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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[...]

LEGO wants Harry Potter fans to bring their love of Hogwarts home with new buildable sets Four new sets have been revealed, letting fans and collectors build iconic classes straight out of Hogwarts, covering various Harry Potter films Each magical set is packed with amazing detail, characters, and find some wizarding surprising that will please[...]

In what Niantic refers to as the "biggest feature release of the year" for Harry Potter: Wizards Unite, the mobile developer has announced the details for a new featured called Adversaries. Harry Potter: Wizards Unite promo for Adversaries Credit: Niantic The Adversaries feature will be a new type of encounter for Harry Potter: Wizards Unite players that will be[...]

The latest Brilliant Event in Harry Potter: Wizards Unite, Hogwarts for the Holidays Part 1, is wrapping up tomorrow As this Christmas-themed event ends, kicking off the final month of Niantic's second year of this game continuing J K Rowling's iconic novels, let's take a look back on this Brilliant Event and see how it measured[...]

Voldemort is dead… right? Harry Potter: Wizards Unite from Niantic, known for their historic smash hit Pokémon GO, continues J K Rowling's novels In the game, the player teams up with an older Harry Potter, Hermione Granger, and more to help the Ministry of Magic take on a major magical problem known as the Calamity[...]

Niantic has announced their full slate of December 2020 events for Harry Potter: Wizards Unite They will soon kick off their first of two Holiday-themed Brilliant Events, but that is just the beginning There will also be a Community Day and a special week-long (and then some) Holiday Event. Harry Potter: Wizards Unite upcoming events[...]

Harry Potter: Wizards Unite hosted its November 2020 Wizarding Weekend this… er, weekend It focused on Hagrid-themed Foundables, including Hagrid himself, the Baby Norweigan Ridgeback Dragon, Grawp, the Dragon Egg, and more Was this event an improvement over the past few Wizarding Weekends, which were deemed too difficult to complete by many players? November Wizarding Weekend[...]

On December 1st, the first Brilliant Event of December 2020 will kick off in Harry Potter: Wizards Unite The Hogwarts for the Holidays Brilliant Event Part 1 will feature Brilliant Foundables from the Moving Staircase and will task players with completing a Special Assignment Ahead of the event, we have the full questline for this Special[...]