In honour of the 25th anniversary of the publication of Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone, the Royal Mint is issuing a commemorative Harry Potter coin. (There is also one for the recently deceased Queen Elizabeth II.) There will ultimately be four coins in the collection: Harry Potter, Hogwarts Express, Albus Dumbledore, and Hogwarts School …read more!

August is the perfect time to start thinking ahead to Halloween. With the Hogwarts Express leaving on 1 September, it is also a prudent idea to start brushing up on your knowledge of Defence Against the Dark Arts. You never know who might attack you on the train, be it errant Dementors, classmates enamoured of …read more!

Hogwarts Legacy, a role-playing game set at Hogwarts in the 19th century, has been delayed from its originally proposed release date of late 2022, i.e., for the holidays, to February 2023. The February release date applies to PlayStation, XBox, and PC versions of the videogame. No release date is yet available for Nintendo Switch. In …read more!

The main event being the ability, for a limited time, to earn badges to collect a Niffler as a permanent creature to use in gameplay. Hey, I thought Nifflers were known for doing the collecting? The in-game event also features Magizoologist Newt Scamander joining the game for the first time as a guide and host …read more!

We have another piece of video game news for the substantial subset of our fans who enjoy playing them. That’s two days in a row, most unusual. This time it’s Harry Potter: Puzzles & Spells, which is launching a collaborative campaign with Words With Friends 2. From 21-28 March, players can participate in the cross-game …read more!

Confession time: I always feel a bit awkward writing about video games for Leaky because I have never played one. I know that many people love them, and Harry Potter has inspired quite a few of them, including one where you could walk around in the Muggle world finding virtual magical objects and encountering dark …read more!

If you pre-order the Harry Potter: Feasts & Festivities party-planning guide from Insight Editions or from your favourite retailer before March 22 and register your purchase, you will be entered to win an upgrade to the Deluxe Gift Set. Remember to use code FEASTS to save 25% on your order. If you are placing your …read more!

Let’s hope the magic wasn’t sleeping like a dragon — remember the Hogwarts motto: A tweet from Warner Bros. delivered the news this morning that a new game, Magic Awakened, is coming from Portkey Games. This should be particularly welcome news for everyone who played the recently-defunct Harry Potter: Wizards Unite and who is hankering …read more!

Do you suffer from post-holiday blues? Living in the Northern Hemisphere, it has always seemed to me that we need some holiday cheer towards the middle and end of winter, not yet at the very beginning when the winter holidays occur. Of course, there are reasons why the holidays cluster when they do, such as …read more!

The holidays should be festive and food-filled in real life, so why not in virtual life too? Mobile game Harry Potter: Puzzles & Spells, from Zynga, is introducing a new event in the game that brings a tasty twist to the puzzle play. Starting this week, players are invited to take part in the limited-time …read more!