Harry Potter video games be "darker and more action-oriented game(s)." In 2002, following the release of "Chamber of Secrets", EA Games worked with game developer Magic Pockets who created the GBA version, to produce a video game based on Quidditch. Following a release of a special Harry Potter themed Lego set, Lego Harry Potter, Traveller's Tales announced that a Lego Harry Potter video game would be released, in the same vein as releases for "", and "", in 2010, although news had been leaked in 2009. The series was split into two, with "" releasing in 2010, and "" releasing the following year. The
The Magical Worlds of Harry Potter released in bookstores. When his nephew and nieces received the book, they read it for the remainder of their vacation with him. Colbert, a historian and former head writer on the television quiz show "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?", became interested in the books and bought the first novel in the series, "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone", to see what the story was about. As he was reading, he began to notice mythological references in the book. He commented: "I almost laughed out loud when I came across the three-headed dog <nowiki>[</nowiki>Fluffy<nowiki>]</nowiki>. I instantly knew it was a