HBO has unsurprisingly renewed Game of Thrones for season 7

The Game never ends, and so it goes with HBO and Game of Thrones.

The network has officially confirmed that Game of Thrones will be renewed for a seventh season, just a few days prior to the start of season six. There's nothing surprising in this news, especially given the success of the show to date and the fact the previous reports have suggested a plan until the end of season eight.

Still it's good to know ahead of time that every single character can't perish this season, while we wait for more tales of dragons and nastiness. Some news recently suggested that the seventh and eight seasons could have shorter runs but there was no mention of that in the confirmation.