BBC News reports that 'landscape paintings by a group of 19th Century American artists have been the unlikely source of inspiration for the look and feel of the new Harry Potter video game.'
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"The aesthetic is growing up," explained the game's art director, Alex Laurent. "Earlier games were aimed at a younger audience so the game had to grow up with the films."
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"We had to respect the look of the film," he explained, "but we had a certain amount of freedom to expand the world of the movie."