Telltale Games Announces Game of Thrones Game Series

In news from earlier this month, Telltale Games has announced (via a press release) that the company has entered into a partnership with HBO to create an interactive episodic game series based on the cable network's Game of Thrones.

"Since the very beginning, Telltale's goal has been to work alongside the most talented and respected forces in entertainment, bringing their worlds to the interactive space as no other game studio can," said Dan Connors, co-founder and CEO of Telltale Games. "Working with HBO to develop a new game series based on Game of Thrones is a natural fit for our studio. This partnership will create an experience that will captivate the huge, global Game of Thrones audience. It will put them in control of the epic stories of warfare, intrigue, violence and revenge that we know and love."

Based on the bestselling fantasy book series "A Song of Ice and Fire" by George R. R. Martin, Game of Thrones is an epic story where political and sexual intrigue abound as seven noble families fight for control of the Iron Throne and the Seven Kingdoms. The first game is this new series is targeted to premiere digitally in 2014. Specific platform details are yet to be announced.