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Game of Thrones is an episodic interactive drama graphic adventure video game series developed and published by Telltale Games.

Gameplay
Game of Thrones is an episodic point-and-click graphic adventure fantasy drama video game, released as 6 episodes following the model of Telltale's previous adventure games. The player is able to move their character around some scenes, interacting with objects and initiating conversation trees with non-player characters. Choices made by the player influence events in future episodes. The game switches between the viewpoints of five different characters.

Each episode contains five points where the player must make a significant decision, choosing from one of two available options. Through Telltale's servers, the game tracks how many players selected which option and lets the player compare their choices to the rest of the player base. The game can be completed regardless of what choices are made in these situations; the main events of the story, as described below, will continue regardless of what choices are made, but the presence and behavior of the non-player characters in later scenes will be affected by these choices. The game does allow the player to make multiple saves, and includes a "rewind" feature where the player can back up and alter a previous decision, thus facilitating the exploration of alternative choices.

Some scenes are more action-oriented, requiring the player to respond to a series of quick time events. Failure to do these correctly may end the scene with the death of the playable character or another character, but the game will restart at a checkpoint just before that scene to allow the player to try again. In some instances, failure at particular quick time events results in minor game decisions.

Season 2 (TBD)
The first series proved successful, leading Telltale to begin development of a second episodic season. In November 2015, Telltale's Kevin Bruner affirmed that a second season is currently in development.

Season 1
Game of Thrones has received generally positive reviews from critics praising the narrative, choice driven gameplay, and faithfulness to the source material while criticism was directed towards the graphical glitches and the lack of introduction for players new to the Game of Thrones franchise.

"Episode One – Iron from Ice" received positive reviews. Aggregating review websites GameRankings and Metacritic gave and the Microsoft Windows version 74.37% based on 27 reviews and 75/100 based on 44 reviews, the PlayStation 4 version 77.82% based on 17 reviews and 77/100 based on 18 reviews  and the Xbox One version 82.73% based on 11 reviews and 80/100 based on 14 reviews.

"Episode Two – The Lost Lords" received mixed to positive reviews. Aggregating review websites GameRankings and Metacritic gave the Microsoft Windows version 74.96% based on 23 reviews and 73/100 based on 35 reviews, the PlayStation 4 version 69.40% based on 15 reviews and 69/100 based on 16 reviews  and the Xbox One version 74.92% based on 13 reviews and 76/100 based on 10 reviews.

Gamezebo's reviewer noted that Episode 2, in particular, exhibited poor performance on iOS devices, with glitches and stuttering affecting the player's ability to succeed at timed events.

"Episode Three – The Sword in the Darkness" received positive reviews. Aggregating review websites GameRankings and Metacritic gave the Microsoft Windows version 76.52% based on 21 reviews and 77/100 based on 30 reviews, the PlayStation 4 version 71.29% based on 17 reviews and 70/100 based on 16 reviews and the Xbox One version 81.94% based on 9 reviews and 80/100 based on 9 reviews.

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"Episode Five –

"Episode Six – The Ice Dragon"

Season 2
TBD