With Amazon’s new Lord of the Rings MMO somewhere in the future, it is time to look back at some of the best video games based on the hit fantasy franchise.
| Caleb Clark | October 5, 2020 |
HBO made its library of films and TV shows available on Hulu. For $15 per month, subscribers can watch shows like Game of Thrones, on-demand.
| Keith Nelson Jr. | September 28, 2020 |
Whether you have a dedicated adventuring party or are looking for a group, Roll20 makes playing and GMing TTRPGs like D&D and V:TM easy as defeating a flumph.
| Daniel Martin | September 18, 2020 |
Actress Dame Diana Rigg, best known for her roles in the TV spy series The Avengers and the megahit Game of Thrones, died on Thursday at the age of 82.
| Allison Matyus | September 10, 2020 |
David Benioff and D.B. Weiss, best known for co-creating HBO's Game of Thrones series, will adapt Liu Cixin's The Three-Body Problem trilogy for Netflix.
| Rick Marshall | September 1, 2020 |
'I have good days and bad days, but I am making progress,' writes the creator of A Song of Ice and Fire, the inspiration for HBO's hit series Game of Thrones.
| Rick Marshall | April 16, 2020 |
In a post to his website, George R.R. Martin reveals he's in self-quarantine, with most of his business ventures shut down. Will he finish Winds of Winter?
| Nick Perry | March 18, 2020 |
Max von Sydow, who starred in The Exorcist and Game of Thrones, and even made a late-in-life appearance in a Star Wars film, has passed away at the age of 90.
| Mythili Sampathkumar | March 9, 2020 |
Kristofer Hivju, who played Tormund Giantsbane on Game of Thrones, will reportedly join the cast of the Netflix series The Witcher for its second season,
| Rick Marshall | February 18, 2020 |
Daedalic Entertainment unveiled new details regarding its upcoming title, The Lord of the Rings: Gollum, including confirmation that the game will see a release on the next-generation gaming consoles the PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X as well as new information on the portrayal of the titular character.
| Taylor Lyles | January 7, 2020 |
The parting of ways between Game of Thrones creators David Benioff and D.B. Weiss and the Star Wars franchise is good for everyone, even if it means we won't see their trilogy of films set in the sci-fi saga's universe. Here's why the sci-fi saga is better off without the Game of Thrones duo.
| Rick Marshall | October 29, 2019 |
According to Maisie (Arya Stark) Williams, who recently appeared on the YouTube series Hot Ones, Game of Thrones' writing staff used the hit HBO series' high body count to torment its main cast by handing out fake scripts that depicted main characters dying in the lamest ways imaginable.
| Chris Gates | October 24, 2019 |
Snapchat Chief Business Officer Jeremi Gorman said that Snapchat’s original show Endless Summer was watched more than the Games of Thrones finale. That's not really true, and it's a sign of how social media companies count "views" that can be as little as a second long.
| Allison Matyus | September 26, 2019 |
The 71st Primetime Emmys will air on Fox tonight, Sunday, September 22, with plenty of awards, upsets, and drama on tap.. Here's everything you need to know about the 2019 Emmy Awards, including how to watch without cable, red carpet start times and the nominees in all the major categories.
| Mathew Katz | September 22, 2019 |
Game of Thrones and HBO led the pack in the nominations of the 2019 Emmy awards, which were announced on Tuesday. Critical darlings like Chernobyl and Veep also received numerous nominations. Here's the complete list of nominees.
| Allison Matyus | September 19, 2019 |
HBO's Game of Thrones was the big winner at the Creative Arts Emmy Awards ceremony, held just a week before the Primetime Emmy Awards. The 10 awards the show earned for its final season hint at a big night in store for the record-breaking fantasy drama that ended its eight-season run in May 2019.
| Rick Marshall | September 19, 2019 |
A second Game of Thrones prequel series is reportedly close to getting a pilot order from HBO, with the new series unfolding 300 years before the events of the main show and chronicling the rise and fall of House Targaryen. The series is based on George R.R. Martin's Fire & Blood companion saga.
| Rick Marshall | September 17, 2019 |
Did you hate the Game of Thrones finale? Do think everyone else did, too? Well, surprise: You might be in the minority. According to an exclusive poll by YouGov, not only were more than half of viewers were happy with Game of Thrones' controversial final season, but most agree that it deserves an Emmy.
| Chris Gates | September 1, 2019 |
Kit Harington, who played Jon Snow for eight seasons on Game of Thrones, will next appear in Marvel's The Eternals as Dane Whitman, also known as The Black Knight. It remains to be seen whether Harington will be a bit player, or if he'll eventually get a film of his own.
| Chris Gates | August 25, 2019 |
Hot off Game of Thrones' controversial finale, showrunners David Benioff and D.B. Weiss have signed a nine-figure deal to develop new TV shows and movies for Netflix, but what does that mean for the duo's upcoming Star Wars trilogy, which is rumored to be set during the fan-favorite Old Republic era?
| Chris Gates | August 25, 2019 |
WBIE's Guardians of Middle-earth may get the basics of the multiplayer online battle arena genre right, but that isn't enough to distract from the fact that the game is a blatant attempt to cash in on two trends simultaneously.
| Earnest Cavalli | August 23, 2019 |
‘Middle-earth: Shadow of War’ builds on the first game’s unique Nemesis system with better world design and awesome combat.
| Gabe Gurwin | August 23, 2019 |
Apple TV+'s The Morning Show is a drama set in a contemporary newsroom. There are no dragons, no giants, and no ice zombies, and yet it's still more expensive than Game of Thrones, showing what happens when a company like Apple prioritizes celebrities and name recognition.
| Chris Gates | August 20, 2019 |
Amazon's The Lord of the Rings TV show is set during Middle-earth's Second Age, thousands of years before The War of the Ring. There'll be no hobbits, no Gollum, and no Gandalf, but the Second Age is full of familiar faces, and a few are bound to pop up on the billion-dollar series.
| Chris Gates | August 20, 2019 |
Confederate, the HBO series set in an alternate history in which the South won the Civil War and slavery remained legal, has been canceled. Game of Thrones showrunners David Benioff and D.B. Weiss created the series, but after signing a deal with Netflix, the project was scrapped.
| Rick Marshall | August 8, 2019 |
HBO has confirmed that its Game of Thrones prequel series, which will chronicle the world's descent from the Age of Heroes, filmed a pilot in summer 2019. Developed by George R.R. Martin and screenwriter Jane Goldman, the project has a director and a cast led by Oscar nominee Naomi Watts.
| Chris Gates | July 25, 2019 |
Amazon is hoping to strike gold like HBO did with the Game of Thrones television series and is making an attempt using an already established fictional world. To go along with the upcoming TV series, Amazon Game Studios will be releasing a free-to-play Lord of the Rings MMO on PC and consoles.
| Charles Singletary Jr. | July 9, 2019 |
Game of Thrones' eighth season brought the hit show's award-winning run to a dramatic end. We spoke to visual effects studio Weta Digital about bringing some of season 8's most memorable moments to the screen, from midair dragon battles to an ill-fated, fiery charge into the night.
| Rick Marshall | June 1, 2019 |
In the span of just a few weeks, we saw two of the most adored franchises of our time reach a concluding chapter. But while Avengers: Endgame was a triumph, Game of Thrones’ final days was dissatisfying. There’s good reason why these two beloved stories came to such utterly different conclusions.
| Ryan Waniata | May 31, 2019 |
While the internet has been awash in critics complaining about the odd turns in the final moments of Game of Thrones, for many events, the writing was on the wall. If you paid close attention in the first season, you'll realize that many arcs were seeded all the way from the beginning.
| Christine Persaud | May 23, 2019 |
If you've made up your mind and are itching to ever all ties with HBO, you've come to the right place. We here at Digital Trends are no stranger to canceling a subscription, so we've put together this guide showing you how to cancel HBO Go and HBO Now, freeing you from that monthly payment.
| Josh Levenson | May 23, 2019 |
In its final seasons, Game of Thrones was afflicted by pacing issues, nonsensical character developments, and a few out-of-place beverage containers. As the show raced to hit all its important moments in a sparse 13 episodes, it felt like a student forced to attend a class they're already set to pass.
| Will Nicol | May 20, 2019 |
We finally know who won the Game of Thrones, but fans had all kinds of predictions going into the finale, many of which were more interesting than what actually happened. Here's our list of the fan theories that came true, the ones that didn't, and the ones we're still not sure about.
| C. Persaud | May 20, 2019 |
A look at some of the people who could have been the best King or Queen to sit on the Iron Throne in Game of Thrones, and what they would have brought — and in one case, will bring — to their kingdom, given the opportunity.
| C. Persaud | May 20, 2019 |