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Wonderbook: Book of Potions

Book of Potions (or Wonderbook: Book of Potions) is a 2013 augmented reality video game developed by SCE London Studio in conjunction with J. K. Rowling as a companion to the Harry Potter series and as a…

12 November 2013

Wonderbook: Book of Potions is a puzzle developed by SCE London Studio, released 12 November 2013 on PlayStation 3.

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What Wonderbook: Book of Potions is

Wonderbook: Book of Potions is a puzzle game developed by SCE London Studio and released in 2013. It was published by Sony Computer Entertainment. It is available on PlayStation 3 only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

The Book of Potions was written somewhen in the 16th century by Zygmunt Budge, an exceptionally talented potioneer who, after leaving Hogwarts at the age of 14, moved to the Outer Hebridean island of Hermetray where he lived alone, continuing his potioneering studies.[2] Approximately 500 years after his death, a Gryffindor student, Harry Potter, aged 11, somehow comes into possession of the Book of Potions at the Hogwarts library, finding that some of Zygmunt's personality lives on within its pages. Under his tutelage, the student begins their ascent to potioneering mastery. After successfully brewing an introductory boil-curing potion for Sirius's house elf, Kreacher, Harry finds that…
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How it plays

It is played from a first person perspective. Its themes are educational. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

Where it sits in the Harry Potter series

Wonderbook: Book of Potions is the 58th of 75 entries we hold in the Harry Potter series. It arrived 12 months after Wonderbook: Book of Spells. The next entry was LEGO Dimensions in 2015.

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What it launched against

Wonderbook: Book of Potions launched on 12 November 2013, within three weeks of Assassin's Creed IV Black Flag, Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag, Deus Ex: Human Revolution - Director's Cut and The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds.

Released around the same time: Assassin's Creed IV Black Flag, Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag, Deus Ex: Human Revolution - Director's Cut, The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds.

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When did Wonderbook: Book of Potions come out?
Wonderbook: Book of Potions was released on 12 November 2013 for PlayStation 3.

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