Tinfoil hat time: does this photo of a book on a game artist's desk confirm that the Harry Potter RPG is still in development?
It's been a over a year since the trailer for a supposed Harry Potter RPG leaked, and no one has heard a peep about it since. An E3 has come and gone, not to mention two holidays, yet no one knows if this game trailer was ever even real.
Desperate fans over on the r/HarryPotterGame subreddit were scanning Avalanche Software's official website for clues and discovered the smallest bread crumb: a Harry Potter book on the corner of an artist's desk.
Avalanche Software is owned by WB Games, the game publishing arm of Warner Bros known best for the Mortal Kombat and Arkham game series'. Of course, Warner Bros also owns Hary Potter and co-developed Wizards Unite with Pokémon Go's Niantic, so if a AAA Harry Potter RPG is in development, is would likely be with a WB Games studio...like Avalanche Software.
The picture found on Avalanche's website is clearly of one of the studio's artists, as he can be seen working on a drawing tablet. The book, identified as Harry Potter: The Character Vault is tucked away behind a cabinet on the left side of the frame, possibly believed to be hidden...or possibly strategically placed to hint at the unannounced game?
Credit where credit is due: that's some good internet sleuthing. Personally, I'd love a new Harry Potter game, but not before WB finally reveals their next Batman title.