New Niantic cell game, Harry Potter: Wizards Unite, is out on June 21

Niantic Games’ newest geodata-backed cell game, Harry Potter: Wizards Unite, releases June 21.

Combining the tried-and-tested Pokemon GO-style strolling and placement discovering gameplay with extra gentle RPG mechanics like ability bushes, Harry Potter: Wizards Unite places a brand new twist on the Niantic formulation.

The premise is that magical artefacts have been scattered across the Muggle world by the mysterious “Calamity”. You, taking part in as a wizard, have to seek out and reclaim these artefacts to cease magic from being found and breaking the worldwide statute of wizarding secrecy.

As nicely as discovering artefacts, which might take the type of magical beasts or evil wizards it’s important to struggle, notable objects from Harry Potter lore, or fragments of memorable scenes from the books and films, you can even tackle multiplayer “Fortresses” the place you struggle robust enemies as a workforce, and blend your individual customized potions.

One of essentially the most attention-grabbing options is the AR Portkeys, which allow you to stroll round magical places utilizing your telephone display.

The game will now be accessible globally after it had a short interval of testing in New Zealand and Australia earlier this yr.

You can read what we thought of the game when we played it in London back in March – it’s a lot more than a Pokemon GO clone.