Hogwarts Legacy is an action role-playing game played in a third-person perspective. Gameplay In this gameplay screenshot, the player character uses the Cruciatus Curse on an enemy. Hogwarts Legacy received generally favourable reviews from critics, with praise for its combat, world design, characters, and faithfulness to the source material, but criticism for its technical problems and lack of innovation as an open-world game.

As of, revenue crossed $1 billion and 15 million copies were sold globally. Within two weeks after its launch, the game sold more than 12 million copies and generated $850 million in global sales revenue. The early-access period of Hogwarts Legacy resulted in record-breaking viewership on streaming platform Twitch, making it the most-watched single-player game of all time on the platform. It is scheduled for release on Nintendo Switch in November 2023. Following some delays, it was released on 10 February 2023 for PlayStation 5, Windows, and Xbox Series X/S and on for PlayStation 4 and Xbox One. Rowling's views on transgender people and accusations of including antisemitic tropes, leading to calls for a boycott. Prior to its release, it attracted controversy due to Harry Potter creator J. Avalanche Software emphasised that while their rendition of Hogwarts is their own interpretation, it had been carefully designed to maintain a sense of familiarity and recognition.įollowing its official announcement in 2020, the game garnered significant anticipation. The storyline was crafted to unfold in a period untouched by established Wizarding World characters, offering players the opportunity to immerse themselves in their own distinct universe. The game's development commenced in 2018, while pre-release gameplay footage was leaked onto the internet in the same year.

Hogwarts Legacy marks Avalanche's first major original release since their acquisition by Warner Bros. With the assistance of fellow students and professors, the protagonist embarks on a journey to unearth an ancient secret concealed within the wizarding world. The player controls a student enrolled in the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry who learns to wield an array of magical abilities and objects. The game, part of the Wizarding World franchise, takes place in the late 1800s, a century prior to the events chronicled in the Harry Potter novels. Hogwarts Legacy is a 2023 action role-playing game developed by Avalanche Software and published by Warner Bros.

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