New Augmented Reality Mobile Game Harry Potter: Wizards Unite Announced

Harry Potter: Wizards Unite is to be released under new label Portkey Games – creators of a series of games inspired by J.K. Rowling’s Wizarding World

Earlier today, we announced that Warner. Bros Interactive Entertainment are bringing out a new collection of mobile games and console games set in the wizarding world, under the new label Portkey Games. Now, say hello to one of the games to be released from the label: Harry Potter: Wizards Unite.

Harry Potter: Wizards Unite, launch date to be announced, will use state-of-the-art augmented reality technology on smartphones, so a player can view the real world through a wizarding world lens.

The game encourages you to step outside with your phone, explore your local surroundings and take part in a series of adventures, such as searching for magical creatures and bumping into iconic wizarding world characters along the way. Crikey. Who knows who you’ll spot in your local park? You’ll also be able to cast spells, discover mysterious artefacts, and build up your very own, illustrious wizarding career. Yep, we can definitely get on board with this.

Harry Potter: Wizards Unite comes from the combined minds of Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment and Niantic Inc., a company that builds real-world experiences for mobile games. David Haddad, President of Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment, is excited about fusing the real world with the magical.

‘With this game, we are allowing the passionate, worldwide fan base to explore J.K. Rowling’s deeply powerful and imaginative universe in a new, truly immersive way,’ he says.

‘It is wonderful to have Niantic’s remarkable augmented reality expertise as we develop this incredibly rich wizarding world for players to explore in their everyday lives.’

Exploring the wizarding world inside the real world? Suffice it to say, we are looking forward to this. And remember, this will only be one of many new games to come. For more information on Harry Potter: Wizards Unite, have a look at their new website.

Also, be sure to follow Harry Potter: Wizards Unite updates on Facebook and Twitterto keep up to speed all the way. And if you want to learn more about Portkey Games itself, have a gander here.

More details about Harry Potter will be announced soon.

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New Augmented Reality Mobile Game Harry Potter: Wizards Unite Announced

Mario Kart will be Playable on your Smartphone by March 2019

Nintendo announced Mario Kart Tour on Wednesday, a game for iOS and Android devices.

Yeah, Animal Crossing on mobile is good, but have you ever tried mobile Mario Kart?

No, you haven't, because there is no Mario Kart on iOS or Android. That will change though, as Nintendo Wednesday made a big announcement via Twitter: Mario Kart is coming to mobile platforms in the form of Mario Kart Tour.

Not much information on the game was announced, though Nintendo did note that it'd hit your phones and tablets by the end of March 2019. 

Mario Kart has always been popular, but it's enjoyed something of a resurgence with Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, a game that hit Nintendo's Switch console last April and has since sold over 7.33 million units. That's in addition to the 8 million copies that Mario Kart 8 sold on the Wii U. 

Mario Kart Tour will be the Nintendo's fifth mobile game. The gaming giant first released Miitomo, a social-networking game, to test the iOS and Android waters (though it was last week announced to be shutting down in May). Since then, Nintendo has brought Mario, Fire Emblem and Animal Crossing to mobile.

Nintendo in its nine-months earning report, released Tuesday, noted that smartphone-related revenue was up to 29.1 billion yen, or $265 million, thanks to those games. 

The star of that report, though, was the Switch. Released last March, the Switch had sold 14.8 million units by the end of 2017. It wasn't just Mario's karting adventures that brought in big bucks, as the acclaimed Super Mario Odysseysold over 9 million copies between October and the end of December. 

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Mario Kart will be Playable on your Smartphone by March 2019