PREPARE to wave goodbye to your weekend and instead spend the next few days glued to your phone as a new mobile Harry Potter game is here.

Available to download on the App Store and Google Play, Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery is the first mobile game where players create their own character and experience life as a Hogwarts student.

The game will launch under Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment's Portkey Games and inspired by J.K. Rowling’s original stories.

Developed by Jam City, The story of Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery is set in the 1980s.

In the game, players will progress as a student through Hogwarts, joining one of its four houses.

Users will then be able to create and upgrade personalised characters using an avatar customisation system, learn an arsenal of magical skills and form relationships with other students.

Classes include mastering everything from crafting potions under Snape’s critical eye, to Transfiguration with Professor McGonagall. 

"Being involved in the making of the Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery mobile game will give great pleasure to my grandchildren,” said Dame Maggie Smith, voice of Professor McGonagall in the game.

Players will also be introduced to some original game characters like Penny, a popular Hufflepuff potions expert, Tulip, a rebellious Ravenclaw prankster, and Merula, a Slytherin with a dark past.

As players unravel the Hogwarts mystery, they will explore familiar locations like Diagon Alley and Hogsmeade.

“There are so few moments where a mobile entertainment company has the chance to truly bring magic into the world and we’ve been thrilled by the amazing response our game has already received from Harry Potter fans everywhere,” said Chris DeWolfe, co-founder and CEO of Jam City.

“We at Jam City have been working hard to ensure that any aspiring witch or wizard can enter Hogwarts through their smartphones and tablets and begin their magical journeys.”

We had a go at one of the potion classes with Snape...but failed miserably. 

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Pic credits: Jam City

Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery is free to play.

For more details visit HarryPotterHogwartsMystery.com