Game of Thrones: War for Westeros Hands-On Preview: Putting the RTS in Westeros
PlaySide’s strategy game lets players command Stark and Lannister armies, with hero units, territory control and deep tech trees shaping each match.
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After 3 Hours, I Can Say Game of Thrones Finally Has a Worthy Video Game
HBO’s Game of Thrones changed television by delivering unprecedented spectacle in the form of epic battles involving multiple armies, legendary heroes and villains, and mythical monsters like dragons and giants. Fans who have imagined what it would be like to be fully immersed in one of those dramatic conflicts will finally get their chance with next year’s Game of Thrones: War for Westeros, PlaySide’s real-time strategy game in the mold of The …
Game of Thrones: War for Westeros Hands-On Preview: Putting the RTS in Westeros
Game of Thrones and video games initially sounded like a match made in heaven, but recent history has proven that the massive fantasy IP has a bit of tenuous relationship with gaming. There was that forgotten RPG made in the early 2010s, which didn't exactly impress. The Telltale game had its charms, but was again largely forgotten compared to the developer's other major successes like The Wolf Among Us and The Walking Dead. If you ask me, Game …
Game of Thrones and video games seemed, at first, a perfect combination, but recent history has shown that this gigantic fantasy franchise has a somewhat fragile relationship with the world of video games. There was that forgotten RPG that was made in the early 2010s, which did not exactly impress me. The game of Telltale had its charm, but it was practically forgotten again compared to other great successes of the developer, such as The Wolf Am…
Games on Game of Thrones have already been seen, but a real-time strategy game has not yet been included. This is expected to change in early 2027 if the War for Westeros developed and distributed by PlaySide Studios is to be released for PC. In the game, you take over one of several houses from the world of George R. R. Martin and strives for the Iron Throne. In the run-up to gamescom, I had the opportunity to play the title. more
Game of Thrones: War for Westeros isn't even out yet and it already feels ancient
"But why?" That's the question I kept asking myself as I played through a few skirmishes of Game of Thrones: War for Westeros, an RTS based on HBO's TV show. It's a competent, workmanlike creation that nonetheless fails to capture any of what made the show and the books that inspired it such a phenomenon. It just feels so ill-timed, too. It's not due out until 2027, but Game of Thrones concluded in 2019, with a final season that even GoT defende…
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