Time flies at Hogwarts.
Time flies at Hogwarts.
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Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery launches big Year 5 update

  • Posted byby Dean Takahashi
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Time flies when you’re having fun in Jam City’s Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery. The mobile game publisher is launching the Year 5 update of its Harry Potter mobile game, which debuted not five years ago but in April.

The Los Angeles-based Jam City collaborated with Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment’s Portkey Games, a label dedicated to new game experiences based on J.K. Rowling’s original stories. The new update will add characters, places, and adventures. The Hogwarts Mystery game turns players into students at the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.