Mobile game developer Jam City this week launched the first trailer, as well as revealed a few new details, for its upcoming iOS and Android role-playing game set in the Harry Potter universe, called "Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery." The game shouldn't be confused with the other upcoming Harry Potter iOS game, "Harry Potter: Wizards Unite," which is the augmented reality title being created by Pokémon Go developer Niantic.

In Jam City's game (the developer behind "Futurama: Worlds of Tomorrow"), players will be able to create their own Hogwarts student, attend classes, gain new spells, interact with other students, and more as they progress through their education at the school. Jam City said that this marks the "first game" where you can role play as your own customized student at Hogwarts.

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In terms of story, Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery is set in the 1980s, after Harry Potter is born but before he enrolls at Hogwarts. The game features both "large plot arcs" and "smaller stories" that relate to relationship quests with fellow students, and an "encounter system" that will make your decisions impact both quests and how certain characters interact with you.

The game is set in the time between Harry Potter’s birth and his enrollment at Hogwarts, when Nymphadora Tonks and Bill Weasley were students. The avatar customization system allows you to continually upgrade your avatar as you gain new expertise and magical skills - you can even choose your own pet. You will join one of the four Houses before progressing through your years at Hogwarts, participating in magical classes and activities such as Potions and Transfiguration. Building your skills will come in handy as you solve mysteries and go on adventures. As players improve their skills, they will unlock new locations, spells and other magical abilities.

Before the game officially launches in spring 2018, Jam City will debut it at A Celebration of Harry Potter, an event at Universal Studios in Orlando, Florida starting January 26. Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery is also launching under Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment's game label Portkey Games, which the company said is dedicated to launching new games that let players "explore, discover and be at the center of their very own wizarding world adventure."


While Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery has a launch window of this spring, the AR-fueled Harry Potter: Wizards Unite has yet to be given a more specific date besides sometime in 2018. During its announcement, Niantic said players will be able to learn spells that help them explore their real world neighborhoods to discover and battle the wizarding world's fantastic beasts.

Top Rated Comments

guzhogi Avatar
101 months ago
Sounds like an interesting game; looks like a game from 10-15 years ago. Graphics aren't that great.
Score: 3 Votes (Like | Disagree)
Wanted797 Avatar
101 months ago
We have graphics standards for phones now? These graphics are better than any PS1/PS2 I played as a kid and not much different from a Nintendo Switch.

Graphics don’t make the game, Pokémon Go wasn’t great and still did well and I don’t hear anyone complaining about Minecraft.
Score: 2 Votes (Like | Disagree)
MacHiavelli Avatar
101 months ago
Might be your computer.;)
My MBP makes Snape look like he's be cut out of a cereal packet and drawn by a 5-year-old using a crayon?



Can you share a grab from your computer?

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Score: 2 Votes (Like | Disagree)
69Mustang Avatar
101 months ago
Why are computer graphics in games so terrible?
Might be your computer.;)
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slammer0 Avatar
101 months ago
I fell in love Potter universe in the books and movies but apart of that (new books and games) it was terrible. I hope this one will be different but when I see what is recently happening to this brand the chances are low and there is high chance it will be pay-to-win type of game. Especially when I see the graphics that is suited for low-end Android phones.
Score: 2 Votes (Like | Disagree)
casperes1996 Avatar
101 months ago
I love the idea and concept behind a game like this.... But **** me if that doesn't look bad.
Score: 2 Votes (Like | Disagree)

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