One of the most famous and most loved fantasy drama television series Game of Thrones broadcasted its last season in May 2019. There is also news about a prequel in making to Game of Thrones. Transformation of such a famed product into a game is an added advantage for the fans. Acting on that, on 27th June 2019 Behaviour Interactive, HBO, and GAEA announced Game of Thrones: Beyond the Wall.
Behaviour Interactive, is one of the biggest independent video game developers. Creative director Justin Jones the man behind Star Wars: Galaxy of Heroes has created Game of Thrones: Beyond the Wall with Behaviour Interactive. GAEA a game development company from China and Behaviour Interactive worked together for about two years to develop this game.
Game is set a few decades before the timeline of the show, just after Lord Commander Brynden Rivers disappears while ranging beyond the wall. In this game, players will deal with the events in Westeros.
Game of Thrones: Beyond the Wall is a role-playing game. Players playing as Lord Commander need to assemble and lead the heroes into battles against the wildlings, giants, and other dangers of the North. Players can recruit the characters from across the seven kingdoms and command a castle of the Night’s Watch in an attempt to protect Westeros. They also have to manage the characters as they have different strengths, abilities, and traits that make them unique.
After the disappearance of Lord Commander Brynden Rivers (a.k.a Bloodraven and eventually as the Three-Eyed Raven) from Night’s Watch, players follow his footsteps beyond the wall into the dark mysteries through the eyes of first ranger Alvar Spyre and his right-hand man Dramon Blackwood.
Players can use the mysterious powers of the Weirwood Trees to visit key moments from the history of iconic characters Jon Snow, Daenerys Targaryen, Jaime Lannister, Melisandre, and Tormund Giantsbane. With the help of this feature, players can collect different costumed versions of these characters across various game events and further use the characters in other gameplay modes including combat.
With detailed hero interface, players can customize their units by using different traits, equipment’s, and skills. An important Meta layer also exists in the game where players send their ravens to fetch items, tactics, and abilities to strengthen their roster.
Players can start registration for the game on its official website and it is also available on Google Play Store and App Store. Pre-registrations for Game of Thrones: Beyond the Wall from the official website will receive bonus characters and items along with the game updates, interviews and more.
More players pre-register the greater will be the rewards.
The developers did not give any official date for the launch of the game but will release sometime in 2019. The game will be available in China as well as other territories.