Harry Potter and The EA Sports Franchise That Should Have Been

By Emma Boyle

This week the Harry Potter franchise turned 20 years old and the entire world seemed to join together for a communal reminiscence (which actually sounds rather disgusting considering how magical the whole thing was).

I feel I would be remiss in my duties as the writer of a throwback column not to take part in my own way, so buckle up Muggles – this week we’re flying to the wizarding world.

In the 20 years since the release of the first book, the Harry Potter series has become nothing short of a phenomenon, spawning films, theme parks and, most importantly for this column’s purposes, video games.

Naturally each film had its own tie-in game and eventually Lego got in on the action with its own adorable take on the series. The title I’ve decided to focus on for Throwback Thursday, however, is Harry Potter: Quidditch World Cup.

Curious release

Quidditch World Cup was released during a lull period for the Harry Potter films and sticks out as an odd game as a result. It was the end of 2003 – the Chamber of Secrets had been released at the end of 2002 but the Prisoner of Azkaban movie was not expected until …read more

Source:: techradar.com – Gaming