Fantastic Beasts: Cases from the Wizarding World
{{Short description|2016 video game}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2018}}
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| developer = Mediatonic
WB Games San Francisco
| publisher = Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment
| series = Wizarding World
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| released = November 17, 2016
| genre = Hidden object
| modes = Single-player
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Fantastic Beasts: Cases from the Wizarding World is a 2016 hidden object video game developed by Mediatonic and WB Games San Francisco, and published by Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment.
The game was released for Android and iOS on November 17, 2016.{{cite press release |url=https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20161017006590/en/Warner-Bros.-Interactive-Entertainment-Announces-Fantastic-Beasts%E2%84%A2 |title=Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment Announces Fantastic Beasts™: Cases From The Wizarding World for Mobile Devices |publisher=Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment |agency=Business Wire |date=17 October 2016 |accessdate=14 March 2018 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20161027132944/http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20161017006590/en/Warner-Bros.-Interactive-Entertainment-Announces-Fantastic-Beasts%E2%84%A2 |archive-date=27 October 2016 }} It was removed from the App Store and Google Play on December 10, 2019, and was officially closed on January 14, 2020.{{cite web |url=https://jkrowlinggamessupport.wbgames.com/hc/en-us/articles/360039705374-Fantastic-Beasts-Cases-Game-Update-12-10-2019 |title=Fantastic Beasts: Cases Game Update 12/10/2019 |publisher=WB Games Support |date=December 10, 2019 |accessdate=December 10, 2019 |archive-date=August 4, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200804195738/https://jkrowlinggamessupport.wbgames.com/hc/en-us/articles/360039705374-Fantastic-Beasts-Cases-Game-Update-12-10-2019 |url-status=dead }}
Gameplay
In Fantastic Beasts: Cases From the Wizarding World, the player controls a new recruit of the Beast Division in the Department for the Regulation and Control of Magical Creatures of the Ministry of Magic. Visiting locations like Diagon Alley, Hogsmeade and The Leaky Cauldron, the player investigates unexplained happenings by discovering hidden objects, analyzing evidence, casting spells and brewing potions, to uncover and protect the magical creatures at the center of every mysterious case.
Development
The game was developed by British studio Mediatonic in partnership with WB Games San Francisco. Developers of the game visited Warner Bros. Studio Tour London – The Making of Harry Potter to replicate as close as they could get objects appearing in the Harry Potter film series.{{cite web|url=https://www.pottermore.com/news/first-look-at-mobile-game-fantastic-beasts-cases-from-the-wizarding-world |title=First look at new mobile game Fantastic Beasts: Cases from the Wizarding World |publisher=Pottermore |date=November 14, 2016 |accessdate=September 12, 2019 }}
Release
The game was released for Android and iOS on November 17, 2016. It was released a day before the theatrical release of the film Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them.
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