As Pokémon Go carries on and on and on, the Harry Potter Wizards Unite game is set to disappear with a wave of Niantic's wand, with the developer Niantic announcing that the AR game will cease to be a thing by January 31, 2022. After a little over 2 years, Niantic is pulling the plug on the game.
It's not all bad news though, Niantic is trying to be sympathetic to players of the Harry Potter Wizards Unite game by concluding the storyline and even holding some in-game events. New content will also appear with some gameplay tweaks in tow. It seems that Niantic had a specific timeline for the game to be active, although perhaps the pandemic lockdowns that hampered mobility the world over also had some impact on the decision.
Players can look forward to some gameplay changes that will take effect on November 2, 2021:
- All Daily Assignments will have their rewards increased
- All Potion Brew times will be reduced by 50% with Master Notes
- The daily cap on sending and opening Gifts will be removed
- Barrufio’s Brain Elixir potion will now award 3× player XP
- 1920s Portkey Portmanteaus will appear on the map more frequently and associated Fragment rewards will be doubled
- Spell Energy and Ingredients will appear on the map more frequently
Over the coming months, players will also be able to look forward to the following events, including the release of the remaining Lethal Adversaries:
- November
- Dolores Umbridge Lethal Adversaries Event
- Half-Blood Prince Brilliant Event Part 1
- Lucius Malfoy Lethal Adversaries Event
- Half-Blood Prince Brilliant Event Part 2
- December
- Bellatrix Lethal Adversaries Event
- Horcrux Hunt Part 2
- Voldemort Lethal Adversaries Event
- Deathly Hallows Brilliant Event Part 1
- Holiday Event
- Deathly Hallows Brilliant Event Part 2
- January
- Niantic will share more details regarding additional game changes that’ll happen during the month of January.
Niantic isn't leaving the world of Augmented Reality gaming, it says that it's going to use the lessons learned from its experience with Harry Potter Wizards Unite to assist it in making future titles.
The listing for Harry Potter Wizards Unite will be removed from the Play Store by December 6 with In-App-Purchases being disabled on the same date and everything else going dark by January 31st, 2022.
