Niantic and Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment releasedHarry Potter: Wizards Uniteback in 2019 and it has been updated with new content and fixes since. The mobile title maintained a decent community, but the developers have confirmed that it will be shutting down.
Due to the success of Niantic’sPokemon GO, Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment pursued the mobile game developer to work on something in theHarry Potteruniverse. As a result, Niantic has worked with Portkey Games in order to craft a comparable mobile game forHarry Potterfans to experience. Just likePokemon GO,Harry Potter: Wizards Uniteutilizes augmented reality as a core feature and players would explore the real world to discover new secrets in the mobile game.
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Effective on July 20, 2025,Harry Potter: Wizards Unitewill no longer be available onApple’s App Store, Google Play, or the Galaxy Store. Upon its removal from the digital storefronts,Harry Potter: Wizards Unitefans will be unable to make in-game purchases while the mobile game remains online. Niantic and WB Games will be shutting the game down completely as of August 07, 2025.
heHarry Potter: Wizards Unitedevelopment team has confirmed that the title has been downloaded by millions ofHarry Potterfans around the world. Because the game is being phased out rather than shut down without notice,Harry Potter: Wizards Unitefans will be able to play the mobile title for a few more months. Niantic and Portkey Gamesrecently updatedHarry Potter: Wizards Uniteto reward players more frequently and experience gains have been increased.
Despite the upcoming shutdown ofHarry Potter: Wizards Unite, the remaining Lethal Adversaries will still be added to the mobile game. There will still be a number ofHarry Potter: Wizards Uniteeventsduring November and December of this year, including the Half-Blood Prince Brilliant Event Part 1 this month and Voldemort Lethal Adversaries Event next month. These events will giveHarry Potter: Wizards Unitefans more reasons to return between now and the shutdown of the game.
PokemonandHarry Potteraren’t the only universes being explored through augmented reality implementation asMinecraftrecently launchedMinecraft Earth. These games all encourage players to walk around and gravitate to real-world locations in order to complete various activities, interact with other players, and more. It’s currently unclear if the shutdown ofHarry Potter: Wizards Uniteis linked with the release of any other projects, but WB Games is set to releaseHogwarts Legacyin 2022, the same year that the mobile game goes offline.
Harry Potter: Wizards Uniteis available right now for Android and iOS.
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