Is there a Harry Potter MMORPG coming?
June 4, 2008 by Wendy Boswell
Rumor has it that Warner Brothers might be developing a Harry Potter MMORPG (Massively Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Games). Here’s what they had to say:
The notion of creating a Harry Potter multi-player online role playing game is something that we’ve been discussing at Warner Bros. for a number of years and continue to explore.
We are currently investigating the possibility of creating our own MMORPG, but unfortunately do not have any further details to share at this time.
- source
What do you think? Good idea, bad idea? I think I would certainly have to get in on this if it ever got off the ground. Other popular MMORPGs such as City of Heroes/City of Villains, EVE Online, Lord of the Rings Online, Star Wars Galaxies, Dungeons & Dragons Online are HUGELY popular, and I think that a Harry Potter MMORPG would be an incredible way to explore the HP universe. What do you think?
there should be one i mean yeah its a good idea but, would there be enough roles for everyone? or would it just be another chat room where people explore stuff find out secrets and may sometimes get cyber-bullied?
Yus, great idea!
And, are there enough roles? It’s a friggin school! Of course there are enough roles. I am sure that if this game comes through, it won’t only be at Hogwarts - but in the entire HP universe. Perhaps even in real places in the world, that would be awesome! Any way, so at any given time, there won’t be so and so many people actually -at- Hogwarts to make it seem unlikely. It’s perfectly doable.
The only thing I hope won’t come to pass is that if the game has the same quality as the other HP games (crappy story telling, crappy character design/physics engine, crappy graphics). The Harry Potter universe is a PERFECT ground for creating fantastic games, it’s just that most of the game designers of the HP games up until now has been surprisingly untalented which is really sad.
I think it would be excellant idea. If they get the right people behind it and designers. I played Pirates of the Carribean, for all the hype it took too long to load and very cruddy graphics. Far as Cyber Bullying is why they have prefects at the school monitoring such. Plus not to mention losing house points which could make their relations with their house change and privealages to boot. Usually cyber bullies don’t last long cause why hang with them if all they do is harass people around him. Plus this could be a mmorpg where based on roleplay than point and beat up stats. I can see it now going to each teacher and they give you a specific job. Like helping Hagrid with groundskeeping by cleaning up the quidditch field, Professor Mogonagal, ask you to transform troublesome candles around the castle that got away. For those that like pvp action can join the deatheaters or Dumbdore’s army for quests and action they like. Each quest they do influences not only Hogwarts, but the world around them. Then the really fun stuff is attending classes which go around the clock for those that live in different time zones. After so many they advance a year providing they can pass a test. Then after they get to the wizard adult age they have to go outside Hogwarts into the real wizard world. Finding a job and so forth to earn money and sponsor a child of their own for attending Hogwarts. The possiblities are endless.
I think it’s a great idea. The previous games have flopped because simply playing out the movie is boring. The only way to effectively make a HP game is through an MMORPG because it makes you one student in a school which is like the books. There are endless possibilities of ways to level up, such as learning new spells, performing tasks, etc. The fact that it’s a school with grade levels lends itself well to gaining experience and advancing. For those who are familiar with WOW, you start out in one world and when you reach a certain level you go through a portal to another. In the same way in a HP MMO, you could start as a student, slowly progress in level and grade, until you graduate, when you enter the rest of the world. If the developers work closely with Rowling, they can create a game that gives fans what they have wanted ever since the series was completed, instead of just remakes of the books.
yup that would be fun being a wizard myself except that its just virtual. I hope they got the avatar making part it would be soo cool. But the problem is at the leveling part…seven years..levels wonder how they would fix that part
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I think that an MMO is a GREAT idea. Like what others were saying, I think you could customize your character… like Phantasy Star Online… you could go through school and learn spells through school, search them in the library, and after so many levels or grades join DA. That way, you could eventually unlock every spell in the books, movies and games and not be restricted to the 3-6 spells like in previous console games. You could even learn dark spells through influence by the “bad crew” or learn them yourselves. You could play Quidditch, go to Hogsmeade… all the places, even the Forest of Dean and Godric’s Hollow. Grow your arsenal, your friends, your age and experience, and explore the whole Harry Potter World!! GO NERDZ!!!
I think that it will be great if they get good designers and staff. Cyber Bullying, solution prefects. And if people aint happy with there rank/position in the game then they will work harder. Pirates of The Carribean was crud with graphics and to much of the film involvement.Lots of people would love a Hogwarts Online or wateva it will be called. Whats annoying is that people keep putting Warner Bros have been discussing it. Warner said that so if it fails they can say that why we discussed it. Anyone who likes the books, and films like me will wait for it and go on it. People who like Harry Potter full stop(magic world, hogwarts, spells, etc.) wil want it. If you like Harry Potter and imagine yourself there then that would be your chance to see what would happen. I think yes, and also that it would sell out.
Anyone played Fable?
1. Make the gameplay/graphics/mood of the coming Harry Potter MMORPG like Fable’s.
2. ??????
3. PROFIT!
(My point, let Lionhead Studios design the game, and it’ll be awesome. Play Fable and you’ll know what I mean.)
You know, you dont need things like you, youre harry.you, your ron. you can make a username then go to hogwarts and interact with others during lessons or club activities and make friends, rivals, or clubs(wizard chess, gobstones, dueling,etc)play quidditch(interaction)(you get to be captain as you get better and only 7 people from each house can play to let more people play you have lots of servers)and have classes and duel and learn LOTS AND LOTS of spells to use
in duels
i think it is a great idea, the only problem is the char avalible. You only have so many main charaters you’ll have alot of the same people running around then again they can find their way around it, possibly you are no one important juss someone placed in a house. all in all hp is amazing and this would draw more attention to the books and movies and just really be a great adition to the greatest idea ever
It would be a great game.
Technically it wouldn’t be Harry Potter though, the only way this would be good is if you just play a wizard at hogwarts, doing stuff, but doing these kind of quests and learning spells and stuff would be a blast.
I’ve been thinking about a HP MMORPG long before the books where even finished (and I’m pretty sure I wasn’t the only one).
The reason (I think) why WB has said anything about them thinking about it before now is really simle; they wated to wait until all the books have been completed and thus having even more resources to draw from.
A HP MMORPG is going to be particulary difficult to make, why? Because the HP world itself is very very complex.
As much as I want them to hurry up and make it I know that it will take years before it will be (or if) available.
However, I see a huge potential about the entire project. Like the ability to take on professions (many current MMORPGs have it already) on a new level; Wand makers, tailoring, bookshop owners, invent new sweets, work for the Ministry of Magic in various departments, sell illigal goods (dark items etc), Gringots banker? =P
I mean, there’s endless possibilities here. So I think for those who doesn’t like to be fighting all the time (or at all) will find that there’s plenty to do elsewhere.
As I’m imagining it, the game should start with your character being accepted to Hogwarts, or other magic schools (depending on your home location you’ve chosen). Then you’ll take the train or whatever the transport is to get there. You’ll be sorted (I think that’s a Hogwarts only thing) into houses. After all that (I see that as a kind of intro) you’ll start of with classes, homework, activities within the school that gives you experience and new abilities + friends/foes.
After 3 years (game-time) or after you reach a certain level you graduate (hopefully? =)) and you have the whole world to explore. By this time you should also be familiar with the games basic controls, settings and know how to move around.
I’d really like to see some good story-driven quests as well as the ability for players to make quest/requests for different tasks they want to achieve that also gives rewards (xp, gold, items etc).
Oh well, just keep in mind that this is MY thoughts of the game and not official! (just to make that clear :)).
But I’ll certainly will keep an eye (or as many as I can spare) for more news about the HP MMORPG. If done right, it’ll be a huge success!
It is totally possible. My boyfriend doesn’t think so but I could tell you exactly how everything would go.
* Exp based. You go up a year when you level up
*Fully designable characters. You can’t have the
same characters running around.
*New story. I think everyone is sick of the whole lets do exactly the same thing Harry Potter did. I don’t know about you but I want to start my own character and my own storyline.
*Characters age (11-17 is a big difference)
*Mini-games (getting to Hogwarts Express)
*Classes that you can go to when ever you feel like it. Your score will increase more as you go to the class.
* You can only go to your own common room
*Spells that you learn as time goes on
*Quest to complete and bad guys to battle will keep it interesting for everyone.
Yay or Nay?
This would be a great idea and yet *another* way JK Rowling can increase her huge stash of monies via the Harry Potter franchise. I too have played Pirates of the Caribbean Online (newbie to MMORPG) but feel like with the same ideas of questing, quidditch, classes spells and stuff, it can be good. All original characters would be nice, with NO ties to actual characters (i.e., you can’t be Harry’s *distant* cousin, Billy Bob Potter…haha) Pirates has a way for you to create 4 characters (which would be nice in Potter world so you can test out the different houses… *glee*).
Hmm, I’m waiting Warner Bros. Show me what ya got.
yah,It would be a great idea but how would they do the spells i mean like avada kadavra will it be a one hit kill or exspleamus will it disarm you i dont see how it would work.
http://www.freepowerboards.com/hogwartsmmo
Hogwarts Online MMORPG in development!
Wrong. Ok, im so much into HP and that the problem. Im not the only one!!! Imagine, millions of people playing it, siting in classroom, making skills- MAJOR LAGGS i tell ya. MAJOR LAGGS.!!!
Well, if you make like 10 servers and in each u let in like only few thousands, than its ok. It would still lagg a little, but…
There will always be lag issues depending on:
- Servers
- Users Internet connections
- Users hardware
- The graphic engine of the game
is just a few issues.
There are ways to reduce lag, f.ex if you went to a class, you’ll be loaded into a different area when you go through the door. Each class can only have x number of students (let’s say 10-20). By doing that, the chances of lag is not that high.
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I would really love a harry potter game online, where youre free to walk in the castle and outside, learn skills and things, play quidditch and stuff. Something like Guild Wars, free to walk and do whatever you want.
That will be really great. A really fun and amusing way to interact with other people all around the world who are interested in HP. I hope that that rumor will come true soon.
I think that the guy before me posted this but I want to remind you Valerie, that the rumor has come true.
http://www.freepowerboards.com/hogwartsmmo
It’s a really cool HP mmorpg still in development. There’s more info on the site:
http://www.freewebs.com/hogwartsmmo
They’re planning to release a test client soon I hear.
Probably like in December.
YES. WHY HAVEN’T THEY DONE THIS YET?
yeh , i think the idea is pretty good. There should b a role for everyone and there should b raising or training for improving our magical skills and become a cool pro magician…….:D
there should be races with brooms, and maybe new type of brooms like board with which you could do tricks like skate-board hybrid. and you should go and find and trade herbs for points… and trade other items.. there should be like sports store for quidditch and broom-boards… and there should be a looot of secrets around castle and forest and castle should be much much larger than in films but style should be the same… maybe a little bit more exaggerated… and you should be able to play simpler version of quidditch on schools yard or battle with other one to one or teams or every man for himself…
Im sure alot of you have played runescape,and i think that the exp system in it is really amazing.i think if they took that and DEFINITELY took out the combat system(its a really boring combat system,but theres so much more to the game than that).
I think if Lionhead Jagex OR the creators of Guild wars made this game,with the kind of xp style thats in runescape,it could be such a great game.
OMG WE NEED A HARRY POTTER MMORPG!! I heard the rumors months ago and im searching for a proof they are.. ;__; so far nothing…
Reading through the comments, I think some people are confused as to what an MMORPG is. Of course there will be enough characters available! You wouldn’t be playing as a cannon character. You would create your own character in a HP universe. Just look at LOTR online. The cannon characters are all npcs. I think that with the right developers a HP MMORPG will be great.
Ok heres how I think they could deal with the levels thing. Requirements to get to the next year in hogwarts: Passing the hogwarts test for each class (only accessable after learning all the spells for that year) Learning all spells. And leveling up 10 times. And im wondering how Quidditch will fit into it.. Maybe you ned to pass a test you get to take once every year in hogwarts and once your on the team when you choose to play a game you get on a waiting list. so first the 14 palyers get on the feild and if one is knocked off broom/quits then another person takes there place. THey will need to design more brooms though.
Also.. How are they gonna go with sorting anyway? EVeryone is just gonna go in gryphondor cause harry potter was there and its awesome. I think it should either go with a personality test. Random. or you get to choose but after a certain number of people in each house the house choice grays out and you cant go in it. and what about wands? I dont think we should get to choose the wands ( well later you can go in the shop and buy a wand of your choice. The first wand you get has a possibility of being ANY wand in the shop and the Wand chooses the wizard. But in case you get like say a girly wand if your a boy or something they give you two choices. And since voldy died in Deathly Hallows Voldemort shouldnt at all be in the game. Maybe a new dark wizard? and I like the idea of getting to join a club. How bout when your in your 2nd year you get to choose one club to be in * you can quit them * With special benifits in each one (like duleing club gives you spells you never new quidditch club gives you faster brooms you never knew about. I forgot did dumbledore die? cause i forgot if he did. there should be no trace AT ALL of harry potter in this. No ron. no hermione. Nothing involving him. Well except Hogwarts lol…and should the goblet of fire be included?…….Like maybe once a year it happens * and not game time real year* and 3 people chosen at random to compete prize winning is the wizards cup which maybe can be sold for like 100,000 Galeons. But i think snape and the teachers ( i mean the ones still there…) should stay in the game
i would like a game for harry potter. i mean like its just a MASSIVE school 3 different schools to go to. hogwarts the belgum place and that other place. you should go have the sorting hat choose youre house you go to classes try out for quiditch. every year have an event. when you get to a really high lvl like 130 you go and get a giant group to try and find voldemort. but voldemort will respawn after a while. have 1000s of spells. have a mistiry to do make freinds. they should have one like that so guys please try and make one and make it free PLEASE! (:
but lucas you know i just thought how would you pass the years would it be like real life and you cant play at all gurring the summer?
this is what im kind of wanting i dont know who got this idea but here is the link to his ideashttp://www.codingthewheel.com/archives/summoning-the-harry-potter-mmorpg
I dont think it would be cool to gain a year each time you level. Probably be cool to tame dragons, fly brooms anywhere, be a headmaster, be a teacher, have other schools, join the OoTP, or the Ministry of Magic. Go into the Death Eaters group, have some PvP action.
Actually Lucas sorting doesn’t exactly be needed. If a ton of people want to be in Gryffindor let them be. But here’s a site that has an HP mmo in development. It is fan made however.
http://www.freepowerboards.com/hogwartsmmo
Since the book series has finished why doesn’t the MMORPG continue from there? That way we reduce the obcession of people trying to mimic actual characters which would create room for individuals. As for the level/grade idea, I feel that’d work, and as for what to do after completing schooling, you should then be able to purchase a house in thw wizarding world and apply for jobs based on your stats from each wizarding school subject. Which then opens oppetunities for working at the Ministry or forming some kind of dark wizarding group to just be a general menace. Possibilities are endless. Additionally, to solve cyber bullying once you “graduate” from hogwarts, you could quite easily have Ministry Officials enforcing general behavioural rules.
I can’t begin to tell you how GREAT of an idea this would be. World of Warcraft has over 10 million players world wide and I’m sure there are more HP fans than WoW fans. I would LOVE to see a HP MMORPG. I’ve been wishing for this for years and I just hope WB doesn’t give up on this great idea. *crosses fingers*
http://www.hogwartsonlinemmo.webs.com
This is a Harry Potter mmorpg in development. Join the forum as well to get updates and downloads.
I belive it would be a real great addition for PvP as in book 1 you could have a wizard duel magic only standing parrel of each other casting and blocking curses you go to a class you do mini games to help you level or learn a new spell you level up once you reach like level 50 (about 100 days play time all togther) you graduate and choose whether you wanted to be allied with dumbledore or go with voldemort and fight for good/evil
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PVP
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Wizarding duels
Quiditch matches
chess
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STORY
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Sorting based on information you entered to create an account like a questionare
common rooms each room has a certain benfit
side quest like helping hagrid etc…
wizard rivals feast to raise HP
special holiday items (presents)
tutorial is at the dursleys
AND ALOT MORE THINGS CAN BE ADDED!!
GREAT IDEA! i was looking at a ridiculously long list of forum RPGs all based on HP and thinking there needed to be a MMO…and there would not be a problem of role sharing if ppl could play their own characters…there are so many unnamed students and adult citizens in Rowling’s world…it would have to go beyond Hogwarts b/c most of the really cool stuff is
Hello everyone just wanted to say it would be great but the qudditch has to be top notch if it’s a mmorpg there’s going to be a ton of players so instead os tons of servers each house will have one main team the teams created will have to beat each other or other houses above there rank before bieng called the house team the house teams then compete in the big tournement for the quidditch cup i got other ideas so if you like this one there’s plenty more
what i would love a harry potter mmo and i am trying to find one now coz i saw on the other day and im looking for that one!