Telltale Games has finally opened the book on its highly-anticipated new Game of Thrones series and has revealed information on the house upon which the story is based, locations we’ll be visiting, and has confirmed a host of platforms (including PS4 and Xbox One). The news comes via the Telltale Games blog

Our first glimpse of Ironrath, home of House Forrester.

Telltale’s Game of Thrones will focus on House Forrester, a noble house from the Wolfswood in the north of Westeros. Bannermen to House Glover and loyal to the Starks, the Forresters have not appeared in HBO’s TV series to date but are canon within George R. R. Martin’s novels, appearing in the book ‘A Dance with Dragons’.Telltale’s series will focus on House Forrester’s quest to stave off doom amidst to tumult of The War of the Five Kings. Their house motto, Iron From Ice, is also the name of the premiere episode.The Forrester stronghold, Ironrath, is strategically located on the edge of the largest ironwood forest in Westeros. As such House Forrester controls the majority of the valuable ironwood forests in the Wolfswood, which has earned them the ire of their rivals, House Whitehill.Ironrath will be joined by more familiar locations, such as King’s Landing and The Wall, as some of the places Telltale’s Game of Thrones will take us.The events in the game series start towards the end of season three of the TV show and conclude just before the beginning of season five. The game will unfold from multiple points of view, like the TV series, with five different playable characters (either direct family members, or a person in service to House Forrester). Telltale explains these characters will be scattered across Westeros and Essos and that the actions of one character can ripple out and impact the rest of House Forrester.Telltale promises additional details are coming, although stopped short of confirming a release date (the premiere “will be arriving for download soon”). Telltale’s Game of Thrones will be available on PC/Mac, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 3, Xbox One, Xbox 360, and iOS, with additional platforms to be announced.Telltale released the first official image hinting at the look of the game yesterday following a series of three cryptic teasers that began in late August

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