The Harry Potter Mobile Game from the Pokémon Go People Is Now Out
Well, it looks like Niantic jumped the gun. Harry Potter: Wizards Unite, the newest augmented reality game from the studio behind Pokémon Go, was scheduled to be released tomorrow, Friday June 21. It’s out today, though, on both iOS and Android. So if you want to run around your neighborhood casting spells and doing wizard-y things instead of scramping up some goofy little critters, here’s your chance. Your phone’s a wand and your local deli’s got like little flying troll guys in it or something and I guess your dad is Voldemort now? We haven’t played it yet—this is a real job we’re doing here—but I think that’s pretty much what happens. The real world becomes the wizarding world through the modern-day magic of mobile phones and in-app purchases.