Telltale: Game of Thrones Won’t Be A Prequel

Telltale caught everyone by surprise at VGX 2013, when they announced not one, but two new games set in popular IPs. The first one is called Tales from the Borderlands and will be set in the quirky universe created by Gearbox Software, while the second one is based on HBO‘s Game of Thrones, the TV adaptation of the epic fantasy novel A Song of Ice and Fire by George R.R. Martin.

Very few details have been released so far on this game, but it had been speculated that the game could have been a prequel of some kind. Today, speaking with Digital Trends, Telltale Games CEO Dan Connors confirmed that this won’t be the case.

It’s not a prequel, no. That might be the most information anyone has.

I think the show provides a timeline, but the world is huge. You’re talking about the politics of an entire– it’s like Europe and some other continent. There’s so much going on and it’s so rich. Every decision that King Joffrey makes impacts so many people. Any microcosm in that world [looking at how] people are affected by the decisions that are made plays out across the whole thing.

The show does a great job of interpreting George R.R. Martin’s work, and his work provides a huge dictionary of knowledge about what the franchise is. It’s really a dream to sit down and say, ‘What’s our space in this world? Where are we in this world?’ And the world offers you so much to explore.

Telltale Games has become a very popular studio mainly with The Walking Dead game, winner of several Game of the Year awards, although some of you might remember them for Sam & Max. What would you like to see in their peculiar, presumably very dialogue oriented version of Game of Thrones? Let us know below in the comments.