Over a year ago developer Cyanide Studio announced that it has secured the game rights to the fantasy book series A Song of Ice and Fire from author George R.R. Martin. Today Cyanide and publisher Focus Home Interactive have announced the first game based on the license, a strategy title called A Game Of Thrones: Genesis.

Details are scarce at this point but the official press release states that the game will allow players to be a part of the battles between families of the books' Kingdom of Westeros. In addition to military might players will also have ways to defeat their foes via economic or diplomatic means. As the press release states players will be able to " ... peacefully or forcefully annex surrounding territories, besiege enemy castles, send spies to infiltrate behind enemy lines, assassinate trouble-making officers or capture them to ask for a ransom" and more. No release date for the game was announced.

The book series will be getting lots of attention in spring 2011. That's when HBO is scheduled to launch a TV series based on A Song of Ice and Fire called Game of Thrones.