As in , a French game studio comprised of former Ubisoft employees and known for their -- wait for it -- sports games. Well, that and the Games Workshop fantasy American football parody , as well as the upcoming remake for Windows, Xbox 360, PSP, and Nintendo DS.

What's that add up to? It looks like Cyanide's secured exclusive rights to develop "A Song of Ice and Fire" video games for both consoles and PCs. That's the whole series then, from through the upcoming long-MIA fifth volume, .

"And," teases the press release, "in collaboration with George R.R. Martin, development has begun."

"We are all huge fans of 'A Song of Ice and Fire', so it is a true honour for our teams to be entrusted with creating the first video games inspired by this masterpiece," said Patrick Pligersdorffer, Managing Director of Cyanide. "The twists and turns of the plot will allow us to deliver an experience which can be enjoyed by both long-time fans as well as gamers new to the series."

It's not the first time someone's nabbed a gaming license for Martin's critically lauded series, just the first video game license. Green Ronin actually has the rights to , Fantasy Flight Games publishes that's been around forever. Not a game tie-in, but there's also been recent rumbling about .