Set around the fourth and fifth seasons of the show; or, Before It Got Bad
It’s been five years sinceGame of Thronesended and a good while since we had a decent video game based on George RR Martin’s fantasy writings that aren’tElden Ringlore. Yet it seems that Game of Thrones’ cultural cachet still has enough draw to inspire new games of its own. And not just anarguably underrated-if-also-not-particularly-great action-adventure RPGorfairly okay Telltale adventure game, either, but a whole honest-to-goodness Game of Thrones MMO currently in development, according to new rumours.
The untitled Game of ThronesMMORPGseemingly shared withRedanian Intelligenceis said to be in the works over at Nexon, the Korean publisher behind the likes of multiplayer shooterThe Finals, not-indieDave the Diverand, most notably here, free-to-play MMOMapleStory.
According to the anonymous sources cited, the Game of Thrones MMO will be set in the north of Westeros, spanning familiar locations such as Stark stronghold Winterfell and the Wall patrolled by the Night’s Watch.
The MMO would apparently be set parallel to the events seen in the HBO series’ fourth and fifth seasons - or A Storm of Swords and A Dance with Dragons, if you prefer - with Jon Snow part of the Night’s Watch and Lannister lackey Roose Bolton having taken over as Warden of the North after (spoilers for Game of Thrones!) killing Robb Stark. (Unsurprisingly, the report claims that familiar characters will be voiced by soundalikes rather than the original series’ cast, who are no doubt off holidaying on their Game of Thrones Monopoly residuals.)
While being an MMO, the game will have a story campaign that centres on two potential player characters- one male, one female. Whichever character you don’t choose apparently still hangs around in the background of the story, similar to the handling of multiple characters inMass Effect: Andromeda, with the game as a whole compared toThe Elder Scrolls Online.
