Summary
Harry Potter: Magic Awakenedwill be shut down in most markets come October 2024. The decision to shelve theHarry Pottermobile game was made shortly following the one-year anniversary of its international debut.
Harry Potter: Magic Awakenedis acollectible card gamewith RPG elements developed by NetEase subsidiary Zen Studio. It was soft-launched in China and Taiwan in September 2021 before receiving an international release in late June 2023. Aside from Android and iOS devices, the game was also ported to PC, although its desktop version was only ever made available in Asia.
Harry Potter: Magic Awakened Shutting Down on October 29
Publisher Warner Bros. Games has now announced it intends to shut downHarry Potter: Magic Awakenedin the Americas, Oceania, and Europe. Themobile CGG’s servers in these regions will cease operations on October 29, the company said. Ahead of that move, WB Games had already pulledHarry Potter: Magic Awakenedfrom the iOS App Store and Google Play Store in the West, opting to delist it on August 26. Anyone who already has the game installed on their smartphone or tablet will be able to continue playing it until late October 2024. Android users might also still be able to try the game out by side-loading its APK onto their device over the next two months.
Harry Potter: Magic Awakened Will Remain Available in Asia
As is usually the case with games that get marked for shuttering, all in-app purchases inHarry Potter: Magic Awakenedwere disabled as soon as the game’s shutdown announcement went live. They are, however, still available on the Asia server, as there are currently no plans to discontinue the game on that continent.
Warner Bros did not elaborate on the decision to pull the plug on the CCG so soon afterHarry Potter: Magic Awakenedhad its global release. But seeing how live-service titles live and die by their revenue-making potential, which itself is tied at the hip with the size of their player bases, this discontinuation suggests that the game wasn’t doing particularly well in the West.
Magic Awakenedwill be the firstHarry Pottermobile game to shut down since Niantic’sWizards Unitewas discontinued in January 2022. On the bright side, fans of the iconic IP also have somenewHarry Pottergames to look forward toin the near future, starting with Unbroken Studios’Harry Potter: Quidditch Champions, which is scheduled to debut on September 3. Beyond that, Avalanche Software has also long been rumored to be working on a sequel to its 2023 hitHogwarts Legacy.
Harry Potter
When Harry Potter learns that he is a wizard, he enters a world beyond belief. Aside from continuing his studies at Hogwarts with best friends Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger, Harry must also face Voldemort and his dark wizarding forces. The Harry Potter franchise is a worldwide phenomenon, spanning seven books, eight movies, three spinoff movies, a stage play, and numerous video games.
