Game of Thrones is probably the most hyped show on the internet. Whether you love it or hate it, you will see about it when it comes out. That’s just what happens when new episodes Game of Thrones come out. The problem is that once April comes and you want to watch Game of Thrones season 8 in the UK, you are very limited. Especially as far as watching it online goes. But then again the UK has a thing for not showing things that come from the UK just like with DAZN which is the Netflix of live sports based in London but not working in the UK at all. Game of Thrones? George R. R. Martin is American, but the majority of the show is shot in the UK with most actors also being from the UK.
The most obvious one is to watch on a TV if you add an HBO add-on to your TV subscription that’s expensive as it is. If you even have a TV subscription. If you can do that, then that’s it for you. That’s how you can watch Game of Thrones season 8 in the UK. But not everyone gets to be home every night. Not everyone has a TV subscription either.
And that’s where watching Game of Thrones season 8 in the UK on the internet comes in.
The most accessible way to watch Game of Thrones is by doing it on the internet.
There you have two options:
You trick HBO NOW into thinking that you are in the US.
You wanted to know how to watch Game of Thrones season 8 in the UK, and well, that’s what will need to be done so that you can.
It goes down to having a VPN which is a virtual private network. A VPN will allow you to virtually change location without moving. In this instance, you need to make HBO think that you are in the US.
And that’s where a VPN comes in.
If you connect to an American server with PrivateVPN, you will be able to watch Game of Thrones season 8 in the UK if you also make an HBO NOW account.
It’s as simple as that.
Do you need to use PrivateVPN? No, you don’t. But what we can tell you right now is that we do work with HBO and that we do also support all the other services that you might want to watch such as Netflix or Hulu.
Most importantly you need to stop looking for how much servers a service has.
We all tend to fall into a trap of “more is better.” It’s not. There’s a lot of VPN services out there advertising a really big number of servers, and that’s great, as far as simple things go. But what you really need to look at is what these servers work with.
Companies like HBO, Amazon, Netflix, Hulu, and DAZN, they make tremendous effort to prevent VPN services from working as they have to due to the pressure they face if they don’t. And that means that most VPN servers don’t work.
Which services will allow you to watch Game of Thrones season 8 in the UK? We don’t know, but we do know that you need to look for quality rather than quantity. What we also know is that PrivateVPN works with HBO NOW, and it’s also the best VPN for Netflix with support for the most Netflix regions out there.
Make an HBO NOW account. Make a PrivateVPN account. Connect to an American server with PrivateVPN, and that’s it. You can watch Game of Thrones season 8 in the UK. Provided it’s out of course. A thing to note is that not all of the servers work with HBO so just connect with trial and error.
We also have a post that covers how to install it on your phone or Fire TV Stick in case you want to watch on a small or big screen. It’s not as simple as it looks.
Written by Michael Smolski.