RaduTyrsina
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The much awaited season four of the highly popular TV show Game of Thrones is said to debut on April 6, but since the iPad is such a cool entertainment environment, the official Game of Thrones Ascent game has been released. The game was first released as a web and Facebook app and managed to gather an amazing number of more than 2,500,000 players worldwide. Now it becomes available as a free download (with in-app purchases) in the App Store with new art, optimized imagery for Retina displays, and Game Center leaderboards.
With Game of Thrones Ascent, fans can immerse themselves beyond the books and show and actually live the life of a noble during a time of upheaval within Westeros. Taking part in thousands of story-driven quests, players delve deeply into the lore and develop their own lands and reputation among the Great Houses. Players explore an expansive world filled with deep political and social play involving diplomatic agreements, pacts, marriages, and betrothals. Through Alliance challenges, players work with hundreds of others to accomplish great tasks and rise to the top of the Power Rankings.
Game of Thrones Ascent is a strategy RPG title with over 2,500 quests and dozens of adventures. You can choose to play in one of the following great houses - Stark, Lannister, Targaryen, Baratheon, Tyrell, or Greyjoy. Trademark familiar characters like Tyrion, Ser Jorah, Daenerys or Robb Stark are also available. You will get to compete against millions of players, improve your global ranking and use the GameCenter to compete in the power leaderboards, or challenge friends to earn Achievements.
A really cool feature of the game is that it will be continually updated with new storylines and content from the show on each Monday as new episodes will air on TV. So, what happens in the real story gets consequently reflected in the game. The games with a size of almost 100 megabytes and will even work on iOS 6 iPads.
Source: iTunes