Last year, a rumour was circulating that Avalanche Software (of Disney Infinity fame) has been working hard on a fully fledged Harry Potter RPG for Warner Bros. This is something we've always thought was a good idea, as it's a world that lines up pretty perfectly with a roleplaying game. The latest development in this rumour is the above video, uploaded yesterday.
It looks to us like a reveal trailer for a Harry Potter RPG, but as is the case with these things, the video is shot at a dodgy angle and is of poor quality. However, it looks pretty legit to us. The way the video is cut, the music, all the detail -- if this is a hoax, it's a pretty amazing one.
Accompanying the video is a blurb on the game. "Set in the 19th Century (1800's) Wizarding World, this 3rd person open-world action RPG game centers around your character with unique abilities who has eared a late acceptance to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. You are a newly arrived 5th year student to Hogwarts that demonstrates a latent gift for magic with a unique ability to track and identify remnants of a pottant ancient power."
It continues: "Upon arrival, strange events begin to materialize In the Forbidden Forrest and trouble begins o brew within the castle walls. Together with Professor Elezar Fig, you embark on a journey through both familiar and never before seen locations to bring to light the truth behind these mysterious occurrences.
"On your quest you will craft potions, master new spells, and discover fantastical beasts. You will battle Dark Wizards, Goblins, and other supernatural enemies and uncover the truth about your destiny - the Fate of the Wizarding World lies in your hands."
Allegedly, the game is set to feature character creation, a flexible magic system, and a freely explorable Hogwarts. You'll also be able to choose your house and make friends with other students, and enjoy an all new story. While it sounds pretty good, and that video seems real, we'd still take this all with a pinch of salt for now, especially as that description is littered with errors. It's possible that Warner Bros. is gearing up to make an announcement, but until official word is out, we wouldn't get too excited.
What do you think of this video? Are you excited about a potential Harry Potter RPG? Send your finest owl to the comments section below.
Update: Warner Bros has pulled the video, suggesting that it's not an elaborate fake.
[source youtube.com]
Comments 41
Persona at Hogwarts. Sounds like money to me
I'd buy it.
''Set in the 19th Century''
No flying cars = no buy
This looks and would have potential to be amazing. Harry potter is woefully under utilised in gaming and this could chill a gaping void. Would rather rocksteady worked on this from a quality perspective. And to spare us from the superman game they are heavily rumoured to be working on. Man i hate superman
@Octane but wouldn't it have flying carriages instead, that would be awesome
I really like the sound of this. Always liked the HP universe so it's definitely something I can see myself getting stuck in.
@FullbringIchigo I guess
I hope it will be a good game, Avalanche hasn't the best track record for these kinds of games when all they've done in recent years is Disney Infinity and Cars. It would be a shame if it turns out to be a bog standard open world-ish RPG, filled with Warner Bros. micro-transactions. I want it to be good, but this is a recipe for disaster!
was interested until i saw who was making it, will be average at best
Inside-me right now

That actually looks pretty great 😃
The fighting and destruction at the end of the video are so good. I really hope it's not fake
@suikoden that's pretty unfair, Dying Light came from a studio that had made mediocre games in the past but that ended up great so there's no reason this can't.
Wow I hope this is true because that looked awesome
Oh my god!
This looks legit. I’m in.
Looks dope.
JK Rowling is notoriously stingy with the rights to her IP. Even though WB has the rights and games have been done before, I think I heard in the agreement she has full power to greenlight or veto any and all HP products. This may just be internet rumor though. Either way, hopefully whoever is in charge has given green light to this because it could be amazing.
Man this sounds legit , I love Harry Potter 👌🏾
Cool, I want harry potter action rpg
Either this is legit, or I only wish I had the sort of free time someone did to put this together. Either way, it looks awesome.
Hopefully we will see more at psx 2018...oh wait
Looks cr*p. Seems legit to me.
While I have no interest in the Harry Potter mythos, I do hope this is true. Sure it'll sell like mad and they could release it on probably everything.
Too much work in this for it to be a fake...it's legit
looks amazing word up son
@MoorePs4 too soon, bro
The blurb makes me question whether the video is legit. It's so poorly written there's no way a marketing team would publish it- in it's current state, at least.
Does the big cursor arrow on the screen mean it's a PC game? Looks like a PC game, all brown and looking like it's running on the PS2 "Bully" game engine. Though it does get much better in the second half. First half looks like an interesting PSVR game, second half looks like DmC for kids.
It's HP, if it's not a complete pile of brokenness it will sell.
Is there a HP PSVR game? We own the HP Wonderbook game, which was pretty lame, like all Wonderbook games, but I could see it working much better in VR.
Anyway, it does look real, so I'll buy it's a leak. Doesn't mean it will ever be officially announced as a game though. There was also a leak of Beyond Good and Evil 2 in 2009, no game ever came of that. The new BG&E2 looks nothing like that 2009 trailer. And that Scalebound leak.
@MoorePs4 looks like it may have an Xbox reveal tbh you could see the button prompts on the left of the screen
I hope this is real im such a HP fangirl, i just want a mmo sent in the HP universe please let this be real
As long as it's not full of microtransactions, then I will love this. The recent free to play Harry Potter smartphone game was just terrible, I quickly stopped playing when my character was getting strangled by a plant, and required either spending real money or waiting for hours to get free.
As long as it's good, I wouldn't mind a Harry Potter RPG.
Reminds me of Fable a little.
Unless he's made of Lego I'm not interested.
Hopefully it’s true. It’s about time. The video already got taken down though. I think it’s true since it got taken down so fast.
Warner bros Copyrighted It's real! Announcement then coming soon.
This is not accurate hogwarts model . The window in this video is not the same window in the great hall seen in the movie . This is very bad representation of the HP world. Awful and disappointing
Hogwarts: Shadow of Griffindor
@Rob_230 But i love it when Batman kicks his ass. 😁
@Flaming_Kaiser haha absolutely!!
Lol the video was shutdown by WB. XD
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