Harry Potter: Puzzles and Spells is the new Match 3 mobile game to be released

Harry Potter: Puzzles and Spells is the brand new story-driven Match 3 game scheduled to launch for mobile soon.

In this new Match 3 installment we can prevail over puzzles, unlock spells and outsmart the challenges as we match our way through the most iconic moments from the film franchise. This game will feature all the usual suspects that come to mind when we think of Harry Potter including: Harry, Ron, Hermione, Hagrid and many more of our favourite iconic characters.

Harry Potter: Puzzles and Spells

The official website instructs us to “Enjoy innovative gameplay as you level up and use spells to ‘swish and flick’ your way through this magical, most whimsical, matching puzzle game!”

In the gameplay itself we have some Candy Crush-esque sweets to match into threes or more. You get to choose your wand from six different choices, encompassing either unicorn hair, phoenix feather or dragon heartstring.

From there it is a typical Match 3 game with different matches unlocking new spells.

Our old friend Hagrid leads us through this journey with instructions and little snippets of motivation to help us complete the various puzzles. Along the way, various cards will pop up with tidbits of information to help us through this journey.

Of course, like most mobile games we can connect to Facebook to receive new rewards and connect with players on our friend’s list.

There are numerous events that will present themselves on your calendar, and of course a shop for in-app purchases and bundles to improve your gameplay if you so wish.

There is a profile panel where you will be able to manage all your creatures, spells, wand and title.

One really fun add-on is the fact that you can change your avatar with quite a few options for us to choose from. Ranging from your eyes to your hair to your clothing to the shape of your mouth and your eyebrows and nose. You can even choose your glasses, which of course is a major part of Harry Potter’s iconic look. You can change the entire look of your avatar by changing your background colour and pattern.

Harry Potter: Puzzles and Spells has already had a “soft release” in the Philippines and is due to be released to the rest of the world soon.

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