Developer Niantic, known for the incredible success of mobile title Pokémon Go, has announced that the similar-looking Harry Potter: Wizards Unite will be going live on mobile devices this week. A beta test of the new AR title was previously held in Australia and New Zealand in April of this year.
Wizards Unite will put players in the role of a rookie member of the “Statute of Secrecy Task Force”. There has been an outbreak of chaotic magic in the world, and players will be charged with locating and containing these “Foundables” – a roster of weird creatures great and small – in real-world locations. Casting magic to secure Foundables costs a finite amount of energy, which must be restored at the game’s inns. The mini-movie below features a… somewhat dramatised example of gameplay.
Source: Destructoid Niantic’s Harry Potter: Wizards Unite launches on mobile June 21