Pottermore, online interactive 'Harry Potter' experience, begins today
Beta version of the online game is open today to the first registrants
With the release of the final movie in the series: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2, comes the end of this Harry Potter generation, and the book closes on the adventures at the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. But for Potterheads, the gigantic Harry Potter fan base, it is not over, since the announcement of Pottermore, the online interactive experience that was announced by J.K. Rowling herself via YouTube.
Pottermore will officially be sending out letters of admission into the secretive online world in the fall, but fanatic Harry Potter enthusiasts have jumped the gun, and the first registrants began receiving access to the Beta version of the game today, during which game creators will accept feedback. According to Pottermore.com, a clue called a “Magical Quill” was distributed every day from July 31 through August 6. If you were able to solve the clue within a 24 hour period, and enter it into the address bar, the early registration page would appear, like magic.
“I registered on day one [of registration], within the first 20 minutes actually!” said Annesh Thakur, of Calcutta, India, and creator of the Facebook fan page for "Hogwarts Will Always Welcome You Home."
The Facebook page for "Hogwarts Will Always Welcome You Home" is a quote from the famous tear-jerker speech that J.K. Rowling gave at the London premiere of the final movie, and is just one of the hundreds and hundreds of Facebook fan pages dedicated to the famous wizard.
The Harry Potter fan base, aptly called "Potter heads" scrambled to be the first in line to receive access to the new online game. Potter heads hail from countries all over the world. In fact most of the administrators of the "Hogwarts Will Always Welcome You Home" Facebook page are from India, though a few live in Australia and the United States.
“In India, Harry Potter is pretty big, however, it is not a magnum-opus,” said Annesh Thakur, of Harry Potter’s popularity in his country. Even though Harry Potter may be most well-known in the U.K. and the States, the enthusiasm of international fans more than makes up for it.
“[My friends and I] hang out in the fiction section of the library where there are six copies of the fifth book, luckily that's my favorite!” said Nayla Hamilton of Australia, who is known as “Draco" on "Hogwarts Will Always Welcome You Home."
Another administrator, Prerona Sanyal of India, who is known as ~$Hermione$~, claims that “my life is Harry Potter. I can associate almost anything with the world of Potter.”
The introduction of Pottermore has created fan frenzy almost akin to the release of aHarry Potter book, and has re-kindled the fervor that many thought would die down after the books and films were over.
According to The Leaky Cauldron, Pottermore will be available in multiple languages, and is described as “an interactive illustrated companion to the books” that will feature new material written by Rowling. Other features will include members being sorted into houses, House Cup competitions, and the ability to brew potions.
Pottermore will officially open in October when registration will be open to all.
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