Harry Potter News

[Geekyfanboy]

Something is brewing.. a new countdown has shown up on youtube.

http://www.youtube.com/jkrowlingannounces

[Rico]

I believe in the press release to announce this internet letter game, that it was stated this was not related to a new book.  A lot of people who watch, the copyrights and internet copyrights, say WB has been busy with POTTERMORE for some time.  A lot of people say this is going to be a JK sanctioned Harry Potter massively multiplayer online role-playing game.  At least that's what the rumor mill is saying. 

An MMO?  Really??  I find that doubtful.  First, why would Rowling announce that?  I don't she ever even announced the movies.  Second, this is a whole lot of hoopla for a game - if that's what it is.  Lastly, we gamers know even a Trek MMO has had a hard time chipping away at WOW and others MMO's out there.  So, nope.  I'm still guessing it's more books.

[Geekyfanboy]

I believe in the press release to announce this internet letter game, that it was stated this was not related to a new book.  A lot of people who watch, the copyrights and internet copyrights, say WB has been busy with POTTERMORE for some time.  A lot of people say this is going to be a JK sanctioned Harry Potter massively multiplayer online role-playing game.  At least that's what the rumor mill is saying.  

An MMO?  Really??  I find that doubtful.  First, why would Rowling announce that?  I don't she ever even announced the movies.  Second, this is a whole lot of hoopla for a game - if that's what it is.  Lastly, we gamers know even a Trek MMO has had a hard time chipping away at WOW and others MMO's out there.  So, nope.  I'm still guessing it's more books.

Yeah I don't know what it will be.. maybe it's the HP encyclopedia that she's been talking about. It could be about the MMO that there has been rumors of or it could be something complete different.. guess will know in 6 days.

[Rico]

Kenny, do you really think they would do all this for an encyclopedia or a game?

[billybob476]

I think it would be worth they hype for an MMO. They have to find a way to generate buzz for such a thing. An encyclopedia? Not so much.

[Rico]

Maybe.  But another thing about an MMO, they take years to make.  So they make a big announcement of a game in 2011 and not see it for 2-3 years?  What is this Duke Nukem? ;) Again, it just doesn't make sense to me at least. 

[Geekyfanboy]

Kenny, do you really think they would do all this for an encyclopedia or a game?

Oh I do.. we haven't had anything new in the HP world for quite some time.. and Jo likes to go big.. regardless of what it is.

I know several of the HP websites have said they have seen this "pottermore.com" and it's fantastic. So I really don't have a clue what it can be.

But whatever it is.. Jo got the response she wanted.. everyone is speculating.

[Rico]

Nothing new?  How about two movies??  ;)

[Geekyfanboy]

Nothing new?  How about two movies??  ;)

Well they aren't new.. I mean that book was written many years ago. I meant nothing new from Jo

[Rico]

Nothing new?  How about two movies??  ;)

Well they aren't new.. I mean that book was written many years ago. I meant nothing new from Jo

Yes, I realize that Kenny - hence the winking eye.  But I'd still call them pretty cool to see for the fans.  Some people don't read the books at all, so the movies are Harry Potter to them.  On the game idea, I also have a hard time wondering how much JK would be involved on that.  Anyway, it certainly is good marketing.

[Geekyfanboy]

Nothing new?  How about two movies??  ;)

Well they aren't new.. I mean that book was written many years ago. I meant nothing new from Jo

Yes, I realize that Kenny - hence the winking eye.  But I'd still call them pretty cool to see for the fans.  Some people don't read the books at all, so the movies are Harry Potter to them.  On the game idea, I also have a hard time how much JK would be involved on that.  Anyway, it certainly is good marketing.

Well I know JK Rowling is extremely protected/involved in all aspect of the Harry Potter world. That's why we don't see any ebooks or audiobook available online. And why it took years to get the Harry Potter park up and running in Orlando.

[Quarks Ally]

If JK wanted to get the attention of the press, it worked!   :D

[Quarks Ally]

An MMO?  Really??  I find that doubtful.  First, why would Rowling announce that?  I don't she ever even announced the movies.  Second, this is a whole lot of hoopla for a game - if that's what it is.  Lastly, we gamers know even a Trek MMO has had a hard time chipping away at WOW and others MMO's out there.  So, nope.  I'm still guessing it's more books.

I don't know that it's a fact, but a lot of people are saying that the pottermore.com stuff was copyrighted back in 2009 by WB.  And the the WB has been copyrighting pottermore stuff left and right for a couple years.  So what ever it is, it's been worked on in secret for sometime. 

[billybob476]

Also on the MMO front, it's not as though they didn't know how many movies there would be, when they'd roughly be done movies, the popularity of the franchise, etc.

They could have been working on an MMO since the before the first movie came out. I doubt they have been, but it's a possibility. Heck, maybe Blizzard's "project Titan" is a Potter MMO :)

[Geekyfanboy]

Only 2 days and counting.. you go to the you tube site and it started with 3 owls.. now there's 20 of them.. can't wait to see what is Pottermore thing is.

http://www.youtube.com/jkrowlingannounces