HBO has announced the premiere date for season 4 of Game of Thrones. April 6th, 2014 is the day that Thrones will return to our TV screens.

And that’s not all. HBO has also announced that the first official trailer for season 4 will air this Sunday at 8:55 PM ET, prior to the series premiere of True Detective. Yes, you read that right, first official trailer. Not teaser. According to HBO it will be “the first extended look at the new season and features new characters and episodic footage.”

As usual, the trailer will go up online immediately afterwards and we will have it here for your viewing pleasure. But we may not have to wait that long as James Hibberd has promised a glimpse of the trailer even sooner than that. Keep it locked here for more updates on that front.

Winter Is Coming: Time to get that countdown clock up!