Is that why Time Warner gave up $40 million?
There's been a lot of speculation recently on Turbine's next project after they're received multiple large investments. The most recent came from Time Warner in the form of an equity investment, which technically means that Time Warner owns a small chunk of Turbine. Time Warner also owns the video game rights to the Harry Potter Universe. Turbine specializes in making MMOs based on pre-existing worlds.
I think you see where this is going.
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