Gallopin’ Gorgons! An updated version of the Harry Potter Universe game for Daydream, Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them VR Experience, is arriving today. Not only that, but owners of Vive, Rift and Gear VR will finally be able to get in on the magic-casting fun too, as the game lands on their respective app stores.

Finding yourself in Newt Scamander’s magical suitcase (it’s bigger on the inside), you encounter beasts taken straight from the 2016 film. Exploring the different areas, you can cast spells and interact with a variety of fantastic animals; Graphorns, Bowtruckles, Occamys, Nifflers and the multi-winged Thunderbird.

According to J.K. Rowling’s Pottermore, the updated Fantastic Beasts VR experience will include “many more beasts to interact with.”

image courtesy Warner Bros. Pictures

Fantastic Beasts star Eddie Redmayne got a chance to pop into the updated version of the game, saying it was “so immersive – unlike anything [he’d] ever experienced,” although it’s uncertain if Redmayne was simply referring to the Vive headset or the experience itself. Redmayne lends his voice to the experience, narrating throughout as he teaches you how to cast spells with your wand.

While Vive, Rift and Daydream users will be able to cast spells and interact with the world using a single motion controller – rendered as a magic wand – the Gear VR version won’t actually feature a wand, likely meaning all interactions will be gaze-based. Gallopin’ Gorgons, indeed!

Store Links

  • Steam Store page for Rift and Vive is here
  • Oculus Home for Rift is here
  • Oculus Home for Gear VR is here.

Update (6:30 PM ET): added appropriate store links.

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Scott Hayden
Well before the first modern XR products hit the market, Scott recognized the potential of the technology and set out to understand and document its growth. He has been professionally reporting on the space for nearly a decade as Editor at Road to VR, authoring more than 4,000 articles on the topic. Scott brings that seasoned insight to his reporting from major industry events across the globe.
  • JesperL

    /like – Looks interesting

  • NooYawker

    I think a Harry Potter VR game would sell very well if they made one. It’s kind of a perfect kind of VR game. Exploring, casting spells.. I’d buy it.

    • Laurence Nairne

      Only if they used gesture recognition to cast different spells, that’s the deal maker for me. There are other VR spell casters out there, but they all rely on some form of UI to swap between spells.

      • NooYawker

        Definitely must have gestures. It must play like your in the actual movie.

  • DJHeroMasta

    Don’t get too excited. The video quality will most likely be shit just as most are.

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    “13% of the 15 user reviews for this game are positive”