An MMO based on the Harry Potter series was in production at Electronic Arts but was cancelled due to the publisher doubting the longevity of the franchise, it has been claimed. Kim Salzer, who served as EA’s director of product marketing from 2000-2003, at a time when the publisher held the rights to make Harry […]

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Keeping up with the latest news from your favorite websites is about to get a whole lot easier in Google Chrome as the search giant is testing out a new “Follow” feature in its browser. The feature, which builds on the open RSS web standard, was designed to help simplify the experience of getting the […]

Twenty years after the first “Harry Potter” film was released, graphic designer Miraphora Mina and visual effects supervisor Nick Davis reminisced about the creative journey involved in designing each iconic prop that brought J.K. Rowling’s magical world to life. Surrounded by “Daily Prophet” front pages and books from the magical world of “Harry Potter,” graphic […]

On 17th November it was announced that the original cast of the Harry Potter series would gather together to celebrate the 20th anniversary of Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone, the first installment in the franchise. Titled Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts, the reunion is scheduled to be released on 1st January 2022. The […]

If you’re reading this, congratulations: You made it to 2022. It certainly wasn’t easy, but some of 2021’s best games helped us get through another 365 days of ups and downs. While 2021 was another rough year for just about everything and everyone, many of us found refuge in games. While there were many, many […]

ND: I think it’s such a complicated debate, and I think about it a lot of the time with J.K. Rowling. I think about it with Joss Whedon and Buffy and Marvel, and I think about it a lot with Mark Schwahn and One Tree Hill, which is like my favorite show of all time. So I […]

“Harry Potter” reunion. And it’s finally happening. Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, Emma Watson, Tom Felton and more of the Hogwarts gang will travel back to the magical school with filmmaker Chris Columbus for an HBO Max special to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the franchise’s first film “Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone,” which premiered in the U.S. […]

A decade ago, China’s ambition to change the world’s political structures was less clear, but “now I think they genuinely do want to change the world on an ideological level,” said Charles Parton, an associate fellow at the Council on Geostrategy, a British think tank.

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