Harry Potter: Wizards Unite Is Shutting Down on January 31

Harry Potter: Wizards Unite, the location-based augmented actuality (AR) recreation from Pokemon Go creator Niantic shall be shutting down on January 31, 2022. The recreation shall be faraway from App Store, Google Play, and Samsung Galaxy Store on December 6, 2021, introduced Niantic. Also, gamers will not be capable to make in-game purchases beginning December 6. The recreation’s neighborhood discussion board and all related social media channels shall be closed on January 31 as nicely. Niantic, in collaboration with Nintendo, just lately introduced the launch of a brand new recreation Pikmin Bloom.

Niantic on November 2 announced the withdrawal of Harry Potter: Wizards Unite via a weblog put up. The Pokemon Go creator did not reveal the rationale for the shutdown of the sport. “Not all games are meant to last forever. Our goal with Harry Potter: Wizards Unite was to bring the magic of the wizarding world to life for millions of players as they stepped outside and explored their neighbourhoods. We accomplished that together, delivering a two-year narrative story arc that will soon complete” the corporate mentioned.

As talked about, Niantic shall be taking Harry Potter: Wizards Unite down from App Store, Google Play, and Samsung Galaxy Store beginning December 6. Also, from the identical day, customers will not be capable to make in-game purchases. All options and servers for Harry Potter: Wizards Unite shall be turned off on January 31, 2022.

Niantic launched Harry Potter: Wizards Unite on Android and iOS again in 2019 after its 2016-hit Pokemon Go garnered worldwide reputation. Harry Potter: Wizards Unite was co-developed by Niantic and AT&T’s Warner Bros.

Pokemon Go remains to be main the section. As per a Sensor Tower report, the sport just lately surpassed $5 billion (roughly Rs. 37,323 crores) in lifetime income inside 5 years. Pokemon Go collected as much as $641.6 million (roughly Rs. 4,822 crores) in simply the primary half of 2021, exhibits Sensor Tower knowledge.

It shouldn’t be the primary time that Niantic has determined to wrap up a recreation. In September this yr, the corporate has decided to wind up Catan – World Explorers. The recreation shall be absolutely withdrawn on November 18. The firm has already taken the sport down from App Store and eliminated real-money purchases from the store. Apart from this, Niantic has launched a brand new location-based AR recreation Pikmin Bloom. Similar to Pokemon Go, Pikmin Bloom additionally asks gamers to go outdoors and uncover their environment. The recreation entails accumulating seedlings and making a squad of Pikmin.