It's taken a while, but a Stronghold 2 demo is available featuring a tutorial and three campaign missions. You can also grab two bonus maps at the 2K website. Thanks Blues News.

Over at FileShack you can find new patches for Stronghold 2, updating the North American and European releases of the game to v1.3.1. This Deluxe Edition patch offers 8 new historical castles, 3 new AI players, 4 new Kingmaker maps and several balancing changes and bug fixes. There is also a patch for people who just bought the Deluxe Edition (out in Europe).

Forgot to mention this yesterday, but 2K Games has released new patches for Stronghold 2 updating version 1.1 of the game to v1.2. The 16mb patch improves multiplayer functionality, reduces the game's memory footprint and fixes a few random bugs.

The Firefly website has word that a new patch for Stronghold 2 will be released this Monday. It will offer improved multiplayer stability and functionality. There are also tweaks to the crime system, and various bugs have been fixed. Thanks Blues.

2K Games sends along the first Stronghold 2 patch, updating Firefly's castle sim / strategy game to v1.1. Among other things the update makes a few campaign chapters easier, adds LAN multiplayer support, improves AI and fixes a few random bugs.

GameSpot has posted their latest Stronghold 2 preview, checking out a final build of the game. Six new screenshots are included.

There's a Stronghold 2 preview on Game Informer, offering the whole package: impressions, screenshots and movies. Firefly's castle sim / strategy game recently went gold and will be in stores soon.

2K Games today announced that Stronghold 2 has gone gold, and will be in North American stores April 19. The Firefly Studios castle sim / strategy game sequel will retail for $39.99. You can find several gameplay movies on FileShack.

New at Games Domain today is this preview of Stronghold 2, checking out all that's new in this strategy game sequel. Ignore the fact that somehow the article got crossed with Auto Assault developer details and screenshots.

2K Games sends along the latest Stronghold 2 video demo, this installment focusing on the siege weaponry in the game. We also have two new screenshots here.

Over at UGO you can find the latest Stronghold 2 preview, offering their own hands-on impressions of the castle sim sequel.

A new Stronghold 2 preview has been posted over at GameSpot, taking a look at the peace campaign which focuses on building the economy. New screenshots are included.

IGN has a new Stronghold 2 preview posted, going hands-on with this castle sim / strategy game sequel from Firefly Games.

Computer Games Magazine has a Stronghold 2 Q&A this morning, asking Simon Bradbury of Firefly Studios about the castle sim / RTS game sequel. Topics include research, new castle sim features, the singleplayer campaign, moving to 3D and demo plans.

2K Games sends along the fourth Stronghold 2 video demo. This installment focuses on the crime & punishment element of the game. We also have two screenshots here.