Game of Thrones (season 3)
"Game of Thrones" rapidly became a critical and commercial success after it started airing in April 2011. A few days after ratings for the second season's premiere, "The North Remembers", hit a series high of 8.3 million viewers, HBO announced the show's renewal for a third season. Prior to that announcement, there had been rumors and reports that showrunners David Benioff and D. B. Weiss planned to shoot seasons three and four simultaneously. Benioff said that this would be very efficient, but impossible to write.
Reigns: Game of Thrones
Prior to creating "Reigns: Game of Thrones", François Alliot, the founder of London-based video game developer Nerial, had been a fan of "Game of Thrones" ever since he read the original books by George R. R. Martin, and had also enjoyed the eponymous TV series. When he pitched the original "Reigns" to publisher Devolver Digital, Alliot described the game as "Tinder meets "Game of Thrones""; Devolver later passed this idea on to HBO, the company behind the "Game of Thrones" TV series, to agree on a licensing deal.