. ▁It ▁won ▁ 1 2 ▁awards , ▁including ▁Out standing ▁D rama ▁Series , ▁David ▁Ben io ff ▁and ▁D . ▁B . ▁We iss ▁for ▁Out standing ▁Writing ▁for ▁a ▁D rama ▁Series ▁for ▁" B attle ▁of ▁the ▁Bast ards ", ▁and ▁Miguel ▁S ap och nik ▁for ▁Out standing ▁Direct ing ▁for ▁a ▁D rama ▁Series ▁for ▁" B attle ▁of ▁the ▁Bast ards ". ▁For ▁the ▁ 7 th ▁Crit ics ' ▁Cho ice ▁Television ▁Awards , ▁the ▁series ▁won ▁for ▁Best ▁D rama ▁Series . ▁ ▁Release ▁ ▁Broadcast ▁The ▁season ▁was ▁sim ul cast ▁around ▁the ▁world ▁by ▁H BO ▁and ▁its ▁broadcast ▁partners . ▁While ▁in ▁some ▁countries , ▁it ▁a ired ▁the ▁day ▁after ▁its ▁first ▁release . ▁ ▁Mark eting ▁On ▁November ▁ 2 3 , ▁ 2 0 1 5 , ▁a ▁te aser ▁poster ▁displaying ▁Jon ▁Snow ▁was ▁released ▁on ▁the ▁official ▁Game ▁of ▁Th ron es ▁Twitter ▁account . ▁A ▁ 4 1 - second ▁te aser ▁tra iler ▁was ▁released ▁on ▁December ▁ 3 , ▁featuring ▁Jon ▁Snow ▁from ▁the ▁fifth ▁season ▁episode ▁" H ard home ", ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁many ▁of ▁the ▁previous ▁seasons ' ▁highlight s , ▁and ▁a ▁voice - over ▁from ▁Max ▁von ▁Syd ow ▁as ▁the ▁Three - E yed ▁R aven ▁and ▁Isaac ▁H emp st ead ▁Wright ▁as ▁Bran ▁St ark . ▁The ▁first ▁foot age ▁from ▁the ▁season ▁was ▁revealed ▁in ▁a ▁new ▁prom ot ional ▁video ▁released ▁by ▁H