There have been rumors flying around the interwebs for years now about a Game of Thrones video game. Some suggestions going around have been an MMO to a "souls-like" game all the way to a card based board game.  

Then in April it was rumored that George R.R. Martin was working with a Japanese video game company on an upcoming project. 

Well, I am here to confirm that rumor. In a blog posted today, GRRM confirmed that he has been a consultant on a "video game out of Japan". 

And me? I’m still here, and I’m still busy. As a producer, I’ve got five shows in development at HBO (some having nothing whatsoever to do with the world of Westeros), two at Hulu, one on the History Channel. I’m involved with a number of feature projects, some based upon my own stories and books, some on material created by others. There are these short films I am hoping to make, adaptations of classic stories by one of the most brilliant, quirky, and original writers our genre has ever produced. I’ve consulted on a video game out of Japan. And then there’s Meow Wolf…

Now it gets really interesting.

Gematsu is reporting that GRRM is working with FromSoftware (Dark Souls) on a project titled "GR". It's rumored to be an open-world title and it's a collaboration between Hidetaka Miyzaki & George R.R. Martin. It's set to be published by Bandai/Namco and will be officially announced at Microsoft's E3 press conference this year. The title has been in development for 3 years now. They did admit that they are unable to verify any of this and only published based on Martin's blog post.

A person familiar with ongoings at From Software has told Gematsu that the project—said to be known internally as “GR” (Gematsu has been asked to only share the acronym) and in development for the past three years—is an open-world title (with horse riding) and collaboration between Hidetaka Miyazaki and George R.R. Martin published by Bandai Namco, which will be officially announced at Microsoft’s E3 2019 press conference. While we have not been able to verify this information through additional sources, we have decided to share what we have heard in light of R.R. Martin’s blog post.

Not to be out done. Gameradar has just leaked that its not a Game of Thrones title at all, in fact the game is going to be called "Great Rune", and it's set in Norse world where players will be exploring Norse mythology and legends. 

But don’t assume it’s going to be set in the world of Game of Thrones, as rumours have it that this game – titled Great Rune, supposedly – is set in the Norse world, exploring Norse mythology and all its dark legends. As it’s focus is the Norse mythos, like God of War and the rumoured Assassin’s Creed Ragnarok…

So, there we have it. Two rumors based off of the same blog post that sort of corroborate each other. I guess we will see at E3. I personally hope this is true cause this game sounds amazing. 

That's it for me, for now at least. This has been James with Game Fix. Game on everybody! 

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