Holdfast: Nations At War

Fred has returned with his minions for yet another year of mischief and terrifying trouble. The Night Of The Freds limited time halloween event is back and will run from October 1st until November 2nd.Featuring zombified heads, gestures, th…

The 250th anniversary of America's declaration of independence is here and it's time to celebrate with some stars, stripes and Holdfast. Join us from today for the July 4th celebrations update. Featuring new maps, fireworks, uniforms and we…

The King hasn't been too pleased with the failure to squash out this rebellion in a timely manner. Reinforcements are now arriving! Starting from today players supporting the losing faction (currently British) will contribute 3x more score …

It's been a revolutionary last couple of days since the release of Holdfast: American Revolution. Players across the world and on all platforms have been battling it out in an intense tug of war for freedom and for order. So far, almost 150…

The revolution has arrived! Time to hop on Holdfast and take part in the elegantly chaotic warfare of the American Revolution. We're also hosting a massive Shilling and player EXP boost for the next few days to celebrate the release.This up…

We're just a short 4 days away from the beginning of the fight for freedom. Holdfast: American Revolution releases on June 11th to all the patriotic fanfare, elegantly chaotic warfare and iconic proximity voice chat we've all come to know a…

Join us on June 6th for the official gameplay reveal of Holdfast: American Revolution live on the Future Games Show. https://www.futuregamesshow.com/ We'll be celebrating the showcasing of Holdfast on the big screen with giveaways across al…

Welcome to the first update showcase video for Holdfast: American Revolution, the next major expansion releasing to the game for free as a show of thanks to our beloved community. 5 Historically inspired battlefields will arrive at launch r…

For Liberty & Freedom! The next major expansion for the game Holdfast: American Revolution will be releasing on June 11th for free as a show of thanks to our beloved community. Get ready to take a small step back in time to engage in this m…

It has been a week since the release of Holdfast: Age Of Sail and what a week it has been. Not only did we set a new Steam concurrent player peak record but we also smashed through the Naval concurrent players record not once but twice!Toda…

Holdfast: Age Of Sail released on March 6th 2026 to roaring success! Already we have broken our all time Naval concurrent player count record by a country mile with an impressive 5,000+ players connecting to the game and sailing the seven s…

The time has finally arrived! Prepare to embark and set sail to earn your shillings fighting for Britain, France and the newly introduced Spain or the Plundering Privateers. Age Of Sail is a major expansion for Holdfast, releasing for free …

All hands on deck! The Spanish navy is arriving to the oceans of Holdfast along with the free Age Of Sail expansion on March 5th 2026. Available cross-platform on Steam, PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series S | X.They'll be joining the British, Fr…

Christmas has officially arrived and this year it's packed full of Scottish festive cheer. A Very Scottish Christmas is here and tis certainly going to be an unforgettable season with the new kilted fellows on the battlefields along with 5 …

The highland bells are ringing and the men are ready to give em some Scottish steel. On December 17th 2025 the tartan army is coming to Holdfast. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿They'll be bringing with them new thematic maps, including one special siege sce…

We've been working overtime polishing off the next major expansion coming to the game, Holdfast: Age of Sail. Thanks to the exceptional response to the console release what was planned to be a major update soon turned into a full expansion …

That time of the year again has come around... Fred and his minions begin their invasion of the Holdfast battlefields from the 28th of October until the 9th of November. 💀During this spooky period, players will be able to equip unique Fred…

Steam’s Third Person Shooter Fest is here! To celebrate Holdfast’s participation in the fest Holdfast and all its DLCs will be be available for purchase on Steam at up to 20% off until September 1st 2025. With the release of Holdfast onto X…

Raise the black flag, capture and plunder ships or take a break with some ranting and roaring by singing along with the new accordion instrument in this massive expansion coming to Holdfast’s naval front. Welcome to the Age Of Sail.Holdfast…

Holdfast heads to Gamescom 2025! Come join us at Gamescom in Cologne, we’ll be located at Hall 10.2, Stand D023 with plenty of fanfare and exclusive reveals, if you’re passing through be sure to drop by you can even hop on Holdfast for a fe…

After smashing through our concurrent player count record (previously 3,400) with a whopping 6,400+ players on launch day we then went on to set the ceiling even higher, breaking our record another 3 times and capping off the weekend with a…

Multiplayer first-and-third-person shooter Holdfast: Nations at War isn't new to PC, but it's currently seeing a resurgence thanks to the launch of a crossplay update. The roleplay-friendly war game, which includes conflicts across both the…

Steel has been given! Holdfast has broken it's all time concurrent player count record with a whopping 6,500+ peak on launch day. The massive response to the games console release has been exceptional and a real joy to see everyone getting …

The day has finally arrived! Give 'em steel lads. Holdfast is OUT NOW with full crossplay support on the Xbox Series S / X, PlayStation 5 and Steam with over 150+ players all battling it out in one big beautiful battlefield across various d…

Holdfast updated! Fresh off the development line we have a whole barrel load of features and improvements making their way into the game as we sync things up ready for the long awaited crossplay update. Holdfast: Nations At War will be comi…

The 'Summer of Holdfast' is here! Leading into the Xbox & Playstation releases on July 9th 2025 Holdfast will be on sale on Steam at a whopping 75% off! Enlist to fight the foe today and earn your 40 shillings from the King. You can also ta…

Firstly a thank you to the community for the amazing response we've had since announcing that Holdfast: Nations At War will be coming to Xbox Series S / X and PlayStation 5 / Pro on July 9th 2025. Before taking a read of the blog, if you ha…

The time has finally come to make an announcement or two that we here at Anvil Game Studios have been very eager to give for some time now. Prepare to.. Give em steel! On July 9th 2025 Holdfast will be released onto consoles with full cross…

Holdfast updated! Continuing strong in our mission of polishing up the game and making it ever more accessible we’re pleased to announce the release of this next update. Featuring a plethora of quality of life features, optimisations and bu…

Greetings, good fellows of the Holdfast community. Following up on last week’s release, we’re hitting the decks with another update addressing bugs and introducing more optimisations to reduce memory utilisation. Expect more to follow on th…