{"id":44180,"date":"2026-08-14T11:05:54","date_gmt":"2026-08-14T06:05:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=44180"},"modified":"2026-08-14T11:05:54","modified_gmt":"2026-08-14T06:05:54","slug":"the-great-hunt-officially-arrives-august-18","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=44180","title":{"rendered":"The Great Hunt Officially Arrives August 18"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script>\r\n  atOptions = {\r\n    'key' : '644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6',\r\n    'format' : 'iframe',\r\n    'height' : 90,\r\n    'width' : 728,\r\n    'params' : {}\r\n  };\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.highperformanceformat.com\/644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/screenrant.com\/tag\/game-of-thrones-franchise\/\" target=\"_blank\"><em><strong>Game of Thrones<\/strong><\/em><\/a> has officially entered one of the roughest periods for fans: the lull between seasons. With Season 3 of <a href=\"https:\/\/screenrant.com\/game-of-thrones-legends-assault-on-rooks-rest-hotd-return\/\" target=\"_blank\"><em>House of the Dragon<\/em><\/a> officially wrapping up last week, we&#8217;re stuck waiting until at least 2027 before <a href=\"https:\/\/screenrant.com\/a-knight-of-the-seven-kingdoms-early-2027-release-timeline-ira-parker\/\" target=\"_blank\"><em>A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms<\/em><\/a> Season 2 drops. And unless you&#8217;re lucky enough to get tickets to <a href=\"https:\/\/screenrant.com\/game-of-thrones-the-mad-king-stage-play-first-look\/\" target=\"_blank\"><em>The Mad King<\/em><\/a> before its run at the Royal Shakespeare Theatre in Stratford-upon-Avon ends on Saturday, September 5, 2026, it&#8217;s time to strap in for a Long Night before the next major release. <\/p>\n<p>    <!-- No AdsNinja v10 Client! --><!-- No AdsNinja v10 Client! --><\/p>\n<p>Further, while we were almost lucky enough to get a massive<em> Game of Thrones<\/em> launch later this year with <a href=\"https:\/\/screenrant.com\/game-of-thrones-war-for-westeros-trailer-reveal\/\" target=\"_blank\"><em>War for Westeros<\/em><\/a>, the real-time strategy game from PlaySide Studios, that was unfortunately pushed back to 2027 as well.<\/p>\n<p>The good news is that fans will be able to dive back into the <em>Game of Thrones<\/em> universe very soon with the upcoming release of <em>The Great Hunt<\/em>, set to arrive on August 18 (via <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gotconquest.com\/news\/2026\/07\/31\/august-preview-history-and-visions-2\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">GoTC<\/a>). <\/p>\n<div class=\"valnet-gallery images-count-3 \">\n<div id=\"article-gallery-1-854396717\" data-gallery-thumbnail-id=\"gallery-thumbnails-1-854396717\" data-gallery-id=\"main-carousel-1-854396717\" data-article-gallery=\"article-gallery-modal-1-854396717\" data-gallery-lightbox=\"gallery-modal-1-854396717\" data-gallery-thumbnail-img-class=\"gallery-thumbnails-1-854396717-img\" data-gallery-type=\"image_masonry\" class=\"article__gallery image-masonry  masonry-images-3\">\n<div class=\"w-gallery-carousel-fullscreen\">\n<section id=\"main-expanable-carousel-1-854396717\" class=\"splide splide-gallery\"><button class=\"lightbox__exit-btn icon i-close\" type=\"button\"><span class=\"txt\">Close<\/span><\/button><\/p>\n<div class=\"splide__track lightbox__swipper\">\n<ul class=\"splide__list swiper-wrapper\">\n<li class=\"splide__slide gallery-main-img image-landscape\">\n<div class=\"body-img responsive-img\">\n<figure><img width=\"3840\" height=\"2160\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Kit Harington's Jon Snow in Game of Thrones\" data-img-url=\"https:\/\/static0.srcdn.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/kit-harington-s-jon-snow-in-game-of-thrones.jpg?q=49&amp;fit=contain&amp;w=3840&amp;h=2160&amp;dpr=2\" src=\"https:\/\/static0.srcdn.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/kit-harington-s-jon-snow-in-game-of-thrones.jpg?q=49&amp;fit=contain&amp;w=3840&amp;h=2160&amp;dpr=2\" style=\"width: 100%; height: 100%; object-fit: contain;\"\/><small class=\"body-img-caption\">Image courtesy of MovieStillsDb<\/small><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide gallery-main-img image-landscape\">\n<div class=\"body-img responsive-img\"><img width=\"2400\" height=\"1350\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Game of Thrones Dany Eating Horse Heart \" data-img-url=\"https:\/\/static0.srcdn.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/game-of-thrones-dany-eating-horse-heart.jpg?q=49&amp;fit=contain&amp;w=2400&amp;h=1350&amp;dpr=2\" src=\"https:\/\/static0.srcdn.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/game-of-thrones-dany-eating-horse-heart.jpg?q=49&amp;fit=contain&amp;w=2400&amp;h=1350&amp;dpr=2\" style=\"width: 100%; height: 100%; object-fit: contain;\"\/><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide gallery-main-img image-landscape\">\n<div class=\"body-img responsive-img\">\n<figure><img width=\"2560\" height=\"1440\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Still of Kit Harington as Jon Snow and Kristofer Hivju as Tormund Giantsbane in the midst of a battle in Game of Thrones season 6, episode 9.\" data-img-url=\"https:\/\/static0.srcdn.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/game-of-thrones_qjp5bh.jpg?q=49&amp;fit=contain&amp;w=2560&amp;h=1440&amp;dpr=2\" src=\"https:\/\/static0.srcdn.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/game-of-thrones_qjp5bh.jpg?q=49&amp;fit=contain&amp;w=2560&amp;h=1440&amp;dpr=2\" style=\"width: 100%; height: 100%; object-fit: contain;\"\/><figcaption style=\"display: none;\">Game of Thrones still<\/figcaption><small class=\"body-img-caption\">MovieStillsDB<\/small><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"expanded-gallery-thumbnails-1-854396717\" class=\"splide gallery-thumbnails-expanded\" aria-label=\"The carousel with thumbnails. Selecting a thumbnail will change the Beautiful Gallery carousel.\"\/><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><em>The Great Hunt <\/em>is one of several unique, limited-time special events running throughout the month of August for Game of Thrones: Conquest, the critically acclaimed strategy game from Warner Bros. Boston. It officially runs just a few days from August 18 to August 22, alongside several other events for the game&#8217;s official <em>History and Visions<\/em> arc running all month long. <\/p>\n<p>Other exciting events for <em>Conquest<\/em> releasing this month include the <a href=\"https:\/\/screenrant.com\/game-of-thrones-conquest-hotd-mini-arc-august-10\/\" target=\"_blank\"><em>House of the Dragon<\/em> mini arc<\/a>, which is currently live and runs all the way through August 24 and features exclusive tie-ins from the HBO television series. Additionally, Honor of the Old Gods is the final special event in the History and Visions arc, running August 24 to 31. <\/p>\n<p>In <em>Game of Thrones: Conquest<\/em>, Special Events sit outside the game\u2019s regular PvE, PvP, and progression scheduled events, and they introduce unusual mechanics, themed challenges, and exclusive rewards. <em>The Great Hunt<\/em> in particular is a cooperative PvE event built around Allegiance members rallying against powerful creatures together.<\/p>\n<p> These enemies are tougher than typical creatures and are designed to be fought as a group, allowing players to take down targets they might not be able to defeat alone while earning what the developers describe as &#8220;plentiful rewards.&#8221; <\/p>\n<aside class=\"w-promotion-offer promo-article-content-3\/4-depth w-promotion-widget\" data-popup=\"false\" data-sentinel-tracking=\"false\" data-promotion-zone=\"TmV3c2xldHRlciBBcnRpY2xlIENvbnRlbnQgV2lkZ2V0\" data-nosnippet=\"\">\n                                        <link rel=\"stylesheet\" href=\"https:\/\/static0.srcdn.com\/assets\/promotions.099cca01.css\"\/>\n<\/aside>\n<p>This month\u2019s Special Events are especially valuable because defeating creatures can award materials for select Flashback Gear sets from previous seasons. Other current Special Events offer more specific collectibles: the House of the Dragon mini-arcs can award Vhagar Hero Relics, Dragon Heir March Pawn shards and other themed cosmetics, while Dragon\u2019s Delight events have historically awarded exclusive March Pawn shards.<\/p>\n<p>Overall, if you haven&#8217;t had a chance to play <em><strong>Game of Thrones: Conquest,<\/strong><\/em> you definitely shouldn&#8217;t write it off just because it&#8217;s a mobile game. Both <em>Conquest <\/em>and Warner Bros. Boston&#8217;s <em>Dragonfire <\/em>are among the top downloaded games on Google Play and the App Store, and offer fans of the franchise unique experiences with the lore they&#8217;d otherwise never be privvy to. <\/p>\n<div class=\"display-card type-video-game medium\" data-show-streamrentbuy-links=\"true\" data-include-community-rating=\"true\" id=\"5616-4805-9725e2ad806f\">\n<div class=\"display-card-main-content-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"display-card-main-content\">\n<div class=\"display-card-content image-column\">\n<p>                        <!--    Rating block community and brand ratings --><br \/>\n                        <!--  Image --><\/p>\n<div class=\"w-img \" data-stnl-group-once=\"G6YRqgqgSK\">\n<div class=\"body-img portrait \">\n<div class=\"responsive-img  img-article-square\" data-img-url=\"https:\/\/static0.srcdn.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/sharedimages\/2025\/03\/game-of-thrones-conquest-tag-page-cover-art.jpg\" data-modal-id=\"single-image-modal\" data-modal-container-id=\"single-image-modal-container\" data-img-caption=\"&quot;&quot;\">\n                                                                                                                                                            <picture><source media=\"(max-width: 480px)\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/static0.srcdn.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/sharedimages\/2025\/03\/game-of-thrones-conquest-tag-page-cover-art.jpg?q=49&amp;fit=contain&amp;w=300&amp;dpr=2\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static0.srcdn.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/sharedimages\/2025\/03\/game-of-thrones-conquest-tag-page-cover-art.jpg?q=49&amp;fit=contain&amp;w=300&amp;dpr=2\"\/><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/static0.srcdn.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/sharedimages\/2025\/03\/game-of-thrones-conquest-tag-page-cover-art.jpg?q=49&amp;fit=contain&amp;w=400&amp;dpr=2\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static0.srcdn.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/sharedimages\/2025\/03\/game-of-thrones-conquest-tag-page-cover-art.jpg?q=49&amp;fit=contain&amp;w=400&amp;dpr=2\"\/><source media=\"(max-width: 1023px)\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/static0.srcdn.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/sharedimages\/2025\/03\/game-of-thrones-conquest-tag-page-cover-art.jpg?q=49&amp;fit=contain&amp;w=320&amp;dpr=2\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static0.srcdn.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/sharedimages\/2025\/03\/game-of-thrones-conquest-tag-page-cover-art.jpg?q=49&amp;fit=contain&amp;w=320&amp;dpr=2\"\/><img width=\"960\" height=\"1440\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"game-of-thrones-conquest-tag-page-cover-art.jpg\" data-img-url=\"https:\/\/static0.srcdn.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/sharedimages\/2025\/03\/game-of-thrones-conquest-tag-page-cover-art.jpg?q=49&amp;fit=contain&amp;w=480&amp;dpr=2\" src=\"https:\/\/static0.srcdn.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/sharedimages\/2025\/03\/game-of-thrones-conquest-tag-page-cover-art.jpg?q=49&amp;fit=contain&amp;w=480&amp;dpr=2\"\/>\n        <\/picture>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>                        <!-- User Rating widget --><\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"display-card-content info-column\">\n<h5 class=\"display-card-title \">\n    \t\t\t\t\t\tGame of Thrones: Conquest<br \/>\n\t\t\t<\/h5>\n<div class=\"w-display-card-highlight-info\">\n                            <!--  Display card tags widget --><\/p>\n<p>                            <!--  Display card system widget --><\/p>\n<div class=\"w-display-card-pills-group\">\n                                        <span class=\"pills-group-title\">Systems<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"pill-group-items\">\n                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <a href=\"https:\/\/screenrant.com\/tag\/mobile\/\" class=\"pill-group-item\" title=\"Mobile\"><br \/>\n                                                                                                                                                                                    <img width=\"100\" height=\"100\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"phone transparent\" data-img-url=\"https:\/\/static0.srcdn.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/sharedimages\/2024\/07\/phone-transparent.png?q=49&amp;fit=crop&amp;w=50&amp;h=50&amp;dpr=2\" src=\"https:\/\/static0.srcdn.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/sharedimages\/2024\/07\/phone-transparent.png?q=49&amp;fit=crop&amp;w=50&amp;h=50&amp;dpr=2\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                                                        <\/a>\n                                                                                                                                                                                        <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>                        <!--  Display card community and brand rating widget --><br \/>\n                                                                         <!--  Display card open critics widget --><\/p>\n<p>                                        <!--  Display card main info widget --><\/p>\n<div class=\"w-display-card-info main-info\">\n<dl>\n<p><dt>\n                                            <strong>Released<\/strong>\n                                        <\/dt>\n<dd>\n                                            <span><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tOctober 19, 2017<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n                                        <\/dd>\n<\/p>\n<p><dt>\n                                            <strong>ESRB<\/strong>\n                                        <\/dt>\n<dd>\n                                            <span><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\tm<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<\/span>\n                                        <\/dd>\n<\/p>\n<p><dt>\n                                            <strong>Developer(s)<\/strong>\n                                        <\/dt>\n<dd>\n                                            <span><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tTurbine, Warner Bros. Games<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<\/span>\n                                        <\/dd>\n<\/p>\n<p><dt>\n                                            <strong>Publisher(s)<\/strong>\n                                        <\/dt>\n<dd>\n                                            <span><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tWarner Bros. Games<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<\/span>\n                                        <\/dd>\n<\/p>\n<\/dl><\/div>\n<p>                                        <!--  Display card main info widget end --><\/p>\n<p>                    <!--  Display card media widget start --><\/p>\n<p>                                        <!--  Display card media widget end --><\/p>\n<p>                                        <!-- Where to play button preview --><\/p>\n<p>                    <!-- Where to play preview end --><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>            <!-- Extra content section, display hidden by default --><br \/>\n            <input type=\"checkbox\" id=\"extra-content-5616-4805-9725e2ad806f\" name=\"extra-content-5616-4805-9725e2ad806f\" class=\"expand-extra-info-checkbox css-menu-checkbox\"\/> <!-- Checkbox: control the expandable behavior  of the extra info --><\/p>\n<p>            <!-- Display card footer --><\/p>\n<p>            <!-- PROS and CONS section --><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<script async=\"async\" data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/pl30214220.effectivecpmnetwork.com\/9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<div id=\"container-9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\"><\/div>\r\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Game of Thrones has officially entered one of the roughest periods for fans: the lull between seasons. With Season 3 of House of the Dragon officially wrapping up last week, we&#8217;re stuck waiting until at least 2027 before A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms Season 2 drops. And unless you&#8217;re lucky enough to get tickets&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":44181,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/static0.srcdn.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/courtesyofhbo-photo8-_8253.jpg?w=1600&h=900&fit=crop","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-44180","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-newsweek-trending"],"brizy_media":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44180","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=44180"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44180\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/44181"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=44180"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=44180"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=44180"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}