The Harry Potter fan base was abuzz yesterday after a mysterious new website launched.
The website sports the words “Pottermore: Coming Soon” and J.K. Rowling’s signature underneath, but there’s reason to believe that this may be connected to an online game.
For those not in the know, Pottermore is a website that allows you to relive the stories from the Harry Potter books while also getting a taste of what it would be like to be a Hogwarts student (albeit in virtual form). Users are divided into houses which they can then earn points for by completing various extracurricular tasks such as potion brewing and wizards' duels.
This is a bit late in coming, isn't it?
More so if Sony made the movies. Or is it Fox?
I didn't even know Pottermore was still a thing. Didn't it end up being a miserable failure?
I'm still not sure of what to make of home, it could have been something great but never really grasped it. For me personally, there is not enough incentive to repeatedly use it. Sure some of the mini games are fun but it needs to go beyond that. Perhaps by introducing more rpg elements, so there could be levelling up etc.
It just needs to go a lot further than the current concept.
A Potterhead - Luna Ottosen - ponders Pottermore.
Gaming fans, and fans of the Harry Potter franchise will be slightly disappointed today after the rumours of a Harry Potter MMO experience have not come to light.
One interesting bit that is missing from the article is that Sony is her partner in this project.
http://www.mcvuk.com/news/4...
I wonder if Warner's rights to the potter video games ends with the release of the final movie. I can't see Sony signing up for this just to promote their ebooks, there must be more to it than that.