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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[...]

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[...]

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[...]

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[...]

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[...]

This week, Niantic tried out something new in Harry Potter: Wizards Unite Two Spotlight Events, similar to those in Niantic's other game Pokémon GO's weekly spotlight hours, debuted in-game with a Wednesday event focused on Tonic for Trace Detection and a Thursday event focused on the Knight Bus Should Niantic make these events a permanent and frequent[...]

Harry Potter: Wizards Unite has been taking some daring narrative turns with their Brilliant Event recently Now, in the Dumbledore's Army Brilliant Event Part 2, some of the game's biggest ever revelations are made… but was it fun to play? Harry Potter: Wizards Unite Dumbledore's Army Part 2 Brilliant Event image Credit: Niantic The Gameplay Not a complaint[...]

The all-day November Community Day event is wrapping up in Harry Potter: Wizards Unite After a highly controversial October Community Day with prohibitively difficult tasks in the Special Assignment, was Niantic able to improve this monthly event? Let's dive in. Harry Potter: Wizards Unite November 2020 Community Day promo artwork Credit: Niantic The Good: Wow, the Special Assignment for[...]

Dumbledore's Army Brilliant Event Part 2 will run in Harry Potter: Wizards Unite from Tuesday, November 17th at 11 AM local time until Tuesday, November 24th at 11 AM local time In addition to event-themed Brilliant Foundables on the map, there will also be, as with every Brilliant Event, a Special Assignment that wizards and[...]

The second part of the Dumbledore's Army Brilliant Event will begin in Harry Potter: Wizards Unite on Tuesday, November 17th at 11 AM local time and will run for a full week, until Tuesday, November 24th at 11 AM local time This follows up on last week's Brilliant Event, which saw an interesting narrative twist come[...]

Harry Potter: Wizards Unite has announced details for their November 2020 Community Day This all-day event will take place on Saturday, November 14th from 12:01 AM – 11:59 PM Local Time and will focus on the Chess Chamber. Harry Potter: Wizards Unite November 2020 Community Day promo Credit: Niantic Details released in the Harry Potter: Wizards Unite[...]

The Dumbledore's Army Brilliant Event Part 1 is wrapping up in Harry Potter: Wizards Unite. Did this Brilliant Event live up to Niantic's promise to keep improving these events based on fan response? Dumbledore's Army Brilliant Event Part 1 promotional graphic in HPWU Credit: Niantic The Dumbledore's Army Brilliant Event Part 1 was a fun, rewarding, well-paced, smooth event[...]

The surprise Halloween event, Darkness Unleashed, is wrapping up in Harry Potter: Wizards Unite This was essentially structured as a Wizarding Weekend, with a boost in a certain type of Foundables and a one-page Special Assignment Considering how the October Wizarding Weekend was the beginning of the major backlash against Niantic for the difficulty of recent Harry[...]

Ahead of the upcoming Dumbledore's Army Brilliant Event Part 1 starting in Harry Potter: Wizards Unite on November 3rd, Bleeding Cool has the full breakdown of the event's Special Assignment Prepare for the tasks below. Dumbledore's Army Brilliant Event Part 1 promotional image Credit: Niantic The full Special Assignment for this upcoming Harry Potter: Wizards Unite Brilliant Event includes: Page[...]

Niantic has announced the next Brilliant Event in Harry Potter: Wizards Unite The first of a two-part surge in the Calamity will happen in November with Dumbledore's Army Brilliant Event Part 1 We have all the details for this upcoming week of magic, including a few details not included in the official announcement. Dumbledore's Army Brilliant Event[...]

Niantic has announced the full details for events happening in Harry Potter: Wizards Unite in November 2020 Focusing primarily on Dumbledore's Army, the month will include two Brilliant Events, a Community Day, and a Wizarding Weekend Read on for the full details. Harry Potter: Wizards Unite Dumblesdore's Army Brilliant Event promotional image Credit: Niantic Niantic announced the following[...]

Mobile game developer Niantic has games featuring two of the world's most iconic IPs under its banner: Pokémon GO and Harry Potter: Wizards Unite. It's no secret that Pokémon GO is a much larger success than Wizards Unite, but there are ups and downs to both of these games[...]

The Harry Potter: Wizards Unite Darkness Rising Brilliant Event Part 2 is winding down The first part of this Brilliant Event was maligned by players casual and hardcore alike for its nearly impossible-to-complete Special Assignment This is a critique that Niantic has received on their other recent events, including the October Wizarding Weekend and both Community[...]