The development of Wizard101 began in 2005, soon after the founding of KingsIsle Entertainment. Company founder Elie Akilian hired J. Todd Coleman, who served as creative director of the game from its launch through 2013. The game entered open beta on August 6, 2008, and it launched successfully on September 2, 2008.

Is Wizard101 based on Harry Potter?

So there you go. Wizard101 probably was greatly inspired by Harry Potter when creating it.

Is Wizard101 Disney?

Wizard101, KingsIsle’s Massively Multiplayer Game For Kids, Passes 20 Million Users. … Club Penguin, a massively multiplayer role playing game for kids developed by New Horizon Interactive was bought by Disney in 2007 for $350 million.