Magic is coming back to mobile, when Harry Potter: Magic Awakened releases sometime this year
WB Games have announced that Harry Potter is set to enchant mobile devices sometime in 2022, when Harry Potter: Magic Awakened, a free-to-play immersive collectible card and massively multiplayer wizarding duelling game featuring a blend of strategy roleplay, leaves China for everywhere, check out the trailer for it below.
Harry Potter: Magic Awakened is a multiplayer wizarding duelling game that offers an immersive role-playing journey with deep strategy play that fulfils the fan fantasy – all beautifully rendered in a unique art style.
Merging the talents of two gaming and online entertainment powerhouses, both companies collaborated on every aspect of development to ensure an accurate representation of the wizarding world, from early concepting and art design, to the story’s plot and overall gameplay system.
Released in Chinese Mainland, Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan regions in September 2021, Harry Potter: Magic Awakened was the biggest mobile game launch of 2021, topping local App Stores as the no. 1 game and surpassing all new globally released mobile titles in revenue in its first four months of the year, according to analytics platforms including Sensor Tower.
In Harry Potter: Magic Awakened, players will begin as young witches and wizards who have just received their acceptance letters to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Fans can customise their own character and go on to experience all the hallmarks of a magical education including purchasing school supplies at Diagon Alley, wearing the Sorting Hat to be sorted into a House and competing in the Duelling Club.
“With Harry Potter: Magic Awakened, we have worked jointly with NetEase Games to create the most robust multiplayer experience set in the wizarding world and we are very excited to launch the game globally,” said David Haddad, President, Warner Bros. Games. “Harry Potter: Magic Awakened utilizes the best-in-class development and publishing capabilities of both NetEase Games and Warner Bros. Games to bring players a captivating gameplay experience with compelling features, an in-depth collectible card system and beautifully distinct art style.”
“Harry Potter: Magic Awakened has been a huge success with our current players and the fan reception has been extraordinary,” said William Ding, Founder and CEO of NetEase, Inc. “We are excited to open this title to a worldwide audience, and we believe fans of one of the world's biggest brands will be delighted that they can embark on adventures and experience an immersive story through a marvellous journey in the wizarding world, with infinite possibilities empowered by magic.”
There is no date yet on when it will release, but pre-registrations are open now for Android, but the game will also come to iOS. For now, check out some screens of the game below.
