Stronghold 2 Finally Being Fixed

Stronghold 2 is a real time strategy game released by Firefly Studios in 2005. It is the third game in the Stronghold series and features many of the game play elements of its predecessors (Stronghold and Stronghold Crusader) only in 3D. One of the game play elements in the Stronghold games that differs from many similar real time strategy games like Age of Empires II includes as much of a focus on building up your economy as it does building a military. This can be either a good or a bad thing depending on the preferences of the player.
So if the game was released in 2005, why am I writing about it in 2016? Well, one of the best things about Stronghold 2 was the online multiplayer hosted by GameSpy. Unfortunately, when GameSpy shut down in 2013, the servers hosting Stronghold 2 shut down as well, rendering the multiplayer broken. Firefly Studios said that they would have the multiplayer fixed by summer of 2014, but nothing ever came of it. There was, however, a workaround using GameRanger, but this was not already reliable.
But finally, after 3 years of no multiplayer, Firefly Studios announced that they would finally be releasing an update for the Steam version of the game that would not only fix the multiplayer, but also update some of the graphics, that would be released in the first quarter of 2017.
The reason for Firefly Studios finally fixing the game may be due to the more recent games in the Stronghold series not being very well received, due to some questionable game play mechanics and a limit on the number of buildings and troops you can have that was much lower than Stronghold 2 and previous titles.
As someone who fist got into PC gaming because of Stronghold 2, this news is very exciting and I am looking forward to playing the multiplayer again.