Harry Potter Game Shutting Down After Only 1 Year

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Harry Potter Game Shutting Down After Only 1 Year

Key Takeaways

  • Harry Potter: Magic Awakened will be discontinued on October 29, 16 months following its international release.
  • The game has already been pulled from the mobile app stores ahead of its server shutdown.
  • The shutdown won’t affect Asia, where Harry Potter: Magic Awakened will remain available for the foreseeable future.

As a long-time Harry Potter enthusiast who has followed the magical journey of this enchanting franchise since its very beginning, I find myself disheartened by the recent announcement that “Harry Potter: Magic Awakened” will be shutting down in most markets come October 2024. The game, a captivating collectible card game with RPG elements, was a breath of fresh air in the mobile gaming world, allowing us Muggles to immerse ourselves even deeper into the magical world created by J.K. Rowling.

By October 2024, the Harry Potter: Magic Awakened mobile game will be closed in most regions. This decision to discontinue the game came a year after its global launch.

Harry Potter: Magic Reborn is a card-collecting game that incorporates RPG aspects, created by Zen Studio, a branch of NetEase. It initially debuted in China and Taiwan back in September 2021, before being launched globally in late June 2023. Apart from mobile platforms (Android and iOS), the game is also playable on PC, but its desktop version has only been distributed in Asia.

Harry Potter: Magic Awakened Shutting Down on October 29

Warner Bros. Games, the publisher, has declared that they plan to close down “Harry Potter: Magic Awakened” in the Americas, Oceania, and Europe. The servers for this mobile game in these regions will stop functioning on October 29, as stated by the company. Prior to this decision, Warner Bros. Games had removed “Harry Potter: Magic Awakened” from both the iOS App Store and Google Play Store in the Western world on August 26, choosing instead to delist it. Players who have the game downloaded on their smartphone or tablet can continue playing until October 2024’s end. Users of Android devices may still be able to play the game by downloading its APK file onto their device within the next two months.

Harry Potter: Magic Awakened Will Remain Available in Asia

In most instances when a game like “Harry Potter: Magic Awakened” is scheduled for closure, purchases within the app were immediately stopped following the announcement of its shutdown. However, these transactions can still be made on the Asia server since there’s no immediate intention to close the game in that region at this time.

Warner Bros didn’t provide reasons for cancelling Card Collectible Game (CCG) so soon after the worldwide launch of Harry Potter: Magic Awakened. However, considering that live-service games thrive or fail based on their earning potential, which relies heavily on the size of their player bases, this cancellation implies that the game may not have been performing well in the Western regions.

The game titled “Magic Awakened” will become the first mobile Harry Potter game to close down, following Niantic’s discontinuation of “Wizards Unite” in January 2022. On a positive note, fans of the renowned IP can anticipate new Harry Potter games coming up soon. Beginning with Unbroken Studios’ “Harry Potter: Quidditch Champions,” set to launch on September 3, and possibly extending to Avalanche Software’s rumored sequel to its successful 2023 release “Hogwarts Legacy.”

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2024-08-28 12:44