Pottermore departing beta from platform nine (and three quarters) in April

The digital exploits of Little Whinging’s most famous lightning-scarred resident is belatedly exiting beta next month. The six-month delay was prompted because the server platform couldn’t handle the load of the million pottermaniacs who had early access. This led to the team behind the site summoning up a whole new backbone without the aid of accio. As well as the audio and e-book versions of the seven novels, the site’s general opening will herald a fiery goblet of exclusive content, features and sounds. It’ll be open to everyone, unless of course, you’ve tasted the blood of a unicorn — then the only thing you can look forward to is being condemned to a half-life, a cursed life.

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