{"id":87876,"date":"2019-03-11T15:28:52","date_gmt":"2019-03-11T15:28:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pockettactics.com\/articles\/harry-potter-wizards-unite-niantic-location-based-game\/"},"modified":"2019-03-11T15:28:52","modified_gmt":"2019-03-11T15:28:52","slug":"harry-potter-wizards-unite-is-a-thing-that-brings-pokemon-go-like-ar-to-rowlings-iconic-universe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2019\/03\/11\/harry-potter-wizards-unite-is-a-thing-that-brings-pokemon-go-like-ar-to-rowlings-iconic-universe\/","title":{"rendered":"Harry Potter: Wizards Unite Is a thing that brings Pokemon Go-like AR to Rowling\u2019s iconic universe"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Joe Robinson<\/span> 11 Mar 2019<\/span> <\/p>\n

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Hey, remember Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery<\/em>? What a wonderful (read: awful<\/em>) poster-child for everything that\u2019s wrong with Free-to-Play that was. I imagine Harry Potter<\/em> fans were less than pleased with the most recent mainstream attempt at bringing a beloved franchise to mobile, but perhaps redemption is at hand thanks to Pok\u00e9mon Go<\/em> creators Niantic.<\/p>\n

Working with WB Games San Francisco, the location-based games developer has taken their tried and true AR platform and brought it to everyone\u2019s favourite world of wizards and magic. Harry Potter: Wizards Unite<\/em> is officially a thing, and it\u2019ll be coming to iOS and Android later this year. Pre-registration is currently available on Google Play<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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In Wizards Unite<\/em>, you play the role of a new member of the Statute of Secrecy Task Force, whose job it is to go out into the world and clean up a calamity that\u2019s causing magical beings and objects to proliferate the Muggle world, putting everything at risk. If you\u2019ve played the Pok\u00e9mon<\/em> game you can imagine the type of activities you\u2019ll be doing, and where you\u2019ll be doing them. This blog post on Niantic\u2019s website is specifically illuminating.<\/a><\/p>\n

I\u2019d just taken up my role as Editor when Pok\u00e9mon Go<\/em> First launched in the summer of 2016. Due to the fact it took me a while to find my feet, I let the game pass us by although I did end up dabbling in it myself.<\/p>\n

AR or Location-based mechanics are pretty interesting and take on a variety of guises<\/a> \u2013 there is an interesting confluence at the centre of people\u2019s natural habits in terms of where they go, what they do etc\u2026 and how they use their phones, of course. Harry Potter<\/em> feels like just as good an idea as Pok\u00e9mon Go<\/em> did. It\u2019s not really my cup of tea anymore (especially as I don\u2019t travel about as much as I used to), but as a new parent, and as someone who used to like the Harry Potter<\/em> books, I can certainly appreciate the appeal.<\/p>\n

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Through Pok\u00e9mon Go<\/em> and Ingress<\/em>, Niantic have been perfecting and improving on their underlying technology, so you\u2019re likely to see similarities in Wizards Unite<\/em> if you\u2019ve played their other titles. Judging by the previews already online, a lot more real-world information interacts and effects in-game encounters, which could be interesting.<\/p>\n

What do you guys think? Are you more likely to play this Harry Potter<\/em> game vs. Pok\u00e9mon Go<\/em>? What are your thoughts on free-to-play AR games in general?<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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