Ever since Pokémon Go became a phenomenon in 2016, people have been waiting for the next big augmented reality (AR) game to dethrone it.
So far, nothing has managed to get the same sort of mind share and while the initial excitement over Pokémon Go has faded, it still has a large player base thanks to regular updates that not only keep the mechanics fresh, but also add new creatures to collect.
It's Harry Potter, duh!
Harry Potter: Wizards Unite is being developed and released by Niantic, the same company behind Pokémon Go, so we can at last trust that they know what they're doing when it comes to AR tech.
It would have been easy to just paste Wizarding World creatures on top of the Pokémon and cash in, but Wizards Unite is clearly its own thing.
The Calamity has caused magic, monsters, and even memories to bleed into the Muggle world and wizards around the world need to help find and contain them before the truth about magic gets out.
By finding their exact location with your phone, you interact with the Foundable to contain it and send it back where it belongs.
Some of the memory events are even of familiar scenes from the movies and books.
People seem to be having a lot of fun with it there and the rest of the world has been anxiously awaiting word on the worldwide release date.
Instead of giving us a date far in the future and letting us sweat, the game is coming out in only a couple of days!
Of course, like with Pokémon Go, it'll likely be a bit hard going for the first couple of hours. No matter how much a publisher plans for a big launch day, the servers always take a hit.
Niantic appears to be planning for that by staggering the worldwide release by region, starting with the US and UK.
For now, though, we'll just have to watch the game trailer on repeat.
