The game uses augmented reality to bring monsters and popular characters from the “Harry Potter” books into the real world.
Published 12:25 PM EDT Jun 21, 2019Niantic, the company that built the hit game “Pokemon GO,” launched its new game this week based on another popular franchise.
It’s a big next step for Niantic, which spun off from Google’s parent company Alphabet and, earlier this year, raised an additional $245 million at a $4 billion valuation. Niantic is said to have generated nearly $2 billion from “Pokemon GO” in its first two years, according to research from Sensor Tower. With a potential new big hit on Niantic’s hands, “Harry Potter: Wizards Unite” is a game to watch.
And that made starting “Harry Potter: Wizards Unite fun.” Just minutes into the game, I saw Rubeus Hagrid, the half-giant, half-human from “Harry Potter” standing on my living room table. Using AR, the game rendered a version of him, big and tall, caught up in a spider’s web. My job was to free him using a spell, which meant just swiping on the screen.Like “Pokemon GO,” however, “Wizards Unite” requires you to walk around and explore where you are.
You can download Harry Potter: Wizards Unite from the iTunes App Store or Google Play on Android. You’ll need to log in with either a Facebook or Google account before you get a tutorial on how to play. After a few minutes of setup, it’s up to you to continue. Open it up and talk a walk around the block, or pick it up and see what kind of characters you can save while you’re at home.
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