'Game of Thrones' Facebook Game Will Follow HBO Series

Chelsea Stark2013-04-02 16:03:16 UTC

If you're still trying to get over Sunday night's premiere of HBO's Game of Thrones, and suffering from Westeros withdrawal, you can get your fix in Game of Thrones Ascent on Facebook.

Game of Thrones Ascent, released in beta on Facebook in February, is going to start releasing new content each Monday that pairs with episode of Game of Thrones shown the night before. As season 3 gets underway, players will be able to play along as the events unfold in the show.

On Monday, Disruptor Beam, the team behind the game, released the first content update "Episode 1: Valar Dohaeris", which allows players to access content from that episode as well as the end of Season 2. Players can even take part in Season 2's Battle of Blackwater Bay.

Game of Thrones Ascent is a story-focused Facebook game where players create their own character in the fictional Westeros, then rise to power and align themselves with one of the major houses of Game of Thrones. (Disruptor Beam said 43% of players have aligned themselves with House Stark, one of the main protagonists in the story.) Players then train troops, trade goods, develop their lands and take part in political intrigue.

Facebook's social graph is a key feature of the game, where players can form alliances — or backstab — their real-life friends, but Disruptor Beam founder Jon Radoff said he didn't want a game where you just spammed your friends.

As such, Game of Thrones Ascent will be coming to other platforms where players can interact with the same game but without Facebook involved. While Radoff wouldn't confirm which directly, job postings on the Disruptor Beam website imply that an iOS iteration is in the game's future.

The third season of Game of Thrones started Sunday night on HBO, and will run for 10 episodes.

Have you played Game of Thrones Ascent on Facebook? Tell us what you think in the comments.

Image courtesy Disruptor Beam.

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