E309 Media | LEGO Harry Potter Confirmed

Warner Bros. and TT Games are teaming up with the LEGO Group, to merge two of the world's most popular brands with the creation of LEGO Harry Potter: Years 1-4.

Warner Bros. and TT Games are teaming up with the LEGO Group, to merge two of the world's most popular brands with the creation of LEGO Harry Potter: Years 1-4. Based on the first four Harry Potter books and movies that tell the story of Harry's first four years at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, LEGO Harry Potter: Years 1-4 offers an engaging mix of magical gameplay and light-hearted humour. LEGO Harry Potter: Years 1-4 is being developed by TT Games and will be published by Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment and is scheduled for release in 2010.

"With LEGO Harry Potter: Years 1-4 we are creating an open, wide-ranging experience within Hogwarts that is full of fun and LEGO magic. Harry Potter is one of the most beloved and well-respected characters, and we look forward to bringing gamers a new way of interacting in the universe with the LEGO games' great humour and exploration."
- Tom Stone, Managing Director, TT Games.

"Harry Potter is one of the world's most popular and inspirational heroes, and LEGO Harry Potter: Years 1-4 will appeal to a generation of gamers who grew up immersed in the Harry Potter books and films, and also loved playing with LEGO toys. The game is geared for players to experience a good mix of puzzle solving gameplay with exploration and battle in some of the most beloved Harry Potter environments, plus a few other surprises."
- Samantha Ryan, Senior Vice President, Development and Production, Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment.

"We're excited to announce this gaming experience based on the amazing Harry Potter universe. LEGO Harry Potter: Years 1-4 is built around the same values of family-friendly creative game play that are present in other LEGO videogames, while delivering new elements of exploration and depth that we believe will engage children in imaginative play both virtually and physically."
- Henrik Taudorf Lorensen, Vice President, New Business Development, the LEGO Group.

No screenshots or confirmed platform have yet to be announced, but if Wii and DS are not included it would be a massive shock...