Wonderbook: Book of Spells
Book of Spells (or Wonderbook: Book of Spells) is an augmented reality video game developed in conjunction with J. K. Rowling as a companion to the Harry Potter series. It was introduced at the Electronic…
Wonderbook: Book of Spells is a simulator developed by SCE London Studio, released 13 November 2012 on PlayStation 3.
What Wonderbook: Book of Spells is
Wonderbook: Book of Spells is a simulator game developed by SCE London Studio and released in 2012. It was published by Sony Computer Entertainment. It is available on PlayStation 3 only. It carries an ESRB E10+ age rating.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Book of Spells (or Wonderbook: Book of Spells) is an augmented reality video game developed in conjunction with J. K. Rowling as a companion to the Harry Potter series. It was introduced at the Electronic Entertainment Expo in June 2012 and is the first release for the Wonderbook. It is based on Book of Spells, a fictional book by Miranda Goshawk released about 200 years from the event date.
How it plays
It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are educational, fantasy and kids. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
Where it sits in the Harry Potter series
Wonderbook: Book of Spells is the 57th of 75 entries we hold in the Harry Potter series. The next entry was Wonderbook: Book of Potions in 2013. Its critic score of 70 is 10 points above the series average of 60. The highest-rated entry is Hogwarts Legacy at 85.
How it was received
Wonderbook: Book of Spells holds a critic score of 70 out of 100. That places it above 34% of the 2,882 rated simulator games in our database, which average 71. Games released in 2012 averaged 70, so it scored about average for its year.
What it launched against
Wonderbook: Book of Spells launched on 13 November 2012, within three weeks of Far Cry 3, Hotline Miami, Assassin's Creed III and Halo 4. All of them reviewed better.
Released around the same time: Far Cry 3, Hotline Miami, Assassin's Creed III, Halo 4.
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