It's been a little more than a year since Harry Potter: Wizards Unite was first revealed. In that year, we haven't really heard much at all, as Niantic has been mostly silent on the game. Today, that all changed, with Niantic giving us a new teaser trailer for Wizards Unite and giving us a better idea of when it'll arrive.
As it does every Thursday, Nintendo has detailed the games landing on the eShop over the course of the next week. While previous weeks have been pretty packed in terms of releases, this one is a little more tame. Still, there might be something for you Switch owners if you're a fan of fighting games or wizardry.
There have been a lot of Harry Potter games throughout the years, and overall quality has generally been hit or miss. Some Harry Potter games have been well-received by critics and fans alike, especially those in the LEGO Harry Potter series, whereas the video game adaptations of the novels have received more mixed reactions. After years of waiting, Harry Potter fans could soon be getting the big-budget offering they've been waiting for.
Today a Harry Potter LEGO set dream comes to life - and it's not a MOC, it's a real set release. This Harry Potter's Wizarding World's latest is a 6,020-piece LEGO set the likes of which have never been released before. As such, it's also going to cost you the appropriate amount of cash: A cool four hundred bucks American, good buddy.
Kano has launched a new coding kit that helps kids build their own magic wands. Called the Harry Potter Kano Coding Kit, this set includes both the hardware and software needed to make a Harry Potter fan's world a bit magical while teaching valuable coding skills that help build the foundation for a future career. The kit won't be available until October 1, but Kano has it up for pre-order with a limited free item tossed in.
Today the folks at LEGO revealed they'd be bringing on the most wizard-friendly release for magic users in Minifigure form, this August. Today we've got images of the whole pack of packs. They're going to be blind-packaged in the store, so you've got two options. One, buy as many as you can and see what you get. Two, sit in the aisle and feel around with your dextrous fingers for the identifiable elements, and cheer with each new ID, like a goon!
The Harry Potter Hogwarts Mystery role-playing game was teased today in the latest video from Portkey Games. This game takes all the most addictive parts of The SIMS mixed with RBG bits from Telltale Games and puts them all into the Wizarding World of Harry Potter. This game is developed by the folks at Jam City - so we're not quite sure what to expect just yet. Today we've got a closer look at this game in teaser form as well as with some gameplay in pre-release form.
Today we've got a sneak peek of the first in what we hope is a long line of Wizarding World of Harry Potter LEGO sets through the next few years. This is Hogwarts, a set that's sort of a remake of a set released by LEGO a few years ago. Back when the "Hogwarts Castle" set was made, they went for the full deal, mashing the entire castle into 1290 pieces. This time they've begun creating the castle piece by piece, starting with the Great Hall in 878 pieces.
Dust off those robes and start exercising your flinging arm. The newest mobile game out of the magical world of Harry Potter is now out. At least on Android and at least in some markets. Or if you know where to get a copy in Diagon Alley. Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery has soft launched on Android in some markets, giving fans of the franchise a chance to live out their fantasies as a witch or wizard in training. But like anything related to magic, looks can be deceiving.
With the focus on superheroes and sci-fi films in general, you’d think that good old-fashioned fantasy franchises are passe. Warner Bros. definitely doesn’t think so. In fact, it just created a new label named Portkey Games solely dedicated to one of the most beloved magical franchises of all: Harry Potter. On the heels of the AR-based Harry Potter Wizards Unite, Warner Bros. teamed up with mobile game developers Jam City to bring Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery that will finally let you live out your fantasies as a wizard of your own making.
Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald movie is well on its way, heading to theaters in just one year from now. THIS MORNING: The next Harry Potter universe's Fantastic Beasts movie was revealed today in fabulous fashion. This movie will be called Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald, and it'll be jam-packed with actors that'll take some of the most notorious roles of the film and book series. That means Gellert Grindelwald, Newt Scamander, and none other than Albus Dumbledore himself.
This week we're having a deeper look at what Harry Potter: Wizards Unite will bring to the world of AR GPS-based gaming. This means working on what Ingress and Pokemon GO have done, bringing HP: Wizards Unite up to speed to do as well or better than its predecessors. Where will Harry Potter: Wizards Unite do well where Ingress and/or Pokemon GO have failed?