Bio-Hazard Entertainment

Harry Potter Online is back! Well, in a manner of speaking. Today’s MMOrning Shot comes to us from The World of Magic, an upcoming MMO that is not based on the Harry Potter IP. Those of you paying attention over the past week or so will know that Bio-Hazard Entertainment originally announced that a Harry Potter MMO was in development up to the point of beta, after which Warner Bros. would have final say on whether or not the game could be completed. One thing led to another, and the company very quickly announced that the Harry Potter aspect would be scrapped in favor of a general magical IP.

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Well this is a bit awkward. Not even a week after the announcement that a Harry Potter MMO was in development, we learned that said MMO has been put on hold indefinitely. As it turns out, the folks at Bio-Hazard Entertainment may have exaggerated their claim that Warner Bros had allowed to them to create a Harry Potter MMO up to beta, which is to say that they didn’t. At all. Presumably one of WB’s lawyer’s got in touch because the Online World of Harry Potter’s website has disappeared following a notice that the team will work on creating an MMO not based on the IP.

The team is discussing using what they have made and making their own MMO based off of what you guys have suggested, except not HP related. But lets all unite together and show WB that this is needed! WIZARDS UNITE!

On the plus side, you were just saved a few years of waiting for nothing. On the other hand, many of us also got excited for nothing.

(Source: Massively)