Warner Brothers working on Potter MMORPG?
UPDATE: Warner Brother's head of video game PR tells us that this statement was never said by them, so treat this as a big rumor for now!Recently, fan site Pottersphere inquired with Warner Brothers about creating a massively multiplayer online role playing game centered around Potter. The movie studio came back to them with this intriguing statement:
The notion of creating a Harry Potter massively multi-player role playing game (MMORPG) is something that we've been discussing at Warner Bros. At this current stage, we are investigating the possibility of creating our own MMORPG.
Some of you may remember that back in August 2005, we told you of a "Hogwarts Online" concept developed by New Pencil for EA Studios (the same company who has created all of the other Potter video games). We then learned that EA canceled the game "years" prior.
We'll let you know what Warner Brothers has to say. Thanks to Ali for the tip!
Posted by Andrew on Jun 3rd |
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id hit that lol
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That would be so cool. (top 5?)
i'd definitely play it.. would it be at hogwarts? the ministry? london? so exciting I wish it is true!
uhh i like harry potter, but honestly i can see why EA canceled their idea, an MMORPG of potter would suck bad
Harry Potter MMORPG would be amazing
:0 I'm gonna be an addict.
That would be Wicked awesome! I would sooooo Play it!
Bloody wicked Im already obsessed more to love yayayayayayayayayayayayay ayayayay!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
That would rock! Very cool!
Holy crap, that'd be incredible! I hope it happens. As if I need another obsession in my life, but oh, well... *sigh*
That could effing own. It could effing suck. I'd play it either way.
I would so Love if they released a mmorpg.They can can name it Potterverse or something cooler.Also Iam I the only one who wants a new Quidditch game I mean come on HD Quidditch can be awesome Iam tired of playing the old one.It should Be released for PS3,XBOX360,and Wii ofcourse imagine being the beater and swinging your Wiimote like you would a real beaters bat.Anyway I hope we get both.
This is off the subject, but I thought I'd mention it since we're talking about computer games. There's a new game called Diamonds in the Rough, by an independent game developer. The theme is a bit bizarre and disturbing, but the game is very, very good. The reason I mention it is at one point, the characters are having a dialogue, and one asks the other 'what sets you apart from the muggles'? Later, there's a reference to 'that wasn't pumpkin juice he drank'. The game has nothing to do with HP, but the developer threw in these lines assuming common knowledge of these words!
Id join
dude id def play that lmao. and severin: thats hella tight
i make fun of my friends for playing world of warcraft. i'm gonna be eating my words on that one. i just hope you can play as a death eater. that would make it for me.
hahahaha!... new WoW?... all the boys in my class are OBSESSED with that game... im not much of a computer freak... but i have an impression things are about to change!... dum dum duuum!
YES!!!! if this happens my dream will come true.... i pitched tht idea to my "intro to computer games" teacher..... HP is the perfect setting for an MMO...
That would be the worst MMORPG on the planet. Where would you go? Hogwarts, London, a couple towns? There needs to be more built into the potter universe to create a good game. What would you do? Attend classes? You can't really fight anything unless you spawn Death Eaters all over the place. There'd be no goal... and it probably wouldn't get much more than HP fans as a community.
heckboy, me too. I've made so many jokes about Wow, and it's so going to come back and bite me in the arse. And yay, it always makes me giddy when Mugglenet posts something I send in.
It will be cool if you can be in class or something in that matter, please tell us if that will be possible or not. But I still love it.
I've been waiting and telling everyone that a Harry Potter MMORPG is unavoidable. Now that the whole series is (unfortunatly) comepleted, I see no reason for WB to start working on such a game. I really DO hope that they let us fans have a good say on which direction the game is going, and decissions being made ETC. but that might be too much to ask for. A note to MuggleNet: When we have a confirmation of a HP MMORPG, could you guys try and persuade WB to maybe let fans have their own forum etc, where we can share ideas, objections and anything game related? As I (and I think I'm not alone in thinking this) don't want a MMORPG based on my favorite books to be ruined because of whatever reasons (commercial?) I feel it's crucial for WB to also listen to the fanbase and their reactions/opinions ETC. P.S. LOL at World of Potter. Meh! That name won't do, but funny. :) My guess of names would be something like; Harry Potter: Online. Hogwarts Online doesn't really work either in my opinion. HP isn't just about Hogwarts (even if the story is rather fond of the place and me as well :)). Thanks for the newspost!
wohhhhh holy crap i was just thinking 2 days ago 'huh i'd be cool if they made a harry potter mmorpg' im freegin physcic
That would be terribly addicting. Something I am totally going to stay away from. Thats all I need, another thing to be hooked to...I do not want to be a WoW zombie.
O M G lol. That will be cool...as long as it's free and you don't have to go crazy over the payments like WoW. I don't play WoW but heard enough about it to know its freakin expensive. :P
HA, HA HA!!! This is how rumors get spread!!!
WoW is so freakin awesome im obsessed and i doubt this is true jest a rumor
Can someone please help me out? I was just listening to Mugglecast 147 and I couldn't understand what Laura and Andrew said when they were announcing their Twilight website. Do any of you guys know what the site is called?? Thank you so very much. -Rhiann
I was 100% on board when I discovered they were creating Lord of the Rings online (I was even in closed beta testing for that), it would just be icing on the cake if they made this.
Oh.. My.. GOD. I play Habbo Hotel (occasionally). It's like the same, but Potter! Would it be an international one? THAT WOULD BE SOO AWESOME! And you create names for yourself. Omg, sick! I would be SUCH AN ADDICT!
i hate...and i mean HATE WoW....but i would LOVE to see them make a harry potterish game like that....
I know this might sound odd, but does anyone here play the pokemon games? Whenever I think of an rpg harry potter game, I always think of games like that X)
i'd play it.. every HP game available to download to my cell phone i get
OMG I've been waiting for this for years. I really hope they do it! I would get a new computer for this!
OMGOMGOMGOMGOMGOMGOMGGGGG G!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! that'd be so awesome!!!!
I don't think it would have been very good. Maybe something like Runescape but not a game you have to buy.
That sounds wicked cool! I would totally play it, but i'm thinking that it's one of those kind of games that get you so addicted to it and you play it for like twenty hours straight, but I'm down for it.
I bloody love Runescape. It's free. Make it free! I don't wanna blow my money on monthly payments. XD Like I'm bound to do...
Free or not ill play either way cuz THIS IS GONNA BE FREAKING AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!OMG OMG OMG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (if it happens) WHOOOOHOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!! *dances for joy*
There is a Hogwarts OnLine, it's web address is www.hol.org.uk, it's really fun. It's more like a real school, you take real classes and get points and homework and stuff.
woop diddly hoop de loop.......T'wood be good this game........B to the A to the Rack Obama
They should take there time and make it right. i would play it =) Hey Slither what is your user name on runescape mines the same here.
I think it would be cool, a HP version of WOW or EQ(everquest). You can go to alot of places...there could be a bazzar like in EQ where you buy or sell things. You can fight different creatures depending on your levels or what you are. You can fight in groups to make it easier, apparate, spells of course..you could go to the different schools from the triwizard tournament. you can loot from the dead things you find or kill. You can go into the forbidden forest. i mean you can really go anywhere in the world it doesnt have to be limited to hogwarts, the town or the forest. Hey if your in a high enough level you could probably go to romania where most of the dragons are. you can speacialize in wand making or potion making and sell to others. I mean there are tons of things you can do so i dont think it would be a complete disaster. i mean idk if it would be as popular as WOW but you never know. they made a starwars version of it so i dont see why this wont be a possibility. I see it as a way to keep HP alive and for kids all over the world to communicate and play together. I agree about the names though. Itll be kind of hard when everyone wants to name their characters from the books. Unless they wont let you because those characters can be PC players. Oh and not to mention you can choose to be students, and get put into your house of choice or w/e else they might have deatheaters, teachers, or even creatures...Idk i guess we will have to see if they make it or not. to see how it actually will be.
I still think they should make an official Harry Potter version of The Sims... dude They'd make tons of money.
@ginmo: yes! I second that notion! only it shouldn't be a sim project. Just like the sims in way. I think it should be more liek the pokemon games where 'certain' needs (like a bathroom or a shower) are exed out.
wooow,that would be very cool!
woahhh!! thats cool! it would totally turn me into one of those roleplaying dorks though. =p no offense.
Oooooh this would be so cool! I really want this to come out! Wow!!! I think I'd be an addict too, spirit007.
o.o that would be awesome, i would buy it in a heart beat =)
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