'Harry Potter GO' release date, news: Potterheads ask 'Pokémon GO' developer to create the game

A screengrab from the fanmade video of the rumored "Harry Potter GO" mobile game app. YouTube/Stargaze Media

"Harry Potter GO" is expected to allow Potterheads around the world to experience casting spells via their mobile devices against the dark forces living in their neighborhood. They are requesting game developer Niantic for quite a while already to develop the game, but there is still no news about it or maybe, it was just a make-believe game.

The hype over the game started when more than 60,000 supporters signed an online petition called "Accio Harry Potter GO: We Want a Harry Potter Version of Pokemon GO." Then, it was reported that the studio allegedly has acquired the rights to create the app and has already started its development. However, the said game is in the early stage development and will not be ready until early 2017, according to a previous report by Telegraph UK.

The report stated: "We have acquired the rights for the app. The demand for this title was absolutely insane, so we figured we'd give it a shot. If we're lucky we might see a launch by early 2017, but it's hard to tell this early in the project."

"We want to do something with schools of witchcraft and wizardry, similar to Pokéstops in Pokemon GO. As well as a quest system, and possibly large scale completely interactive events, but no promises. That's all I can say," it also added.

Fans became ecstatic when a site called Harry Potter Fan Zone started posting names of creatures and monsters that could be included in the alleged game. Some of the names included on the list are Acromantula, Augurey, Basilisk, Billywig, Bowtruckle, Bundimun, Centaur, Chimaera, Chizpurfle, Clabbert, and Crup. It also included Diricawl, Doxy, Dragon, Antipodean Opaleye, Chinese Fireball, Common Welsh Green, Hebridean Black, Norweigan Ridgeback, Peruvian Vipertooth, and Romanian Longhorn, among others

However, at the end of the report from the U.K.-based website, which probably was not noticed by fans, the source of the quoted text is a hoax website.

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