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Harry Potter is back as Iron Studios takes us back to the first film with Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone They have unveiled their newest MiniCo statue that shows off the hit wizarding game of Quidditch Standing roughly 5.1 inches tall, Harry is a seeker once again and going after the Golden Snitch The[...]

The Triwizarding Secrets Brilliant Event Part 2 is wrapping up in Harry Potter: Wizards Unite Let's take a look at what worked and what didn't in this narrative event. Harry Potter: Wizards Unite's Triwizarding Secrets Part 2 graphic Credit: Niantic What Worked in This Harry Potter: Wizards Unite Event Harry Potter returns: The story in these Harry Potter:[...]

Harry Potter: Wizards Unite has announced the game's February 2021 events including a Community Day, two Brilliant Events, and two Adversaries events Let's take a look at the details now so that the wizards and witches of the Statute of Secrecy Task Force can prepare. February Brilliant Event graphic for Harry Potter: Wizards Unite Credit: Niantic On[...]

This past weekend, Niantic hosted an extended Community Day in Harry Potter: Wizards Unite Did this extra half-day of gameplay enrich this event? Let's take a look at what worked and what didn't work in this Harry Potter: Wizards Unite January 2021 Community Day. Harry Potter: Wizards Unite logo Credit: Niantic What Worked in This Harry Potter: Wizards Unite[...]

The Triwizarding Secrets Brilliant Event Part 2 goes live in Harry Potter: Wizards Unite today This event will focus on the Brilliant Prefects' Bathroom Registry Page, recreating the scene from Harry Potter & the Goblet of Fire where Harry Potter, while Moaning Myrtle peeped at him from behind those ghostly spectacles, took the Golden Egg into the[...]

Rowling and "Fantastic Beasts" star Johnny Depp (now "ex-star") finding themselves wand-deep in self-inflicted controversies over the past several months, is a fresh return to the wizarding world a smart move right now? WarnerMedia's streaming service HBO Max is apparently willing to take that chance, with Variety reporting that a "Harry Potter" series is currently[...]

It has been quite the busy month for Harry Potter: Wizards Unite players On the heels of the first Brilliant Event of the year, Triwizarding Secrets Part 1, wrapping up, we saw an Adversaries Event directly followed by an elongated Community Day Now, as January draws to a close, Triwizarding Secrets Part 2 will continue the Harry[...]

Today is the very first Harry Potter: Wizards Unite Community Day of 2021 January Community Day is set to focus on an aspect of the beloved book series with which fans will be quite familiar: Platform 9 3/4 from the King's Cross Station Relive the memories and ride Hogwarts Express once again in this all-day event. Harry Potter:[...]

The reveals continue with new Star Wars Pops, including Hoth Luke Skywalker's return exclusively to Amazon, Valentine's Day FunkoShop exclusive R2-D2, and spoiler Pops for Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker. The Funko Fair reveals also continues with new Patronus Pops from the Wizarding World of Harry Potter Both Pheonix and Doe guardians for Dumbledore and[...]

One of the last Funko Pop reveals that fans got for Day 1 of Funko Fair was Harry Potter Things continue to get magical as two new Patronus for two beloved characters have been released Most Harry Potter fans already know what a Patronus is, but just as a simple recap, it is a defensive[...]

As the Triwizarding Secrets Brilliant Event Part 1 ends in Harry Potter: Wizards Unite, Niantic isn't giving us wizards and witches attempting to push back on the Calamity a breather The game is launching directly into the January 2021 Adversaries Event, which continues the month's Goblet of Fire theme that began with Triwizarding Secrets This Adversaries Event,[...]

Zynga revealed this morning that they have officially launched Harry Potter: Puzzles & Spells in South Korea, starting today The company has slowly been broadening its horizons for where the game can be played, and there' no better market at the moment than one of the most densely gamer-concentrated areas on the planet Especially for[...]

Triwizarding Secrets Brilliant Event Part 1 is wrapping up in Harry Potter: Wizards Unite Let's take a look at 2021's first Brilliant Event to see what worked and what didn't. Harry Potter: Wizards Unite Triwizarding Secrets promo image Credit: Niantic What Worked in This Harry Potter: Wizards Unite Event The Special Assignment: Overall, this aspect is what Niantic struggles[...]

The first Brilliant Event of 2021 is now live in Harry Potter: Wizards Unite We have the full questline of tasks and rewards for the Triwizarding Secrets Brilliant Event Part 1 Special Assignment, which will require players to return Foundables based on events from the fourth book in J K Rowling's landmark fantasy saga, Harry Potter &[...]

The first Brilliant Event of 2021 begins in Harry Potter: Wizards Unite tomorrow These Brilliant Events focus on surges in the Calamity, a supernatural occurrence that brings shards of memories of past events in the Wizarding World into the Muggle world The player is tasked with returning these shards, known as Foundables, so that the Wizarding[...]

Well, he's not so much celebrating thanks to a nasty case of Death By Snakebite, but Niantic is celebrating the late Professor's birthday with a one-day event in Harry Potter. Here are the details. Snape in Harry Potter: Wizards Unite Credit: Niantic Is that a doe Patronus I see galloping in the distance? This day paying homage to Severus Snape will[...]

Harry Potter: Wizards Unite ended 2020 with their 12 Tasks of Christmas event Was this a worthy way to end a compelling year of gameplay and narrative, or does Niantic still struggle with their non-Brilliant Event features? Harry Potter: Wizards Unite 12 Tasks of Christmas promo Credit: Niantic What Worked For This Harry Potter: Wizards Unite Event I hate[...]

Niantic has announced the full schedule of January 2021 events in Harry Potter: Wizards Unite This month will include two Brilliant Events as per usual, the second Adversaries event, a Community Day, and a birthday celebration for everyone's favorite Potions Professor Sorry, Slughorn Let's get into it. January event image in Harry Potter: Wizards Unite[...]

The Hogwarts for the Holidays Brilliant Event Part 2, the final Brilliant Event of 2020, is wrapping up in Harry Potter: Wizards Unite As the game's narrative ramps up with intriguing twists, did Niantic end a year of compelling Brilliant Events with another strong entry? Harry Potter: Wizards Unite's Hogwarts for the Holidays Part 2 image Credit:[...]

Harry Potter: Wizards Unite will close out 2020 and kick-off 2021 with the 12 Tasks of Christmas event, delivering some Wizarding World nostalgia to those playing the game The event is set to include boosted Yule Ball Foundables where some of J K Rowling's iconic characters can be found in their dress robes Here are the[...]

Zynga and WB Games have launched a holiday event into Harry Potter: Puzzles & Spells for you to enjoy over the next couple of weeks Like a lot of games during the holidays, it's basically the same game you know with some new events and prizes and stuff to collect while everything is covered in[...]

In quite the bold move, Niantic debuted a new mechanic and a new event to Harry Potter: Wizards Unite all in one week Adversaries adds a new kind of encounter to the game, which will task wizards and witches with battling a chain of foes that will lead to a boss battle Adversaries Events, which will[...]

Tomorrow, the second part of the Hogwarts for the Holidays Brilliant Event begins in Harry Potter: Wizards Unite It will run from December 22nd, 2020 at 11 AM Pacific until December 29th at the same time Along with bringing new Brilliant Foundables to the game, this final Harry Potter: Wizards Unite Brilliant Event will task wizards and[...]

Hogwarts for the Holidays Brilliant Event Part 2 will focus on Brilliant Foundables from the Moving Staircase II registry and will take place from Tuesday, December 22nd at 11 AM Pacific to Tuesday, December 29th at 11 AM Pacific. Hogwarts for the Holidays Part 2 registry image in Harry Potter: Wizards Unite Credit: Niantic The Brilliant Foundables[...]

Harry Potter: Wizards Unite will debut its first Adversaries Event tomorrow This is a new monthly event that will replace Wizarding Weekends, inviting wizards and witches to encounter villains from J K Rowling's Harry Potter novels When starting these battles, players will enter into a chain in which battles get more and more difficult[...]

Niantic has followed up on their announcement of Adversaries, the new Harry Potter: Wizards Unite mechanic that tasks players with battling the forces of darkness, with details of new events coming to the game In the first Adversaries event, wizards and witches will take on the Head Nasty Boy of Slytherin himself… Draco Malfoy. Adversaries event[...]

In an already busy December for wizards and witches playing Harry Potter: Wizards Unite, Niantic has announced some more "event experiments." Players can look forward to one-day events this coming Tuesday and Wednesday featuring a focus on everybody's favorite ginger family, the Weasleys, as well as the Knight Bus. Harry Potter: Wizards Unite logo[...]

Harry Potter: Wizards Unite hosted its final Community Day of 2020 today It comes at the tail-end of a year that saw major changes come to the game, as Niantic adjusted to both international lockdown restrictions and feedback from players who deemed their events, with good reason, too difficult to complete Now, having made adjustments[...]

Constance Pickering is known to Harry Potter: Wizards Unite players as a warm-hearted, somewhat bumbling witch working for the Ministry of Magic Along with characters from J K Rowling's beloved series of novels such as Harry Potter and Hermione Granger, Constance assists those playing the game with their work She often shows up in dialogue for[...]

Harry Potter: Wizards Unite December 2020 Community Day is happening this Saturday, December 12th from 12:01 AM to 11:59 PM This all-day event will focus on the Quidditch Pitch II with Foundables featuring iconic characters from J K Rowling's novels in their Quidditch garb, including Draco Malfoy and the world's latest Batman, Cedric Diggory Read on[...]