d0810a59d55d9c21c4692b4ef7d6585.png[/img] Greetings good fellows of the community! Continuing with our commitment to bringing Holdfast: Nations At War into the new age the team has been hard at work laying the foundations for our 2023 plans which are just as much exciting as they are ambitious. Holdfast has always strived to break through boundaries and revolutionise this genre of roleplay shooters and our year ahead will remain focused on this target. Bringing forth the next chapter of Holdfast will ensure its continued growth and expansion of a community that we have all come to love so dearly. Once more, we want to ensure that you can continue enjoying Holdfast for the years to come. With this goal in mind, the Anvil Game Studios team has welcomed 3 additional talented individuals who will be joining us on this journey to uplift Holdfast, and community-focused games from the team beyond to newer and greater heights. [img]{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/28169799/2e1e601c0ff12006a3d747ab4dc3b3fbb7e46ce4.png[/img] Those eagled-eyed fellows in the official Holdfast Discord server would have already noticed these new faces but as an official introduction, we now have the pleasure of introducing to you the latest members of the team. [b]Gest - DevOps[/b] Joining us as part of our development operations he's the one that makes systems happen for developers to work efficiently. It is an instrumental role that will enable the team to produce larger, more inspiring releases. [b]Matt - Game Developer Int.[/b] As an intermediate Game Developer, Matt will be heading the charge forward in our primary efforts to polish up the game ready for the current and next generation of Holdfast enjoyers to get their fix of musket and trench warfare for many more years to come. [b]Grandayy - Game Developer Jnr.[/b] Covering all things Holdfast, Grandayy will be getting his hands dirty in bringing additional gameplay mechanics and content into the game to enhance the overall experience on the battlefield and at sea. While the onboarding process of these new fellows does of course take time, especially with Holdfast’s impressive 1 million+ lines of codebase, through the mentoring of our seniors all these chaps have made excellent progress. You can expect to see content in the game from them very soon. [h2]Increased XP Event Announcement[/h2] Serving as a small show of thanks from us for enabling our creative visions to come to life and making a dream come true, starting on the 15th of March 2023 until the 24th of March 2023 players can hop on Holdfast and get an increase of 1.5x for all score earned on all official servers. Join us on the above mentioned dates and feel free to say hello if you spot these new chaps in the game to bid them welcome! [h2]What We've Been Up To[/h2] Even with the team being busy to the brim onboarding these new individuals in the increasingly complex but awe-inspiring and rewarding field of game development, we're still set on bringing you more Holdfast content. Be on the lookout for our next community-focused update targeting a late April release making accessible the regiment registry (clan system) while playing a match, bringing additional features to the said registry, a game-wide regiment chat, new leaderboards and much more. This will all be coupled with a complete backend redesign of all the above-mentioned systems enabling us to continue expanding on similar features in the future. Holdfast is built on community and we want to continue showing our support as you have done so generously throughout these brilliant years. On behalf of everyone at Anvil Game Studios, I wish you all, our dear community the best of health. :oheart: [url=discord.gg/holdfastgame]discord.gg/holdfastgame[/url] [url=discord.gg/holdfastgame][img]{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/28169799/93d850c53ec40e7e3205750354a2c7838aa7fa0c.png[/img] [img]{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/28169799/d9327a848672e9960e686e66d403b75d52fa9abf.gif[/img][/url] [img]{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/28169799/19c3d161cb22a68bc8cdca7e864b8453209122eb.png[/img] [b][i]- Andrew ‘Refleax’ Farrugia[/i][/b] [b][i]Game Director[/i][/b] On behalf of all the great folks at Anvil Game Studios.