EA’s product marketing director from 2000-2003 has uncovered subtleties on why a Harry Potter MMO was dropped.In a meeting with Twitch Streamer The Real Brondolorian, as revealed by Eurogamer, Kim Salzer, an ex-EA representative, got some information about a game that was not released . “A major one for me, since I was so by and by associated with it, and it’s such a gigantic IP that has lived on is an online enormously multiplayer game for Harry Potter.” EA came ever so close to developing a Harry Potter MMO. But it wasn’t meant to be… #harrypotter #ea #mmo #videogame #hogwarts @OrigGamerLife pic.twitter.com/Dbux383HXY — The Real Brandolorian (@Brandolorian17) December 21, 2021 “We did all the research, we had the beta built out, it was a combina...
Today, Jam City, a Los Angeles based mobile games studio, in partnership with Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment, revealed new details for Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery – including the game’s first teaser trailer. Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery is the first game in which players can create their own character and experience life as a Hogwarts student. In the roleplaying game, players will create a personalized student avatar, attend classes, learn magical skills, form friendships or rivalries with other students, and make pivotal decisions that will influence their character’s story arc as they traverse their years at Hogwarts and grow as a witch or wizard. The game will launch under Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment’s Portkey Games, a label dedicated to creating gaming exp...
You too can go to Hogwarts! Well, sort of. Game developers Jam City have announced that next year they’ll be releasing a story-driven mobile narrative role-playing game, in which players can attend our favourite wizarding school as a student. It’s called Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery and it’s the first mobile game in which players can create their own character and experience life as a student. Once you’ve settled into the school, your character can move through the years while doing all the same things Hogwarts students do: taking part in Duelling Club, for example, or going to classes such as Potions and Defence Against the Dark Arts. There’ll be faces you recognise, too, with many subjects taught by Professors you may already know and love (or know and dislike, depending on who they ar...