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First look at Harry Potter: Wizards Unite game

Mar 12, 2019

Posted by: Amanda Kirk

Fun - Games, Fun - Video Games, Games, News, Video Games

Here’s what we know so far: Harry Potter: Wizards Unite is a new augmented reality mobile game coming “soon” from Niantic, Inc. and WB Games San Francisco. We’ve been teased by a few trailers on the Wizards Unite YouTube channel, like this one featuring a riderless Nimbus 2000 on the loose in the Muggle world: …read more!

Is niffler a valid Scrabble word? It is in the Harry Potter edition from USAopoly!

Feb 17, 2019

Posted by: Amanda Kirk

Fun, Fun - Games, Games, News

Have you tried to use words from the Potterverse when playing Scrabble with your friends and family and had them reject words for spells and magical creatures with an exasperated “That’s not in the dictionary!”?  Well, revenge will be sweeter than a treacle tart when Scrabble: World of Harry Potter is released this spring.  Retailing …read more!

Weekly Round-Up: An Animated Daniel Radcliffe, Behind the Scenes with Little Women, An Insightful Interview with Evanna Lynch, Miriam Margolyes in the Call the Midwife Christmas Special and More!

Dec 16, 2018

Posted by: Kim McChesney

Actor Interviews, Alfonso Cuaron, Bonham Carter, Composers, Directors, Film Awards, Films, Fogler, Games, Harry Potter Round-Up, Honors/Awards, Interactive, Interviews, Isaacs, Law, Lynch, Margoyles, Movies, Music, News, Radcliffe, Redmayne, Round-Up, Shaw, Smith, Staunton, Television Programmes, Tennant, Trailers, Video Games, Walters, Watson

The holidays are upon us and the Yule Ball is just around the corner. This week in the Potterverse we got an update on Universal Orlando’s new Wizarding World travel store Globus Mundi , that may have some mysterious connection to the Fantastic Beasts series, news that the Royal Mail has released Harry Potter collectible …read more!

Houses Assemble! Alexa Now Plays ‘Harry Potter Quiz’!

Nov 30, 2018

Posted by: Dawn Johnson

Actor Interviews, Audio, Audio Books, BigNews, Books, Dale, Fandom, Fans, Fantastic Beasts, Filmmaker Interviews, Fun, Games, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Harry Potter and the Philosophers / Sorcerers Stone, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, J.K. Rowling, Media, News, Potter News, Pottermore, Quidditch Through the Ages

Audible and Pottermore Publishing are partnering to bring an exciting new Harry Potter Quiz to Amazon Echo, Spot and Show users today. Simply ask, “Alexa, play Harry Potter Quiz” to be challenged with three trivia questions, which will be updated daily! The interactive trivia game is hosted by Laurel Lefkow, who introduces each question with passages …read more!

Harry Potter: Wizards Unite game from Portkey Games to launch in 2019

Nov 14, 2018

Posted by: Amanda Kirk

Games, News, Warner Bros.

Niantic, creators of Pokemon Go, has announced that their new wizarding world-themed augmented reality mobile game, Harry Potter: Wizards Unite, will launch in 2019, coproduced by WG Games and Portkey Games.  You can sign up for updates here to be kept apprised of the release date. It’s up to you to protect the wizarding world. …read more!

REVIEW: Harry Potter Kano Coding Kit

Oct 15, 2018

Posted by: Emma Pocock

Exclusives, Fun, Games, News, Products, Review, Science, Tech

The Harry Potter Kano Coding Kit released this month, and Leaky were lucky enough to review the kit in its entirety, which contains a first-of-its-kind motion sensor wand, helping you learn how to code whilst completing Potter-themed challenges! I was super impressed with the kit overall, with highlights being the art style throughout the game, …read more!

Game updates: LEGO Harry Potter Remastered Collection Coming Soon, & Hogwarts Mystery adds Year 5!

Sep 09, 2018

Posted by: Emma Pocock

Games, News

Fans of the LEGO Harry Potter games will be pleased to know that new, remastered editions of the games are on the way, coming to Xbox One and Nintendo Switch with enhanced graphics, new visual effects and downloadable content (DLC) packs. Pottermore reports that previously released DLC packs include add-on LEGO firgure playable characters, such as the …read more!

Hogwarts Mystery Introduces Multiplayer Dueling Club Event

Jul 12, 2018

Posted by: Kim McChesney

Fans, Fun, Fun - Games, Fun - Video Games, Games, Interactive, News, Sales, Tech, Video Games

Attention all Hogwarts wizards in training! After all your hard work in class and hours of fun playing Hogwarts Mystery since its release last spring, developer Jam City announced today that the Harry Potter mobile game has added a multiplayer component for a limited time! Players have been excited about all of the features introduced …read more!

Theater Round-Up: Tom Burke’s “Spotlight on Don Carlos” to Live Stream, Franc Ashman Cast as Hermione Granger and More!

Jul 09, 2018

Posted by: Dawn Johnson

Actor Interviews, BigNews, Broadway, Burke, Casting, Charity, Cormoran Strike series/Robert Galbraith, Events, Exclusives, Fandom, Fans, Fantastic Beasts, Fantastic Beasts Movie, Films, Fun, Games, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Honors/Awards, HP Cast, Interviews, J.K. Rowling, Law, News, Noma Dumezweni, Potter News, Round-Up, Staunton, Theater, Theater Round-Up, West End

Perhaps the biggest theater news to be released in the last two weeks regards the further expansion of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child around the globe. Not one–but two!–new productions are planned to open over the next two years–the first in San Francisco, California in 2019 and the second in Hamburg, Germany in 2020! …read more!

USAopoly Announces Two New Wizarding World Board Games!

Jun 04, 2018

Posted by: Dawn Johnson

Books, Fandom, Fans, Fantastic Beasts, Films, Fun, Games, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Harry Potter and the Philosophers / Sorcerers Stone, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, J.K. Rowling, Misc, Movies, News, Potter News, Products

Most Potter fans are up for a little friendly competition now and then, especially where our knowledge of the wizarding world and the Harry Potter series is concerned and, for those who love board games, there are more options available than ever before. In fact, USAopoly announced two new products are coming soon, and they …read more!



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