The first of six instalments to Telltale Games’ adventure series Game of Thrones will be upon us in December, with the first episode titled ‘Iron From Ice’. The series focuses on the troubled House Forrester.
Telltale said none of the HBO show’s actor turned down a chance for their character to be in the game, and that fans would ”have a richer experience” given all that’s happened throughout the series.
”We’re working really closely to match the show,” said Arthur Von Nagel, developer at Telltale. They’ve made sure to include a lot of the now iconic musical scores from the HBO show, which is why getting all the actors that would like to reprise their roles was such a treat for the studio.
The dev team have been in close contact with George R. R. Martin’s ‘lore lieutenant’ Ty Corey Franck to make sure they’re getting it right when it comes to capturing Game of Thrones. Telltale had considered setting the game in a time frame long before the events in the hit show, but realised it would be a wasted opportunity to forgo what’s already been established.
“There’ s a lot there that can go over your head if you’re not familiar with it,” Telltale’s Ryan Kauffman told IGN. “At the same time, this is a story about a family. Ultimately, everyone can relate to that. The drama is that a family doesn’t always agree about what to do.”
As for the art style of the new game series: ”Oil painting just has this wonderful depth to it that matches the art of a Game of Thrones story,” said Kauffman. “Bloody. Epic. Dark. Gross. All that good stuff.” The writing team has also sneaked a look at HBO’s plans for future seasons.
“We talked about Robert’s Rebellion, we talked about Raegar, we talked about going all the way back to Aegon. But eventually we realized we had this amazing partnership with HBO, let’s give fans and gamers the best version of that that we possibly can,” Kauffman has said early in development.
Game of Thrones releases in six episodes with the first ”tracking very closely to an early December premiere soon after Tales from the Borderlands begins,” said the studio. ”We expect to have an official announcement regarding both of their first episode release dates very soon.”
