Why does WB Games refuse to accept that their live-service games don't work when they hardly put in the bare minimum effort to promote and maintain them? Instead, they just chuck them up in stores with very little marketing and then abandon them once they pull in a little money...
But the thing is the game is still being made cause it ain’t made by WB it’s netease sister studio that does and they give netease and WB THE updates to send out all that Warner bros does is pay for that and pay for the severs but they too scummy to try and get another company to take them over
They didn’t advertise the game after launch AT ALL. They expected the player base to grow on word of mouth of the players alone. In addition to the lack of advertising, they quite literally restricted in game currency SO MUCH. They stopped releasing non legendary clothing items for gems in November of last year and stopped dropping really good top up pack every week. There was simply nothing to spend on the past couple of months besides a very extra gems here or there
they overestimated hp. yes its great but the fanbase just isnt big enough (and mostly british). its not pokemon, where its worldwide and a simple Po Go launch in 2016 resurrected the popularity of it.
@@jason38800Harry Potter is worldwide like Pokemon. Pokemon Go had people who didn't even care about Pokemon playing because it was a novel experience
Magic awakened is far more in depth than I expected from a mobile game and have enjoyed immensely over the past year . . Really sad to see it go! Been a fan since day 1.
No way, already? Well, can't say i'm very surprised. I'm glad I quit before I blew a ton of cash on it. I played for about six months when the game came out, but it just got dull. I only logged in for the new storylines. The game was heavy on pay-to-win and microtransactions, and by the time I left, a lot of players were already leaving because of that. Plus, there were so many big spenders in duel mode. They're going to end up having wasting a lot of money.
oof. as someone who has been playing since the day it's launched, I also foresaw the downfall. I have a samsung, and you could see the decrease in players as the months went by -- especially when more and more things kept going behind bundle purchases. I haven't played since March :( and I loveddd this game man. The team work, the discords, the random online friends you made while dueling.
We need netease to take them over I don’t get why WB hasn’t gave them to them it’s not like they make the game it’s netease sister stupid that makes it and sells it to WB and netease
Great reminder to never spend money on micro transactions inside any game! You don't own it, they can take it away. Quidditch champions will be next. They're barely even promoting it
They ignore Legacy success, despite earning 2 billion with a big B, they don't care. Singleplayer is still outdated to them avoiding to an old EA statement, microtransactions is the future of business.... But never to us. They'll only listen to investors and shareholders.
Not true I been seeing promotions all over. And closer to release you tube will be full off reviews and blowing up with channels. There is currently other games being looked at. Your opinion is lame and false.
I agree with most of what you said, but not about Quidditch Champions. The game isn’t free to play; you have to pay for it. It has a solo career mode and other single-player options. The FAQ clearly states that there won’t be any microtransactions. Plus, it’s getting a lot of promotion on Twitter and Instagram, and even on their official TH-cam channel.
@arrowghost Exactly that’s why this bs than of them not making enough money is complete bullshii. Just north america alone would’ve made them tons of money . But they also had Europe and other parts of the world . The problem is that they had an agenda to bail on us from the very beginning. It’s comes down to them wanting to punish us for that boycott a few months back because they’ve realized that they can no longer move forward with mediocre level bs without having to invest back into the community. All comes down to greed.
I stopped playing late last year because of all the "busy work" and grind they were introducing to the game. It was literally taking 1.5-2 hours a day just to run the dailies, and I was running two accounts. It was simply chewing up too much of my time, while at the same time beginning to feel more like a job rather than a joy. They also were slowly disincentivizing folks by no longer giving free "'premium" items like the keys, gems, etc. So it was becoming pay-to-win, which doesn't set well with me. All that said, it's sad to see it shutter the windows so soon after launch. Many in this community were still playing and still very active with the game, and I mostly feel bad for them. It is definitely causing some bad will and bad faith when it comes to anything by WB Games/Portkey. Let's hope they sort their priorities sooner rather than later. Lumos to all my friends and fellow WW fans who are left out in the cold.
Pay to win it was nothing to do with that it’s how match making worked it always matched u to higher players don’t matter how much you spend and that was only in duelling there’s so much more stuff to do and battle that don’t make u wanna spend
This is indeed sad news, but I'm not surprised the way WB games became super greedy with the microtransactions for this game compared to what I've heard in Asia the prices and microtransactions is a lot less and with better prices. I am now more worried about the longevity of Quidditch Champions. Will it suffer the same fate?
This is the scary reality of live service games. We will see more and more console/pc games follow similar paths. EA for example have closed servers on many Fifas and Madden, Ubisoft closed the Crew 1 resulting in loss of all progression in the online modes.
The game will not close in Asia, only in the Americas and South America. I've been playing for over a year, it's a very good game, but its failure is solely the fault of WB and their bad decision making. No content for months, not the same customer treatment as in Asia, no promotion, not bringing out all the existing cards, basic quests that take you a whole day, making it impossible for new players to progress, not being able to play with your friends if they are not from the same continent, etc.
All these comments about why the game failed and it's literally just WB fumbling what should be an easy turnkey operation. The NetEase servers are plenty healthy since the game is much more well advertised and successful in Asia, it even has the same English version available. Look up guides to play in them if you're ok with starting fresh, but NetEase has definitely treated it's players better than WB by a long shot...
Quidditch Champions will be doomed to the same fate. No depth, repetitive, mundane gameplay. Games need to be complex and immersive to hold the players attention. We're looking to escape the every day routine; and thoughtless button mashing isn't the way.
Well I only spent £30 in the whole time it’s been released and I’m level 104 so you don’t need to spend money at all and I for some of the best stuff in the game
Saw it coming from a mile away and quit the game a few weeks after it's release. Not because the game was bad or anything, but because I never saw any promotion for it being made and that was already super fishy, because anything that is remotely good and has the name Harry Potter attached to it, would be super successful and everywhere.
That’s cap. They just aren’t willing to reinvest into the community due to greed . They are basically using us as scapegoats in order to bail on us after making bank.
This is frustrating. However, I've always been a fan of single player games over online. A big reason is because of this. I don't have to worry about the game shutting down. I know I can always just start it up and it works just like it did 10 years before.
awww, I played this game for a bit and stopped but I really loved it, especially the unique art style and the things to do in the game. it’s really infuriating that they won’t even just sunset the game and keep it on without updates, nope they had to just delete it all. I feel terrible for the devs (a chinese studio) who worked so hard on this game just to see their efforts gone, and even more so for the players who spent so much time and money in it.
The game was lovely and had a lot of potential, but it was greedy. It had glitches that never resolved and the customer support team was unwilling to compensate for the negative consequences of (even though they could; if you had social media clout and made a fuss, they did it). There was a lot of frustration that even players who loved the game eventually felt and I was one of them.
I've loved this game so much ever since it was released, been playing it for a year and a half and even met my boyfriend in this game. I've got so many great memories of it... But for the past months I've been busy with other stuff, I only heard of it closing down today. I didn't get to play it one last time. 💔
This is why I generally stay away from all server-based games, so basically every mobile game, or online multiplayers. These games are terrible for future game preservation.
Dude this freaking sucks... i remeber hearing the announcment. My gf and i pre downloaded it and hopped on day one. Created our own guild that ended up being filled up. I stopped playing about 3-4 months ago because i moved and new stuff came out. Etc. But i never stopped coming back to it. I just played like 2 days ago and last night i tried to get on but seen it said "maintenance" but i ignored it and thought to myself that it will be back up tomorrow when i wake up. Come to find out after actually reading the whole thing. It freaking shut down.. ive never been more sad about a live service game shutting down than ever before
I was deeply upset when I heard about this news. This game has really meant a lot to me and it’s my favorite mobile game. I was able to download the netease version through but of course I have to start completely over and it sucks that I’m losing everything that I worked for. I’ve played the game every day since launch and I got my spell book to level 116. Definitely sucks that I had to start over because I worked hard to get to that point.
I'm pissed off the game is shutting down! I have been playing every day since January. I swore I will never support WB games again if they don't let us transfer
I've played since it was available in Oceania, and it's devastating to see it just be taken away so coldly. I became quite attached to my character and found a wonderful group of people to play with. It really sucks to see it go 😢
I feel like they're sitting on Gold with the Hogwars Legacy engine.. Hogwarts Legacy 2 (?) Just needs to take what the community has begged for, and then do their jobs.. it should be a no brainer to have a Replayable and fully fleshed out quidditch, Dueling Club again, Wizards chess, Gobstones, etc... these things would give the game enough legs to take it out farther than the lifespan that Hogwarts Legacy 1 had... there just NEEDS to be more fan service, and systems within systems that keeps you coming back.
Damn, haven't even found the time to really play this game yet, and now it's gone already. The game has been in "test(?)" phases in China for longer than in full release.
If you want to try it, play on Netease. They're a good handler; lots of giveaways and players are competitive. It's also easy for beginners to catch up.
I am so bummed! Honestly that's fricken brutal! I really enjoyed this! The story has been so good each season is awesome! They've added so much and then wham take it away?!
Most of us are migrating to the Ashwinder server, but apparently, you can transfer your account (there is a character code provided by the game). Some people did it, but it's not safe bc some users lost data from their accounts.
This is heart breaking man.. I’ve waited so long for a game like this of the world of Harry potter.. WB has more than enough to work the magic and tricks to keep this game alive.. it was soooo fun..
For those who want to play the game, you still can. They only shut down WB server (NA and EU) while NetEase server (Asia, Africa and Oceania) is still running. You can download that version and start your jorney, we will be having 3rd anniversary of this game at 1st september, they be giving a lot of free stuff. ❤
Sadly here in the Netherlands and Belgium I believe, we never ever got to play the game due to a new law regarding loot boxes (loot boxes are considered as gamblin)
I tried Magic Awakened and didn’t like the combat but I followed the story here on TH-cam and enjoyed it. WB is the company that announced it was disappointed with Man of Steel then hired the same director to make 3 more Superman movies, so the whole corporation has its head up its ass.
I loved this game when it came out, I am not a micro transactions person and I always suspected a shutdown eventually, but I must admit this feels like a very short shelf life and a clear signal that it has failed to reach some corporate revenue number which is holding more weight than serving fans.
Day before it’s gone. I’ve enjoyed playing this for the past year immensely. I’ve spent hours on it and it’s breaking my heart to see it go. Maybe one day it’ll come back, who knows
I just moved my character to the Netease version last night. I’m on the Sphinx server now and can play on the official PC client. There’s a guide on Reddit for how to do it.
It is a shame. Never heard of this game at all until it popped from a streamer mentioning it. Perhaps this game wasn't famous enough to be advertised. That, and I use TH-cam premium to do away with ads.
I gotta say I really enjoyed the artstyle and loved going to class. The combat system unfortunately I really disliked a lot... I hated that Herbology and Care of magical beasts are basically both combat while divinations was just how I imagine divinations. It was amazing! I would have loved to actually care for plants and beasts...
I am so furious right now, HP magic awakend, was the greatest game for mobile, it was better than Hogwarts mystery, it's bs they shut it down, ahhhhh why wb bring it back for real
I didn't play this game for very long, but I enjoyed what I did experience. It's always sad to hear of something like this. The Wizarding World is one of my very favorite intellectual properties. Here's hoping future projects do well.
As far as I know t's not a complete shut down like everyone's blowing out of proportion if you were previously on any of the servers that are shutting down, you can fully transfer your progress over to the NetEase servers, sure it sounds bad that they are splitting ways with WB but NetEase will stll be updating and adding content on the Asia servers, will they fully pull the plug in the future who knows..,but atleast we can still be hopeful and play the game, I initially thought they were shutting down for good but that's not the case, luckily I made a character on the NetEase Loading Bay Launcher via PC about 2 months ago and all of the NA servers were locked out anyway so Rougarou is what I picked so I can continue playing without issues after the shutdown, Thunderbird and Ashwinder are also other good servers to switch to if you were NA, just throwing this out there, seen way too people state they are leaving the game and thinking it's shutting down permanently, it's just WB cutting their end of it, I believe the transfer are up until the shutdown date.
I never could play in Belgium, as it never did came out in my country… Hoped during the last year that it still came out in Belgium in the future, but this kills my hopes haha
Did u read the message someone posted about what netease sent their players bout wanting to let players around the globe to enjoy the game so that could mean they wanna try and take it over cause it netease took it over and did there magic they could get players back and do it as a relaunch but we keep our data they could make money of this game cause if WB added magical beast like netease has the game would have more players if the elements of being able to have and look after feed and play with pets WB don’t know how to run a live service game netease does
@@davidware9549 I did not read that message, the only message I saw was the one reassuring their Netease player base that their own servers were not closing. There is still two months left for the WB version of the game, so I’m hoping WB and Netease come to some sort of agreement by then, but I’ve already prepared myself for the worst
I couldn't even play it as it wasn't available in my country, we have strict lootbox laws so something tells me it had a really predatory lootbox system if they couldn't even turn it off for us.
I watched most of your twitch streams(mostly offline vods) of ypu playing this game and I absolutely loved that content of yours. I was so sad that you stopped making content for this game. I explicitly looked for your new let's plays of this game from time to time and couldn't find any. And wondered why did you stop. I would have keep watching, even more regularly live. I didn't know you have separate youtube channel where you also play games. But I now see that you didn't upload there either anything of this game. I played this game for a little wholenmyself on my phome after I saw from you how great it was. Unfortunately I had to stop cause it was too damn good and too fun and addictive(the dueling was perfect fun and tactics), cause I unfortunately don't have so much time to devote as this game requires and deserves. I was just these last days thinking of downloading it again and playing more seriously from beginning and long term. I am so disappointed by this stupid news and will miss the game a lot. It was/is of really intelligent design in my opinion. And I can't believe it isn't successful enough with the audience/player base/HP fans. It's superb game. I would love and watch your new let's plays of this game in these last two months, if you are interested in making new content for it. I also hope you will be making content for Quidditch Champions from the first day it comes out. I preordered it and will be playing it myself. Anyway, take care🫡
It's crazy that I'm a huge fan and this is the first I'm hearing of the game. I wish I had a chance to play it. Please record the let's play so we can at least enjoy the story.
I hope NetEase let us transfer our accounts data. The game is literally the best I’ve played on mobile, it started slow, with only a few things to do here and there besides dueling, but as time passed and updates coming by, it was really enjoyable to different extents. Myself, I liked the dueling a lot, it is competitive enough to take this game another notch higher, it’s sad to see how WB just fumbled the bag and was like “ok, so we are shutting down the game, bye bye”, so disrespectful for players and Harry Potter fans overall. I spent a couple hundred dollars on the game, and tbh, I’m not mad about it, I just would’ve like for the running company to put in a little more effort on the game. Right now I created an account on the Asian NetEase servers, and boy, the game is loaded with people everywhere on the map, it is so refreshing, and a glimpse of the reality of how lousy WB is. At least WB added this new “account ID” thingy, so maybe (and hopefully) they are gonna allow NetEase to transfer our characters data to their region.
I tried to get into this game. I really did, but there was just TOO MUCH to do and I did not have the time for this. I wish they’d make daily activities easier
I didn't even know this game existed, it reminds me of KH Re: Chain of Memories! I was a big fan of that combat with cards, I would have loved this game, and now I will never be able to play... how sad
This is nothing but something to with MONEY! It could even go back to the money grabbing J. K. Rowling who owns everything HP. This truly sucks and they keep adding new story elements. Plus, now with this announcement , good luck dueling someone NOT from Asia. It takes up to 3 minutes to match me when I duel. It’s total garbage to pull the rug out from under those of us who enjoy this game. I’m boycotting EVERYTHING related to HP from games to the books. J. K. Rowling even paid ANOTHER NARRATOR read ALL the HP books. Why? Who could possibly be better than Jim Dale? Add this bit of information to your investigations. I’m angry!
the thing with mobile games is that. as time goes on, more and more people are getting tired of the freemium model of gaming. as it's just an excuse too strip people of their money at this point. actively making the game worse for profit rather then better.
To be honest it feels like this is going to be the way of most of the mobile games. I never played Magic Awakened but I do play Puzzles & Spells (it's a shitty connect 3 game I know but still) and somehow I'm in a team that's regularly in the top 150 in the world. The developers, Zynga, have made some cruddy decisions this year that have had many top ranked players drifting away from the game. It's not dying but it's definitely slowing down, and I'm worried that in a year or two it may also find itself on the way out the door. WB just don't seem to be making particularly good decisions as publishers currently. Then they wonder why they're losing money.
The dueling was the best part. If there is ever a way to bring this back into a new game, that would be sick. Imagine this being a mini game as part of a larger game. Like in Legacy 2 or an MMO or something. Main game, you can find and collect cards as just bonus items. I remember Final Fantasy 8 had that where you could collect and trade cards with people as just some random mini game. I'd love to be running around in Hogwarts legacy and finding cards as loot. Then dueling as a mini game against other players.
In Asian servers, a lot of players have stopped playing the game after playing for a several months, not sure whether they will give out their accounts for WB players, such that players want to create account in Netease don't need to start from nothing.
Your opinion doesn't make sense, they stopped playing the game doesn't means they don't play anymore. How about all the money when they spend to this game ? I know it very boring when you start a new account again but I don't like how you solve the problem
Why does WB Games refuse to accept that their live-service games don't work when they hardly put in the bare minimum effort to promote and maintain them? Instead, they just chuck them up in stores with very little marketing and then abandon them once they pull in a little money...
Because money is all they care about
But the thing is the game is still being made cause it ain’t made by WB it’s netease sister studio that does and they give netease and WB THE updates to send out all that Warner bros does is pay for that and pay for the severs but they too scummy to try and get another company to take them over
I didn't even know this game existed until AFTER it closed
They didn’t advertise the game after launch AT ALL. They expected the player base to grow on word of mouth of the players alone. In addition to the lack of advertising, they quite literally restricted in game currency SO MUCH. They stopped releasing non legendary clothing items for gems in November of last year and stopped dropping really good top up pack every week. There was simply nothing to spend on the past couple of months besides a very extra gems here or there
they overestimated hp. yes its great but the fanbase just isnt big enough (and mostly british). its not pokemon, where its worldwide and a simple Po Go launch in 2016 resurrected the popularity of it.
@@jason38800Harry Potter is worldwide like Pokemon. Pokemon Go had people who didn't even care about Pokemon playing because it was a novel experience
Literally discovered this game today and now got barley and chance to play
Magic awakened is far more in depth than I expected from a mobile game and have enjoyed immensely over the past year . . Really sad to see it go! Been a fan since day 1.
The ultimate Harry Potter MMO, disguised as a mobile game, we never knew we needed. Wasted potential.
Did you say the same as the person who uploaded the video lol
You can transfer your account to the Asia servers now and continue there if you want to
No way, already? Well, can't say i'm very surprised. I'm glad I quit before I blew a ton of cash on it. I played for about six months when the game came out, but it just got dull. I only logged in for the new storylines. The game was heavy on pay-to-win and microtransactions, and by the time I left, a lot of players were already leaving because of that. Plus, there were so many big spenders in duel mode. They're going to end up having wasting a lot of money.
Same.
oof. as someone who has been playing since the day it's launched, I also foresaw the downfall. I have a samsung, and you could see the decrease in players as the months went by -- especially when more and more things kept going behind bundle purchases. I haven't played since March :( and I loveddd this game man. The team work, the discords, the random online friends you made while dueling.
I'm still holding out for the impossible wish that WB sells the servers to Netease before quitting. The duels are very empty rn...
We need netease to take them over I don’t get why WB hasn’t gave them to them it’s not like they make the game it’s netease sister stupid that makes it and sells it to WB and netease
F YOU WB!!!!!!!!!!!!! BRING THE GAME BACK NOW !!!!!!!!!!!!
Great reminder to never spend money on micro transactions inside any game! You don't own it, they can take it away. Quidditch champions will be next. They're barely even promoting it
They ignore Legacy success, despite earning 2 billion with a big B, they don't care. Singleplayer is still outdated to them avoiding to an old EA statement, microtransactions is the future of business.... But never to us. They'll only listen to investors and shareholders.
@@arrowghost They get so excited when they see games like Fortnite or GTA online generate so much money that they stop thinking clearly. Very sad
Not true I been seeing promotions all over. And closer to release you tube will be full off reviews and blowing up with channels. There is currently other games being looked at. Your opinion is lame and false.
I agree with most of what you said, but not about Quidditch Champions. The game isn’t free to play; you have to pay for it. It has a solo career mode and other single-player options. The FAQ clearly states that there won’t be any microtransactions. Plus, it’s getting a lot of promotion on Twitter and Instagram, and even on their official TH-cam channel.
@arrowghost Exactly that’s why this bs than of them not making enough money is complete bullshii. Just north america alone would’ve made them tons of money . But they also had Europe and other parts of the world . The problem is that they had an agenda to bail on us from the very beginning. It’s comes down to them wanting to punish us for that boycott a few months back because they’ve realized that they can no longer move forward with mediocre level bs without having to invest back into the community. All comes down to greed.
I stopped playing late last year because of all the "busy work" and grind they were introducing to the game. It was literally taking 1.5-2 hours a day just to run the dailies, and I was running two accounts. It was simply chewing up too much of my time, while at the same time beginning to feel more like a job rather than a joy. They also were slowly disincentivizing folks by no longer giving free "'premium" items like the keys, gems, etc. So it was becoming pay-to-win, which doesn't set well with me.
All that said, it's sad to see it shutter the windows so soon after launch. Many in this community were still playing and still very active with the game, and I mostly feel bad for them. It is definitely causing some bad will and bad faith when it comes to anything by WB Games/Portkey. Let's hope they sort their priorities sooner rather than later.
Lumos to all my friends and fellow WW fans who are left out in the cold.
Pay to win it was nothing to do with that it’s how match making worked it always matched u to higher players don’t matter how much you spend and that was only in duelling there’s so much more stuff to do and battle that don’t make u wanna spend
This is indeed sad news, but I'm not surprised the way WB games became super greedy with the microtransactions for this game compared to what I've heard in Asia the prices and microtransactions is a lot less and with better prices. I am now more worried about the longevity of Quidditch Champions. Will it suffer the same fate?
I returned my pre-order for champions. Let WB figure it out.
@harbinger7469 Good!❤
This makes me so sad and there was no warning.
This is the scary reality of live service games. We will see more and more console/pc games follow similar paths. EA for example have closed servers on many Fifas and Madden, Ubisoft closed the Crew 1 resulting in loss of all progression in the online modes.
There needs to be laws in place that make company have to do at least 10 years of service
I can’t believe!! they are shutting down Harry Potter magic awakening 😭💔💔💔
Asian servers still available
I'm devastated
0 marketing, greedy policy, no PC client and making less money then NE global servers - WB version kinda went downhill from release.
The game will not close in Asia, only in the Americas and South America. I've been playing for over a year, it's a very good game, but its failure is solely the fault of WB and their bad decision making. No content for months, not the same customer treatment as in Asia, no promotion, not bringing out all the existing cards, basic quests that take you a whole day, making it impossible for new players to progress, not being able to play with your friends if they are not from the same continent, etc.
True and the cost of items in asia is way cheaper
All these comments about why the game failed and it's literally just WB fumbling what should be an easy turnkey operation. The NetEase servers are plenty healthy since the game is much more well advertised and successful in Asia, it even has the same English version available. Look up guides to play in them if you're ok with starting fresh, but NetEase has definitely treated it's players better than WB by a long shot...
Can you recommend a video on how to get onto one of the other servers that has the English version available?
And gatchas in netease are way cheaper. im an F2p and managed to got cool owls wands and clothing
Quidditch Champions will be doomed to the same fate. No depth, repetitive, mundane gameplay. Games need to be complex and immersive to hold the players attention. We're looking to escape the every day routine; and thoughtless button mashing isn't the way.
Magic Awakened is a good game with right leadership.
This game was 100 times better than Hogwarts Mystery. What the hell...?!
I like it however micro transactions killed the game. What do you guys expects from a money making scheme.
Exactly. That’s why I don’t want micro transactions to ruin hogwarts legacy in a sequel.
@@lucdaigle5947 It more hilarious for you to think there is a parte two
@@lucdaigle5947Don't worry, If that happens it's going to get review bombed & buried fairly quickly
Well I only spent £30 in the whole time it’s been released and I’m level 104 so you don’t need to spend money at all and I for some of the best stuff in the game
@@davidware9549 You're the perfect example of a blatantly ignorant consumer that these greedy developers love.
Saw it coming from a mile away and quit the game a few weeks after it's release. Not because the game was bad or anything, but because I never saw any promotion for it being made and that was already super fishy, because anything that is remotely good and has the name Harry Potter attached to it, would be super successful and everywhere.
”Its all about the money”
Sadly, that is the cold truth
That’s cap. They just aren’t willing to reinvest into the community due to greed . They are basically using us as scapegoats in order to bail on us after making bank.
They denied all of my refund claim, almost worth of $400 because I was preparing for the third anniversary event mythic outfit. Pissed me tf off.
Hajahaah😂
This is frustrating. However, I've always been a fan of single player games over online. A big reason is because of this. I don't have to worry about the game shutting down. I know I can always just start it up and it works just like it did 10 years before.
These companies make stuff then don't support it. Heck I never even heard of it. Super surprised I never heard of it. Like where was the advertising?
awww, I played this game for a bit and stopped but I really loved it, especially the unique art style and the things to do in the game. it’s really infuriating that they won’t even just sunset the game and keep it on without updates, nope they had to just delete it all. I feel terrible for the devs (a chinese studio) who worked so hard on this game just to see their efforts gone, and even more so for the players who spent so much time and money in it.
Hope someone else picks up the reins and host this game servers ,bringing the game back
NetEase server is still running, they only shut down WB server
@@kuroimadoshi5906 I'll wait for an app download, can't use laptop
@@kuroimadoshi5906The game has been removed from mobile stores. How will we play there?
From now on all WB games are getting pirated. No more money from me. I spent over 1k since HPMA launched. Fool me once.
I know a lot of big potter fans that didnt know it existed.. just sad
There is no way this wasn't making money. This was the best harry potter game on mobile.
The game was lovely and had a lot of potential, but it was greedy. It had glitches that never resolved and the customer support team was unwilling to compensate for the negative consequences of (even though they could; if you had social media clout and made a fuss, they did it). There was a lot of frustration that even players who loved the game eventually felt and I was one of them.
I've loved this game so much ever since it was released, been playing it for a year and a half and even met my boyfriend in this game. I've got so many great memories of it... But for the past months I've been busy with other stuff, I only heard of it closing down today. I didn't get to play it one last time. 💔
This is ridiculous… I committed sooo much time on this game within the last year…
This is why I generally stay away from all server-based games, so basically every mobile game, or online multiplayers. These games are terrible for future game preservation.
Dude this freaking sucks... i remeber hearing the announcment. My gf and i pre downloaded it and hopped on day one. Created our own guild that ended up being filled up. I stopped playing about 3-4 months ago because i moved and new stuff came out. Etc. But i never stopped coming back to it. I just played like 2 days ago and last night i tried to get on but seen it said "maintenance" but i ignored it and thought to myself that it will be back up tomorrow when i wake up. Come to find out after actually reading the whole thing. It freaking shut down.. ive never been more sad about a live service game shutting down than ever before
I was deeply upset when I heard about this news. This game has really meant a lot to me and it’s my favorite mobile game. I was able to download the netease version through but of course I have to start completely over and it sucks that I’m losing everything that I worked for. I’ve played the game every day since launch and I got my spell book to level 116. Definitely sucks that I had to start over because I worked hard to get to that point.
how do you download the netease version?
and connect to netease
I'm pissed off the game is shutting down! I have been playing every day since January. I swore I will never support WB games again if they don't let us transfer
I've played since it was available in Oceania, and it's devastating to see it just be taken away so coldly. I became quite attached to my character and found a wonderful group of people to play with. It really sucks to see it go 😢
Quidditch Champions will be doomed to the same fate.
Quidditch champions never had a chance its was trash when it was released. Utter garbage
I feel like they're sitting on Gold with the Hogwars Legacy engine.. Hogwarts Legacy 2 (?) Just needs to take what the community has begged for, and then do their jobs.. it should be a no brainer to have a Replayable and fully fleshed out quidditch, Dueling Club again, Wizards chess, Gobstones, etc... these things would give the game enough legs to take it out farther than the lifespan that Hogwarts Legacy 1 had... there just NEEDS to be more fan service, and systems within systems that keeps you coming back.
Thanks for the video ❤
Damn, haven't even found the time to really play this game yet, and now it's gone already. The game has been in "test(?)" phases in China for longer than in full release.
Yes!
Bro, I have heard about this game for the first time. This game looks amazing no cap. I wish I had played it earlier. WTF did WB marketing did man.
If you want to try it, play on Netease. They're a good handler; lots of giveaways and players are competitive. It's also easy for beginners to catch up.
I’m disappointed. It’s HP: Wizards Unite all over again.
I am so bummed! Honestly that's fricken brutal! I really enjoyed this! The story has been so good each season is awesome! They've added so much and then wham take it away?!
This is my favorite game to play. The only one on my phone that Ive kept. I prefer this over Hogwarts Mystery. Ugh what the hell.
Most of us are migrating to the Ashwinder server, but apparently, you can transfer your account (there is a character code provided by the game). Some people did it, but it's not safe bc some users lost data from their accounts.
This is heart breaking man.. I’ve waited so long for a game like this of the world of Harry potter.. WB has more than enough to work the magic and tricks to keep this game alive.. it was soooo fun..
Refunds also depend on how recent you made the purchase. I've heard that your purchase has to be within the last few months.
This wasn't even on my radar yet watching the gameplay tells me I would like to play it.
Start on the Netease version 😭
Lots more freebies there too.
NetEase (Global asia) server is still running. You can still play and enjoy the game.
We will be having 3rd anniversary with lots of freebies
For those who want to play the game, you still can.
They only shut down WB server (NA and EU) while NetEase server (Asia, Africa and Oceania) is still running. You can download that version and start your jorney, we will be having 3rd anniversary of this game at 1st september, they be giving a lot of free stuff. ❤
Sorry thi bother but, do I just need to download de APK and select Asia server in this case ?
Or do I need to creat an Asia Google Acc ?
@@arthurgm3705 what device are you using?
I liked magic awakened and a bit sad it is getting took down
Sadly here in the Netherlands and Belgium I believe, we never ever got to play the game due to a new law regarding loot boxes (loot boxes are considered as gamblin)
Oh that’s why I don’t see it on the App Store
I tried Magic Awakened and didn’t like the combat but I followed the story here on TH-cam and enjoyed it.
WB is the company that announced it was disappointed with Man of Steel then hired the same director to make 3 more Superman movies, so the whole corporation has its head up its ass.
WTF NOOOOOOOOOOOOO. This could've been awesome if only they'd actually promoted the game...
I loved this game when it came out, I am not a micro transactions person and I always suspected a shutdown eventually, but I must admit this feels like a very short shelf life and a clear signal that it has failed to reach some corporate revenue number which is holding more weight than serving fans.
WB is facing bankruptcy.
I'm sad I didn't get to play more of this. The game always kept crashing on my phone to where I gave them.
Makes me glad the only Harry potter related game I dropped money for wasn't a live service one.
Im so heartbroken. I didn't even bother to log in today. 😢
If i was Gallantor B at the beginning i would be
😄😄😄
WB it's a disgrace for the gaming world
4:52 that dance sequence with cassaandra😢. i miss that
I read an article that they’re shutting down Harry Potter Legacy as well. Tf is going on?
What????? It's bankruptcy. It seemed to me like they were being audited.
Do you mean hogwarts legacy? Because thats not an online service game or is there actually a game called harry potter legacy? Interesting...
Day before it’s gone. I’ve enjoyed playing this for the past year immensely. I’ve spent hours on it and it’s breaking my heart to see it go. Maybe one day it’ll come back, who knows
I just moved my character to the Netease version last night. I’m on the Sphinx server now and can play on the official PC client. There’s a guide on Reddit for how to do it.
I’d never even heard of this game until today!
They should be forced to refund in game purchases
Can’t stop talking about it. I dueled so much I was always swapping out top #1 spot in Texas for duos and Snape Echo rankings 😔
It is a shame. Never heard of this game at all until it popped from a streamer mentioning it. Perhaps this game wasn't famous enough to be advertised. That, and I use TH-cam premium to do away with ads.
I gotta say I really enjoyed the artstyle and loved going to class. The combat system unfortunately I really disliked a lot... I hated that Herbology and Care of magical beasts are basically both combat while divinations was just how I imagine divinations. It was amazing! I would have loved to actually care for plants and beasts...
This is the problem with micro transactions games, the prices are over the top on this game
I am so furious right now, HP magic awakend, was the greatest game for mobile, it was better than Hogwarts mystery, it's bs they shut it down, ahhhhh why wb bring it back for real
I didn't play this game for very long, but I enjoyed what I did experience. It's always sad to hear of something like this. The Wizarding World is one of my very favorite intellectual properties. Here's hoping future projects do well.
Bro what 😢
As far as I know t's not a complete shut down like everyone's blowing out of proportion if you were previously on any of the servers that are shutting down, you can fully transfer your progress over to the NetEase servers, sure it sounds bad that they are splitting ways with WB but NetEase will stll be updating and adding content on the Asia servers, will they fully pull the plug in the future who knows..,but atleast we can still be hopeful and play the game, I initially thought they were shutting down for good but that's not the case, luckily I made a character on the NetEase Loading Bay Launcher via PC about 2 months ago and all of the NA servers were locked out anyway so Rougarou is what I picked so I can continue playing without issues after the shutdown, Thunderbird and Ashwinder are also other good servers to switch to if you were NA, just throwing this out there, seen way too people state they are leaving the game and thinking it's shutting down permanently, it's just WB cutting their end of it, I believe the transfer are up until the shutdown date.
I never got to play it my phone was never strong enough. This sucks.
I never could play in Belgium, as it never did came out in my country… Hoped during the last year that it still came out in Belgium in the future, but this kills my hopes haha
People are praying that Netease will pick up the servers, but realistically they prob won’t
Did u read the message someone posted about what netease sent their players bout wanting to let players around the globe to enjoy the game so that could mean they wanna try and take it over cause it netease took it over and did there magic they could get players back and do it as a relaunch but we keep our data they could make money of this game cause if WB added magical beast like netease has the game would have more players if the elements of being able to have and look after feed and play with pets WB don’t know how to run a live service game netease does
@@davidware9549 I did not read that message, the only message I saw was the one reassuring their Netease player base that their own servers were not closing.
There is still two months left for the WB version of the game, so I’m hoping WB and Netease come to some sort of agreement by then, but I’ve already prepared myself for the worst
I couldn't even play it as it wasn't available in my country, we have strict lootbox laws so something tells me it had a really predatory lootbox system if they couldn't even turn it off for us.
I watched most of your twitch streams(mostly offline vods) of ypu playing this game and I absolutely loved that content of yours.
I was so sad that you stopped making content for this game. I explicitly looked for your new let's plays of this game from time to time and couldn't find any. And wondered why did you stop. I would have keep watching, even more regularly live.
I didn't know you have separate youtube channel where you also play games. But I now see that you didn't upload there either anything of this game.
I played this game for a little wholenmyself on my phome after I saw from you how great it was. Unfortunately I had to stop cause it was too damn good and too fun and addictive(the dueling was perfect fun and tactics), cause I unfortunately don't have so much time to devote as this game requires and deserves.
I was just these last days thinking of downloading it again and playing more seriously from beginning and long term. I am so disappointed by this stupid news and will miss the game a lot. It was/is of really intelligent design in my opinion. And I can't believe it isn't successful enough with the audience/player base/HP fans. It's superb game.
I would love and watch your new let's plays of this game in these last two months, if you are interested in making new content for it.
I also hope you will be making content for Quidditch Champions from the first day it comes out. I preordered it and will be playing it myself.
Anyway, take care🫡
It's crazy that I'm a huge fan and this is the first I'm hearing of the game. I wish I had a chance to play it.
Please record the let's play so we can at least enjoy the story.
You built up a community and used it as a cash cow, l think they really stumbled in marketing and the way launch was limited, it has massive potential
Fortunately the other servers are still up and running. I was able to get the official pc client working and the game runs so smooth.
I was just thinking of downloading the game again but damn, to find out this happened
So many questions not enough answers
Very...Very sad! 😢 don't even know how many hours I spent playing this game...so much fun! Heart = broken 💔
This was a fantastic game
I hope NetEase let us transfer our accounts data. The game is literally the best I’ve played on mobile, it started slow, with only a few things to do here and there besides dueling, but as time passed and updates coming by, it was really enjoyable to different extents. Myself, I liked the dueling a lot, it is competitive enough to take this game another notch higher, it’s sad to see how WB just fumbled the bag and was like “ok, so we are shutting down the game, bye bye”, so disrespectful for players and Harry Potter fans overall. I spent a couple hundred dollars on the game, and tbh, I’m not mad about it, I just would’ve like for the running company to put in a little more effort on the game. Right now I created an account on the Asian NetEase servers, and boy, the game is loaded with people everywhere on the map, it is so refreshing, and a glimpse of the reality of how lousy WB is. At least WB added this new “account ID” thingy, so maybe (and hopefully) they are gonna allow NetEase to transfer our characters data to their region.
I tried to get into this game. I really did, but there was just TOO MUCH to do and I did not have the time for this. I wish they’d make daily activities easier
I didn't even know this game existed, it reminds me of KH Re: Chain of Memories! I was a big fan of that combat with cards, I would have loved this game, and now I will never be able to play... how sad
This is nothing but something to with MONEY! It could even go back to the money grabbing J. K. Rowling who owns everything HP. This truly sucks and they keep adding new story elements. Plus, now with this announcement , good luck dueling someone NOT from Asia. It takes up to 3 minutes to match me when I duel. It’s total garbage to pull the rug out from under those of us who enjoy this game. I’m boycotting EVERYTHING related to HP from games to the books. J. K. Rowling even paid ANOTHER NARRATOR read ALL the HP books. Why? Who could possibly be better than Jim Dale? Add this bit of information to your investigations. I’m angry!
I'm so sad about this news, I played this game a lot, and spent a ton of money on it too... I feel very sad :(
the thing with mobile games is that. as time goes on, more and more people are getting tired of the freemium model of gaming. as it's just an excuse too strip people of their money at this point. actively making the game worse for profit rather then better.
But the game works in NE server so this is all WBs fault.
To be honest it feels like this is going to be the way of most of the mobile games.
I never played Magic Awakened but I do play Puzzles & Spells (it's a shitty connect 3 game I know but still) and somehow I'm in a team that's regularly in the top 150 in the world. The developers, Zynga, have made some cruddy decisions this year that have had many top ranked players drifting away from the game. It's not dying but it's definitely slowing down, and I'm worried that in a year or two it may also find itself on the way out the door.
WB just don't seem to be making particularly good decisions as publishers currently. Then they wonder why they're losing money.
It's stupid how they don't make a offline mode for this game, A server free one you could say.
It's too bad. This was fun and I liked the art style.
The dueling was the best part. If there is ever a way to bring this back into a new game, that would be sick. Imagine this being a mini game as part of a larger game. Like in Legacy 2 or an MMO or something. Main game, you can find and collect cards as just bonus items. I remember Final Fantasy 8 had that where you could collect and trade cards with people as just some random mini game. I'd love to be running around in Hogwarts legacy and finding cards as loot. Then dueling as a mini game against other players.
Mmmm, exactly! Well said. I would too.
Yea quidditch could of been wayyy better. But dueling was the coolest part.
I really wish they'd give wizards unite a refresh and try it again. I loved that one. R.I.P hp games
In Asian servers, a lot of players have stopped playing the game after playing for a several months, not sure whether they will give out their accounts for WB players, such that players want to create account in Netease don't need to start from nothing.
Your opinion doesn't make sense, they stopped playing the game doesn't means they don't play anymore. How about all the money when they spend to this game ? I know it very boring when you start a new account again but I don't like how you solve the problem
for those living in belgium and the netherlands we never could have had the experience to play this game sadly
Well that's pathetic.
This should have been a Nintendo Switch game