Portkey Games is a video game label owned by
Warner Bros. Games founded in 2017 and dedicated to creating gaming experiences related to the
Wizarding World
The Wizarding World (previously known as J. K. Rowling's Wizarding World) is a fantasy media franchise and shared fictional universe centred on the ''Harry Potter'' novel series by J. K. Rowling. A series of films have been in production si ...
.
Overview
Portkey Games first announced their first game in 2017, working with ''
Pokémon Go
''Pokémon Go'' (stylized as ''Pokémon GO'') is a 2016 augmented reality (AR) mobile game, part of the ''Pokémon'' franchise, developed and published by Niantic in collaboration with Nintendo and The Pokémon Company for iOS and Android ...
'' creators
Niantic Niantic may refer to:
* Niantic people, tribe of American Indians
* Niantic, Inc., mobile app developer known for the mobile games ''Ingress'' and ''Pokémon Go''
Ships
* ''Niantic'' (whaling vessel), relic of San Francisco Gold Rush
*USS ''Ni ...
to produce a game known as ''
Harry Potter: Wizards Unite''. The game would feature the same
augmented reality as in ''Pokémon Go'' but use characters from the ''Harry Potter'' universe.
Later in 2017, before the release of ''Wizards Unite'', Portkey Games also announced a second mobile game in development, called ''
Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery''. ''Hogwarts Mystery'' allows users to play as a
Hogwarts
Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry () is a fictional Scotland, Scottish boarding school of Magic in Harry Potter, magic for students aged eleven to eighteen, and is the primary setting for the first six books in J. K. Rowling's ''Harry Pot ...
student and is set before the events of the ''Harry Potter'' series.
The game was released exclusively for
iOS
iOS (formerly iPhone OS) is a mobile operating system created and developed by Apple Inc. exclusively for its hardware. It is the operating system that powers many of the company's mobile devices, including the iPhone; the term also include ...
and
Android on April 25, 2018.
Releases
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External links
Official website
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British companies established in 2017
Video game companies established in 2017
Video game development companies
Video game companies of the United Kingdom
Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment
2017 establishments in England
British subsidiaries of foreign companies