Netmarble has officially released Game of Thrones: Kingsroad, quite possibly the most ambitious Game of Thrones video game yet made. But Warner Bros. has more gaming fun in the hopper. According to Pocket Gamer, it's already soft-launching another game, Game of Thrones: Dragonfire, in Malaysia, Indonesia and the Philippines.
Although you wouldn't guess based on the name, Game of Thrones: Dragonfire is actually based on House of the Dragon, HBO's Game of Thrones prequel show. As you can see in the trailer above, characters like Rhaenyra and Daemon Targaryen appear, not to mention their dragons.
Game of Thrones: Dragonfire is a strategy game. So players will manage funds, crops, minerals, troops and more as they wage war across Westeros, all to win the Dance of the Dragons civil war and claim the Iron Throne. They'll make deals, expand their influences, and hatch dragons for use on the battlefield. Battles play out on a tiled grid. The whole thing sounds very much like Game of Thrones: Conquest, a 2017 game where players did pretty much the same thing, only during the events of Game of Thrones rather than House of the Dragon. Check out some gameplay from Conquest below if you're wondering what the minute-to-minute play experience is like:
As you can see, the gameplay is very different from the flashy trailer cinematic.
Right now, Game of Thrones: Dragonfire is available only on the Google Play Store, although Warner Bros. may have bigger plans for the game down the line. Or maybe not. Game of Thrones video games have rarely made much of a splash. They've mostly been mobile games, which I think feel a little less special than a full console game, especially for a franchise as grand and sweeping as Game of Thrones. Mobile games often seem like excuses to nickel and dime players with microtransactions. And generally speaking, the games only lightly engage with the source material.
Will Game of Thrones: Dragonfire break through? We'll keep an eye on it.
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