Joystiq http://www.joystiq.com Joystiq http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/http://www.joystiq.com/media/feedlogo.gif Joystiq http://www.joystiq.com en-us Copyright 2013 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/<![CDATA[Bigpoint bringing A Game of Thrones to yet another genre: Free-to-play MMOs]]>http://www.joystiq.com/2011/11/09/bigpoint-bringing-a-game-of-thrones-to-yet-another-genre-free-t/http://www.joystiq.com/2011/11/09/bigpoint-bringing-a-game-of-thrones-to-yet-another-genre-free-t/http://www.joystiq.com/2011/11/09/bigpoint-bringing-a-game-of-thrones-to-yet-another-genre-free-t/#comments 2012 is going to present so many opportunities to pretend to live in George R.R. Martin's Song of Ice and Fire universe, we're not sure you'll still have time to larp. We knew that after releasing the RTS, A Game of Thrones: Genesis, Cyanide Studios turned its focus to a Game of Thrones RPG to be published by Atlus. Now, USA Today reports Bigpoint is also working on a free-to-play MMO. Though the article doesn't specify, we'd assume it'll be browser-based like Bigpoint's Battlestar Galactica game.

USA Today also brings word of a social networking, FarmVille-esque take on Game of Thrones, which is the one we're really excited about. Really. "The gold's not hot enough to kill anyone yet! Try pouring on someone's head again in 14 minutes, or pay 7 ThroneBux to speed it up!"

JoystiqBigpoint bringing A Game of Thrones to yet another genre: Free-to-play MMOs originally appeared on Joystiq on Wed, 09 Nov 2011 11:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Without knowing at least some background, the campaign will seem like a collection of loosely connected stories, rather than the sweeping, epic tale originally spun by George R.R. Martin. It may have some appeal to general fans of strategy, but Genesis is mainly geared towards letting fans experience an abridged look at the events that shaped Westeros.

Gallery: A Game of Thrones: Genesis (7/12/11)

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JoystiqA Game of Thrones: Genesis review: Dirty deeds, done dirt cheap originally appeared on Joystiq on Thu, 06 Oct 2011 15:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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A Game of Thrones: Genesis is set to drop Sept. 29, but first Cyanide Studio and Focus Home Interactive want you to watch a massive, half-naked blacksmith pound a hot sword and stroke The Reach in the above launch trailer. It also has dragons, if you even need that after the previous description.

JoystiqA Game of Thrones: Genesis has a steamy launch trailer originally appeared on Joystiq on Fri, 23 Sep 2011 18:24:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>A-Game-of-Thrones-Genesiscyanide-studiofocus-home-interactivepcFri, 23 Sep 2011 18:24:00 EST<![CDATA[Bethesda tempted by A Game of Thrones adaptation]]>http://www.joystiq.com/2011/09/15/bethesda-tempted-by-a-game-of-thrones-adaptation/http://www.joystiq.com/2011/09/15/bethesda-tempted-by-a-game-of-thrones-adaptation/http://www.joystiq.com/2011/09/15/bethesda-tempted-by-a-game-of-thrones-adaptation/#comments If you're a lover of fantasy books, fantasy video games or -- God help you -- both, you're going to want to sit down for this one. According to a report from EGM (relayed by VG247) Bethesda was in talks to adapt George R.R. Martin's supremely popular Game of Thrones book series into a video game. That's right: The Elder Scrolls people almost brought the Song of Ice and Fire to your favorite video game console. We'll give you a minute to go grab your inhaler.

What ruined this dream collabo? Skyrim. Stupid. Terrible. Skyrim.

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JoystiqBethesda tempted by A Game of Thrones adaptation originally appeared on Joystiq on Thu, 15 Sep 2011 18:25:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>a-game-of-thronesA-Game-of-Thrones-Genesisbethesdagame-of-thronesskyrimThu, 15 Sep 2011 18:25:00 EST<![CDATA[A Game of Thrones - Genesis fights dirty on September 29]]>http://www.joystiq.com/2011/09/07/a-game-of-thrones-genesis-fights-dirty-on-september-29/http://www.joystiq.com/2011/09/07/a-game-of-thrones-genesis-fights-dirty-on-september-29/http://www.joystiq.com/2011/09/07/a-game-of-thrones-genesis-fights-dirty-on-september-29/#comments If you've been left unsatisfied by all the honorable, upstanding strategy games that have come out over the past year, you should brace yourself for a healthy dose of deception later this month. Focus Home Interactive has announced that Cyanide Studios' first adaptation of George R.R. Martin's Song of Ice and Fire series, A Game of Thrones - Genesis, will arrive on store shelves of the tangible and digital varieties on September 29.

If you haven't already consumed every single page of the aforementioned series of novels, you don't really have enough time to do so before the game comes out. Maybe you could watch the TV series! It's like a novel that bunch of famous people read for you.

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JoystiqA Game of Thrones - Genesis fights dirty on September 29 originally appeared on Joystiq on Wed, 07 Sep 2011 14:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>A-Game-of-Thrones-Genesiscyanide-studiosfocus-home-interactivepcrelease-datertsstrategyWed, 07 Sep 2011 14:30:00 EST<![CDATA[Game of Thrones: Genesis screens actually have a throne]]>http://www.joystiq.com/2011/07/12/game-of-thrones-genesis-screens-actually-have-a-throne/http://www.joystiq.com/2011/07/12/game-of-thrones-genesis-screens-actually-have-a-throne/http://www.joystiq.com/2011/07/12/game-of-thrones-genesis-screens-actually-have-a-throne/#comments We were ready to give Cyanide's A Game of Thrones: Genesis the "Most Disingenuously Named Game of the Year" award -- until this most recent batch of screenshots appeared in our inbox. We can now confirm that, yes, it is a game which contains at least one throne.

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JoystiqGame of Thrones: Genesis screens actually have a throne originally appeared on Joystiq on Tue, 12 Jul 2011 11:25:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>A-Game-of-Thrones-Genesisa-song-of-ice-and-firecyanide-studiosfocus-home-interactivegeorge-r-r-martinpcstrategyTue, 12 Jul 2011 11:25:00 EST<![CDATA[See Tyrell v. Lannister in new Game of Thrones: Genesis screens]]>http://www.joystiq.com/2011/04/21/see-tyrell-v-lannister-in-new-game-of-thrones-genesis-screens/http://www.joystiq.com/2011/04/21/see-tyrell-v-lannister-in-new-game-of-thrones-genesis-screens/http://www.joystiq.com/2011/04/21/see-tyrell-v-lannister-in-new-game-of-thrones-genesis-screens/#comments These new screens from Cyanide's upcoming strategy release A Game of Thrones: Genesis show "the coast of Dorne where Queen Nymeria and her people landed, as well as the troops of House Tyrell confronting House Lannister," which will be exciting to ... 100 percent of the people still reading.

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Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>A-Game-of-Thrones-Genesiscyanide-studiospcThu, 21 Apr 2011 18:40:00 EST<![CDATA[Report: Cyanide also working on Game of Thrones RPG]]>http://www.joystiq.com/2011/03/25/report-cyanide-also-working-on-game-of-thrones-rpg/http://www.joystiq.com/2011/03/25/report-cyanide-also-working-on-game-of-thrones-rpg/http://www.joystiq.com/2011/03/25/report-cyanide-also-working-on-game-of-thrones-rpg/#comments Good news for fans of Westeros and its inhabitants -- not only does Cyanide have an RTS based on George R.R. Martin's fantasy series coming out, but apparently the Paris-based developer is also working on an RPG set in the world of the Song of Ice and Fire. French site FactorNews got a look at the game in development, and it sounds like just the thing to get your dire wolf howling.

The title is supposed to play out around the book's events rather than follow them, but still follows the conventions of seeing various points of view. Players will start out as a brother of the Night Watch up at the Wall, then move on to play as Alester Sarwyck, a Red Priest returning to the kingdom after being exiled for 15 years across the Narrow Sea. Gameplay is described as a mix of The Witcher and other pseudo-turn-based RPGs, with players choosing skills and directing traffic in the midst of real-time battle. Cyanide is aiming for a release on both PC and consoles.

It all sounds awesome -- but A Game of Thrones: The RPG (working title) isn't planned to see the light of day any time before Martin's Dance with Dragons hits bookstores. If Cyanide delivers everything it is promising in this preview, we'd be willing to pull a Jaime Lannister and kill a king just to get a copy of it.

JoystiqReport: Cyanide also working on Game of Thrones RPG originally appeared on Joystiq on Fri, 25 Mar 2011 21:40:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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JoystiqNew Game of Thrones: Genesis screens and art are awfully icy originally appeared on Joystiq on Fri, 25 Mar 2011 15:15:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>A-Game-of-Thrones-Genesisa-song-of-ice-and-firecyanide-studiosgeorge-r-r-martinpcrtsFri, 25 Mar 2011 15:15:00 EST<![CDATA[A Game of Thrones screens are light on actual thrones, but rich in dragons]]>http://www.joystiq.com/2011/02/16/a-game-of-thrones-screens-are-light-on-actual-thrones-but-rich/http://www.joystiq.com/2011/02/16/a-game-of-thrones-screens-are-light-on-actual-thrones-but-rich/http://www.joystiq.com/2011/02/16/a-game-of-thrones-screens-are-light-on-actual-thrones-but-rich/#comments It's been half a year since Cyanide revealed early concept art for its adaptation of George R.R. Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire novels. Today, publisher Focus Home Interactive revealed the first pair of screenshots from the series first outing, A Game of Thrones: Genesis, giving us a look at what the action therein will actually look like. Apparently, it's going to feature large, scary dragons. And villagers. And cottages which appear to enjoy being burned to the ground, signifying their approval with an olde-timey thumbs up placard. We think that's what's going on, there.

The publisher also revealed a few scant details about the title -- namely, that it will be a real-time strategy affair, with multiplayer support for up to eight different combatants. Victory can be claimed through force, diplomacy or subterfuge -- though, we imagine we'll be leaning on a healthy diet of all three.

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Gallery: A Game of Thrones: Genesis (2/16/11)

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Blood Bowl developer Cyanide Studio has revealed a few details about the first installment in its video game adaptation of George R.R. Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire novels. The game, titled A Game of Thrones: Genesis, will be a strategy title which places players in the role of one of Westeros' illustrious Families. Your options for spreading your faction's influence are diverse, including "military, economic or diplomatic" methods. Considering the developer's lineage, we hope friendly games of flag football can also be used to resolve land skirmishes.

You can check out further details on Cyanide's official site for more details on the game, or check out two pieces of early concept art in the gallery below.

Gallery: A Game of Thrones: Genesis Concept Art

JoystiqCyanide's first Song of Ice and Fire game detailed originally appeared on Joystiq on Fri, 16 Jul 2010 14:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>A-Game-of-Thrones-Genesisa-song-of-ice-and-firecyanide-studiosfocus-home-interactivegeorge-r-r-martinstrategyFri, 16 Jul 2010 14:00:00 EST<![CDATA[Cyanide acquires game rights to George R. R. Martin's 'Song of Ice and Fire' series]]>http://www.joystiq.com/2009/05/12/cyanide-acquires-game-rights-to-george-r-r-martins-song-of-i/http://www.joystiq.com/2009/05/12/cyanide-acquires-game-rights-to-george-r-r-martins-song-of-i/http://www.joystiq.com/2009/05/12/cyanide-acquires-game-rights-to-george-r-r-martins-song-of-i/#comments We don't get to talk about books much here at The Stiq, what with our heavy focus on teh gaming and all, but today is a joyous day, as the best series of books ever made -- George R.R. Martin's Song of Ice and Fire series -- will be turned into games courtesy of Cyanide Studio. Don't bother arguing with us, because we do not sow and these books are so good.

The press release says that R. R. Martin and Cyanide have already begun development, with the combined efforts bearing fruit for "next generation consoles and the PC." Sadly, no other details are available as of now, but we're holding out hope that these games will be more fun than that A Game of Thrones board game ...

JoystiqCyanide acquires game rights to George R. R. Martin's 'Song of Ice and Fire' series originally appeared on Joystiq on Tue, 12 May 2009 17:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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