Feb 11, 2022
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!
Jan 27, 2022
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!
Dec 10, 2021
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!
Dec 09, 2021
Back in October, Leaky posted a review of the Feasts & Festivities Gift Set, both yer bog standard version and the Deluxe extra festive set. Now, courtesy of Insight Editions, we have an exclusive premiere of a recipe from the book for Flying Broomsticks Cake Pops. I admit I was skeptical when I first heard …read more!
Nov 29, 2021
We have our first holiday giveaway to share, this one for our UK/EU readers from UK-based Cardology. One usually thinks of a card as accompanying a gift given for a holiday, birthday, baby shower, etc. The recipient keeps the present, but the wrappings and card end up in the recycle bin (or worse, the rubbish …read more!
Nov 08, 2021
For every witch or wizard, young or old, who has ever spent hours examining every detail of the Marauder’s Map, this conversation is for you. MinaLima–the design studio behind the graphic style of all the Harry Potter and Fantastic Beasts films–has conjured yet another bestseller with the release of their illustrated edition of Harry Potter …read more!
Nov 04, 2021
Ok, it only sounds like a band name. Harry Potter: Wizards Unite is an AR game from Niantic Labs, Portkey Games, and WB Interactive that was released in June 2019. Modelled on Pokemon Go, the game enabled players to interact within the real world, mainly in the form of fighting hostile magical creatures. Unlike Pokemon …read more!
Oct 22, 2021
Yesterday we shared a video of Neville Longbottom (Matthew Lewis) rattling off his 20 favourite Harry Potter film sets at the request of the LEGO company to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the first Harry Potter LEGO set. Today, there is more LEGO Harry Potter news. According to Edinburgh Live, the city will be one …read more!
Oct 10, 2021
Similar to the deadly troll running loose in the castle and sending everyone back to their dormitories, abruptly ending the Halloween feast, last year’s holiday festivities were cancelled due to the deadly coronavirus running loose around the globe and sending everyone back to their homes. Now that we have a vaccine, those who are lucky …read more!
Sep 30, 2021
ENTER OUR GIVEAWAY to win your own magical Hogwarts planner from Insight Editions: TO ENTER: Send an email to [email protected] with your answer to the following questions: Which exam do you think would be the most difficult at Hogwarts? Would it be History of Magic because you have to memorise so many names and dates, …read more!