Harry Potter AR Game Coming from Pokémon GO Studio

Niantic Labs is developing aHarry Potteraugmented reality game , titledHarry Potter : Wizards Unite , follow the success ofPokémon GO , for a projected 2018 release . Niantic found monumental success last twelvemonth when the developer debutedPokémon GO , a fluid game that combines their location - base augment world software with the darling Japanese property . Ever sincePokémon GOwas released , fans ofHarry Potterhave hoped for a similar plot to be developed based on the Boy Who Lifed given the world of J.K. Rowling ’s fantasy novel serial publication is just as - if not more - expansive than even Pokémon .

The first of Rowling ’s wizarding world novels was published in 1997 , with six more hitting shelves over the years . The Scripture have been adjust into eight blockbuster films , and inspired a spinoff / prequel film series that kicked off with last year’sFantastic brute and Where to Find Them . TheHarry Potterseries also continues with new mental object via the Pottermore site , and has been brought to life in The Wizarding World of Harry Potter at Universal Studios Florida . Of course , there have also been a number ofHarry Pottervideo games , but an augmented reality experience is sure as shooting the next logical stride for the Boy Who Lived .

TechCrunchreports that Niantic Labs is developing the unexampled form of address with Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment ’s freshly make Portkey Games division . The biz , titledHarry Potter : Wizards Unite , is projected to release sometime in 2018 . contingent about the biz are scarce , but TechCrunch describe it will be heavily influenced by Niantic ’s 2012 mobile game , Ingress .

Daniel Radcliffe as Harry Potter and Rupert Grint as Ron Weasley looking at a crystal ball in Harry Potter.

LikePokémon GOandIngress , Harry Potter : maven Unitewill presumably provide users to ramble the existent earth while explore and playing the biz , but change outIngress ' battles andPokémon GO’spokemon catching for charm - casting and wizard world adventuring . surely , the human race ofHarry Potter , as developed as it has become by Rowling ’s novels and all the other added content , lend itself well to Niantic ’s brand of AR mobile game .

It ’s indecipherable how exactlyHarry ceramist : Wizards Uniteworks in certain specific aspects from the al-Qur’an and film series - such as the locating of wizarding schools like Hogwarts and Ilvermorny as well as the wizard sport Quidditch . to boot , since each of Niantic ’s secret plan splits its users up into team , role player ofHarry Potter : Wizards Unitemay be split into the four Hogwarts houses , though that remains to be seen . There ’s still a great deal we do n’t know yet about this plan game . But since Niantic is working with Warner Bros. to produceHarry Potter : Wizards Unite , fans should rest assure know the companies will make a mobile app that allows fans to get as close to survive in the world of Harry Potter as is possible .