Kit Harington has returned home to Westeros for the the launch of new RPG mobile game “Game of Thrones: Legends.”
Harington shows up in the “Game of Thrones: Legends” trailer, which dropped in connection with the game’s launch Thursday, playin himself as he becomes deeply immersed in the mobile game and starts seeing White Walker-esque blue eyes appear in the people around him while he plays. The ad, which will stream on Max ahead of new episodes of “House of the Dragon,” end with Harington having a visceral reaction to a fan playing the game nearby, who outplays him and drops the iconic line, “You know nothing Jon Snow.”
Other features in the game include:
In “Game of Thrones: Legends,” players build and lead their own Westeros house, honing their tactics and skill as they strategically assemble a team of champions, equip weapons, and gear, and face formidable foes from the “Game of Thrones” universe, per Zynga‘s description for the new mobile title. Players can tackle their quest in story mode or engage in Raids, playing against each other in real-time as they level up their roster of champions.
- Complete missions throughout Westeros in a journey to claim the Iron Throne;
- Build and upgrade an iconic team featuring champions like Jon Snow, Rhaenyra Targaryen, the Hound, Ser Criston Cole, Drogon, Arya Stark, and Ghost;
- Showcase strategic prowess in epic RPG puzzle battles;
- Lead your own house of Westeros showing off personalized houses and powerful allies;
- Diversify puzzle battle strategy with champion pairings to conquer different game modes and enemies;
- Leverage lore to discover champion, weapon, and gear synergies – for instance, pair up Jon Snow and Ghost or have Arya equip Needle;
- Execute moves, charge special abilities, and discover powerful combos to obliterate opponents.
“The creativity and care taken to create ‘Game of Thrones: Legends’ is obvious and it feels completely natural to jump back into Westeros for this game,” Harington said. “This is a true love letter to the fans, of whom the franchise would be nothing without, and I’m honored to pay tribute to them in this new campaign.”
“Game of Thrones: Legends,” which launched Thursday on the Apple App Store and Google Play, is developed by Take-Two Interactive’s mobile studio Zynga for Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment on behalf of HBO.
While the title already includes “House of the Dragon” characters like Rhaenyra Targaryen and Ser Criston Cole, the team behind the game is working on new updates for the game pegged to the currently airing Season 2 of “House of the Dragon,” and looking ahead to tie-ins for “A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms,” HBO’s next “Game of Thrones” spinoff, which is now in production.
“Obviously, when there will be a new piece of content out, this is a treasure for game makers to think about how we can do new thins with it,” Zynga mobile games executive vice president Yaron Leyvand said. “But there’s so much content in ‘Game of Thrones’ and ‘House of Dragon’ already, we can create events and systems and characters. There’s so much depth here that, regardless, we will do updates from that and things that are related to the existing show. And when a new season or show will be out, this will be another event for celebration.”
See the trailer for “Game of Thrones: Legends” featuring Harington in the video below.
Source Agencies
