Dark Arts Month Comes to Harry Potter: Wizards Unite in October, Adding Spooky new Events

Niantic has revealed that a month of spooky activities and events will be coming Harry Potter: Wizards Unite in October. Called ‘Dark Arts Month,’ players will have to join forces to protect the wizarding world from nefarious and sinister forces lurking in the shadows.

The full schedule for Harry Potter: Wizards Unite Dark Arts Month is as follows:

• Fighting Forces Brilliant Event Part 1: Oct. 8-14
  • A new quest featuring the spine-chilling Brilliant Death Eater and an Azkaban Escapee
• October Community Day: Oct. 19
  • Expect more uncanny creatures including Vampire, Werewolf, and Doxy oddities appearing more frequently in the game
• Fighting Forces Brilliant Event Part 2: Oct. 22-28
  • A new sinister quest featuring the Brilliant Sirius Black and a Dementor
• Exclusive Halloween Quest: Oct. 31
  • Get ready for an exciting and exclusive Dark Arts-themed Wizarding Challenge Fortress Chamber and quest with limited-time rewards  

Niantic continues to support Wizards Unite with new content as it tries to replicate the success of its other hugely popular AR, location-based mobile game, Pokemon Go. If you’re interested in reading more insight about the commercial performance of the industry’s top-performing mobile games then you can check out a feature I wrote about precisely that.