{"id":248343,"date":"2019-06-19T12:30:00","date_gmt":"2019-06-19T16:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jbsgame.com\/niantics-harry-potter-wizards-unite-launches-on-mobile-june-21\/"},"modified":"2019-06-19T12:30:00","modified_gmt":"2019-06-19T16:30:00","slug":"niantics-harry-potter-wizards-unite-launches-on-mobile-june-21","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jbsgame.com\/niantics-harry-potter-wizards-unite-launches-on-mobile-june-21\/","title":{"rendered":"Niantic&#8217;s Harry Potter: Wizards Unite launches on mobile June 21"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 id=\"like-pokemon-go-but-with-more-british-whimsy\">Like Pokemon GO but with more British whimsy<\/h2> <p>Developer Niantic, known for the incredible success of mobile title <em>Pok&eacute;mon Go<\/em>, has announced that the similar-looking<em> Harry Potter: Wizards Unite<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/HPWizardsUnite\/status\/1141144816090152961\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">will be going live on mobile devices this week.<\/a> A beta test of the new AR title was previously held in Australia and New Zealand in April of this year.<\/p> <p><em>Wizards Unite<\/em> will put players in the role of a rookie member of the &#8220;Statute of Secrecy Task Force&#8221;. There has been an outbreak of chaotic magic in the world, and players will be charged with locating and containing these &#8220;Foundables&#8221; &#8211; a roster of weird creatures great and small &#8211; in real-world locations. Casting magic to secure Foundables costs a finite amount of energy, which must be restored at the game&#8217;s inns. The mini-movie below features a&#8230; somewhat dramatised example of gameplay.<\/p> <p><\/iframe><\/p> <p>Of course, there&#8217;s more to <em>Wizards Unite<\/em> than the mechanics described above, but it seems clear that Niantic are taking their hugely-successful <em>Pok&eacute;mon Go<\/em> formula and applying the similarly-successful <em>Harry Potter<\/em> brand. I don&#8217;t know whether we&#8217;ll see <a href=\"https:\/\/jbsgame.com\/pokemon-go-draws-massive-scary-taiwan-crowds-382109.phtml\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">the same scenes of chaos<\/a> as we did upon the launch of <em>Pok&eacute;mon Go<\/em>, but I&#8217;m sure for <em>Harry Potter<\/em> fans this new app will definitely be worth a download.<\/p> <p><em>Harry Potter: Wizards Unite<\/em> launches on iOS and Android devices June 21.<\/p><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":248341,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"article_type":"","gamurs_wordpress_blocks_hide_tags":false,"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"apple_news_api_created_at":"","apple_news_api_id":"","apple_news_api_modified_at":"","apple_news_api_revision":"","apple_news_api_share_url":"","apple_news_coverimage":0,"apple_news_coverimage_caption":"","apple_news_is_hidden":false,"apple_news_is_paid":false,"apple_news_is_preview":false,"apple_news_is_sponsored":false,"apple_news_maturity_rating":"","apple_news_metadata":"\"\"","apple_news_pullquote":"","apple_news_pullquote_position":"","apple_news_slug":"","apple_news_sections":"\"\"","apple_news_suppress_video_url":false,"apple_news_use_image_component":false,"footnotes":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false},"categories":[1,137],"tags":[147,154,948,156,294,291,303,128,136,163,138],"internal-label":[],"invoiceable_action":[],"article_type":[],"coauthors":[{"id":3,"display_name":"Chris Moyse","user_login":"Chris Moyse","user_nicename":"chris-moyse"}],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n<title>Niantic&#039;s Harry Potter: Wizards Unite launches on mobile June 21 &#8211; 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