The promised 1.2 update for Stronghold 2 should be available on Monday 16th of May.

The 1.2 update improves multiplayer stability and connection issues and adds multiplayer functionality including the ability to kick players and create password protected games. Also the crime system has been tweaked, memory issues has been improved and various other bug fixes have been implemented.

Once the update has been released, the game will auto-update if you are connected to the internet. Manual downloads should follow closely behind the automatic update.