

Tyrion rebukes her for allowing Joffrey to execute Lord Ned Stark and then losing his daughter Arya Stark. His sister and queen regent, Cersei Baratheon, is furious and orders the council members from the room so she can talk to her brother. Sansa manages to save the man's life by suggesting Joffrey take him on as a court fool, but then the festivities are interrupted by the arrival of Tyrion Lannister.After greeting his newly crowned nephew, the dwarf heads straight to a meeting of the Small Council, where he presents a scroll declaring him acting Hand of the King in the absence of his father, Lord Tywin Lannister. Sandor 'The Hound' Clegane makes short work of his opponent, but when the next fighter, Ser Dontos Hollard, takes to the field drunk, Joffrey demands that he be drowned in wine. WeissDirected by Alan TaylorKing Joffrey Baratheon celebrates his nameday in King's Landing by ordering his knights to fight to the death for his entertainment. The cross-faction partying will be available on the 9.2.5 PTR server for players to test out soon.Written by David Benioff and D.B. Last month Microsoft announced that it is in the process of acquiring Activision-Blizzard for almost $70 billion. Earlier last year lawsuits were filed against the company for workplace discrimination, as well as multiple senior employees walking away. This announcement has come during a whirlwind time for Activision Blizzard. Certain dungeons with faction animosity narratives like the Trials of the Crusader and the Battle of Dazar’alor cannot be played with both factions in the same party. Not all instanced content will be available for cross-faction play. Dungeons, Raids, and rated PvP will allow premade parties from both factions, but players can still be hostile towards each other outside of these cases.

Players from both the Alliance and the Horde will have the option to play with each other in specific instanced content if they are on each other’s friends list or in a cross-faction community. In a Development Preview post, Game Director Ion Hazzikosta went into detail about how cross-faction cooperation will take place.
