{"id":647302,"date":"2013-03-18T13:24:38","date_gmt":"2013-03-18T17:24:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/paidcontent.org\/?p=226101"},"modified":"2013-03-18T13:24:38","modified_gmt":"2013-03-18T17:24:38","slug":"j-k-rowlings-pottermore-to-launch-on-playstation-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/647302","title":{"rendered":"J. K. Rowling\u2019s Pottermore to launch on PlayStation Home"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>J. K. Rowling&#8217;s virtual Harry Potter community Pottermore is launching on Sony&#8217;s PlayStation Home, the company&#8217;s free social gaming platform. Users of Pottermore&#8217;s website will be able to link their Pottermore.com accounts to their PlayStation Network IDs.<\/p>\n<p>Pottermore at Playstation Home will be available in April. According to an <a href=\"http:\/\/insider.pottermore.com\/2013\/03\/a-new-way-to-experience-pottermore.html\">announcement on Pottermore&#8217;s blog<\/a>, &#8220;you\u2019ll be able to actually step inside Diagon Alley\u2122 and board the Hogwarts\u2122 Express as an Avatar, and once inside these 3D environments, experience the mayhem of book herding, test your knowledge with a Pottermore quiz, share and collect Trading Cards, and take part in an illicit Wizard\u2019s Duel.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Pottermore reaches across multiple digital platforms, and our ongoing partnership with Sony has allowed us to forge this exciting connection with Playstation Home,&#8221; Pottermore CEO Charlie Redmayne said in a statement, &#8220;creating the most immersive experience possible within that space and giving users wonderful new ways to explore locations from the Harry Potter stories.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Sony is a Pottermore partner, and <a href=\"http:\/\/insider.pottermore.com\/2012\/11\/playstations-wonderbook-book-of-spells.html\">last November the companies launched<\/a> a Harry Potter-themed PS3 game, &#8220;Wonderbook: Book of Spells.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Pottermore <a href=\"http:\/\/paidcontent.org\/2012\/03\/27\/419-you-can-buy-the-harry-potter-e-books-now\/\">launched as a digital bookstore<\/a> in March 2012 and opened up its interactive features the following month. 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