Hogwarts Legacy

The UK's latest boxed games chart is in, and it's been invaded by a couple of new releases to shake things up. Nintendo's latest Switch exclusive predictably takes the top spot, knocking Hogwarts Legacy back down to second place. Ubisoft is also back in the bestsellers list with Skull and Bones, the online pirate action title that was in development for a thousand years. It's sailed into fourth place, which isn't a bad debut for a game everyone seems to have written off.

One Hogwarts Legacy player has recently experienced a bug that causes Lumos, the wand-lighting charm, to instead be listed as a damage-dealing spell in the game's HUD. Lumos is a well-known spell among fans of the Harry Potter franchise, but in Hogwarts Legacy, as well as the books and movies, its use is as little more than a magical flashlight.

A hidden secret in reveals a piece of lore that connects the game to a much older and less remembered game. is full of Easter eggs that both expand the lore of and connect the game to other aspects of the franchise, some more easily recognized than others. With such an expansive universe to draw on, it can even be surprisingly easy at times to mistake previously established lore for brand-new information.

doesn't have an officially confirmed sequel in the works, but there are many assumptions that one will be developed given the game’s success. In the event of a sequel being created, there's no shortage of potential for new plots and settings in the massive universe of. Plus, the canon book events already include the perfect set-up for a sequel.

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players disappointed by the inability to play as a «mean» character shouldn't miss out on some key interactions as one fan points out the best way to be a real bully. While Portkey Games' expansive open-world RPG does provide an authentic recreation of the ever-popular Wizard World, it's debatable how successful it is when it comes to role-playing. Despite a massive map and plenty of character customization, the game is largely insistent that players are, at the very least, polite, but that all goes out the window when one specific NPC is around.

So much of has been intricately crafted with great attention to detail and nods to the universe. It is truly an impressive and immersive experience that muggles are allowed to enjoy in the open-world of its video game form. Even with the developers' passion and focus, however, there are still many questions left unanswered regarding everything from important details about the core premise of the game, to the smaller queries about the significance of toast.

is filled with Easter eggs and references to other pop culture icons but one dedicated player has stumbled upon a fun nod to one of the best video games ever made. Despite being over a year old, the is still unearthing new secrets every day usually in the form of hidden homages or content that was cut before the game was shipped. The latest finding may not fundamentally change the experience but it should put a smile on the face of any player of any player who's familiar with the punishing difficulty of FromSoftware's RPGs.

A Hogwarts Legacy player has recently unveiled one of the best-looking Vivariums ever made in the game. This player’s forest Vivarium is so beautiful and detailed that it could easily have been an official location in Hogwarts Legacy.

might not feature Harry Potter or his friends directly, being set long before they were born. However, it does contain references to elements from the books that didn't even make it into the movies. Naturally, it's difficult to fit the contents of an entire book into a single movie, but video games offer a way to add details in the background in ways that movies can't always manage. This includes adding in a mystery character that could be considered a gentle giant that enjoys a bit of humor now and again.

Despite the game's release over a year ago, the community is still unearthing all kinds of secrets in the town of Hogsmeade. When they're busy learning spells and brewing potions in the myriad classes available, students who attend the School of Witchcraft and Wizardry can venture into one of the nearby hamlets to spend some of their hard-earned money on new items or simply poke about the town to see what can be found. As it turns out, magic is hidden everywhere if you know where to look.

Within the magical wizarding world of , some of the most impressive beasts are the majestic Graphorns, although their elusiveness in the game may provide some players with a bit of confusion. When players first have a chance to enter a Graphorn Den, they find it mysteriously and unexpectedly empty. According to lore, these large and aggressive creatures are a rare species, listed as endangered in the 1920s and later becoming fully extinct. takes place before this tragedy, however, being set in the late 1800s, and therefore one would expect the Graphorns to still be around.

While a sequel to has yet to be officially confirmed as in development, the game's success makes a follow-up seem likely, but an apparent shift in strategy from publisher Warner Bros. Games makes the realization of a true much less certain. Initially releasing in February 2023 for current-gen consoles and PC, became something of a phenomenon, beating industry titan as the best-selling game of the year. That success, paired with the rich, relatively untapped universe makes a sequel an obvious next step, but there's a chance 's single-player experience won't be iterated on.

Warner Bros. Games remains undeterred by the sub-par critical and commercial performance of Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League and plans to further lean into the live service model for its games going forward. J.B. Perrette, CEO and President, Global Streaming and Games at Warner Bros. Discovery, laid out the company's games strategy at a recent Morgan Stanley speaking event, reiterating the studio's intentions to invest more in 'games as a service' model, free-to-play games and mobile titles, and expressing doubts about the “volatile” business of bespoke triple-A games on consoles.

Hogwarts Legacy was a big release, and it gave fans of the Harry Potter franchise a new means to dive into this magical and wondrous world. For players that have gone through the game, we unfortunately don’t have any official announcement that a sequel is coming. While it is rather incredibly likely, given the amount of success this first game received, a discovery might point to the Hogwarts Legacy 2 game development being handled with Unreal Engine 5, if it does exist.

has had rumors about a sequel, although nothing has been officially confirmed yet. But that hasn't stopped requests from being made about features that should or shouldn't be included in a sequel, should one end up being made. Many features that would benefit a sequel to could use similar ideas from other games as a foundation.

According to a new job listing, the developer behind the hit Hogwarts Legacy is seemingly working on its next AAA project. Avalanche Software's 2023 title emerged as one of the year's biggest games, with Hogwarts Legacy dominating the sales charts. With expectations set high for the studio's next venture, Avalanche Software appears to be recruiting developers for a new project.

Although nothing official has been announced about a sequel to yet, the massive success that the game has seen points to a continuation of the story being likely. After its launch in February 2023, became a favorite for many due to its deep immersive story and loving attention to detail that the developers gave so many aspects of recreating this wizarding world. Despite all this, there were still many features that many had hoped would come to the game — Quidditch being the most notable — which now could make for an exciting premise of a sequel.

The 20 best-selling video games for January 2024 have just been revealed, showing which titles have drawn in the most customers since the start of the year. 2023 was pretty eventful for the gaming industry, both in landmark events like Microsoft’s Activision Blizzard buyout finally being completed and the releases of some highly-anticipated titles. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3, Marvel’s Spider-Man 2, The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, and Starfield are just a few of the chart-topping games released in the past year.

The wizarding adventure of was first released over a year ago, with versions of the game now being available for every major gaming platform. As an immersive, open-world, single-player experience, it has been played and replayed by many over the past year, and yet ambitious Muggles are still looking for more to do within this magical world. While there have been many rumors regarding a sequel being in development, there has been an official confirmation that new content will be coming to in the summer of 2024.

Hogwarts Legacy has issued a special «Thank You» message to its fans, after it was confirmed as the number one best-selling game of 2023 worldwide. An RPG set in the Harry Potter universe was always going to sell en masse, and Hogwarts Legacy is a shining example of what happens when it's executed well.

is a massive open-world action RPG where players can make many of their own choices that lead them through their time as a fifth-year student at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Although many small decisions such as how to respond in a conversation with someone won't change very much, others can lead to serious consequences. It isn't always very obvious which of these points will have the power to have a lasting effect on the characters and ending of the game, so knowing which choices matter is crucial.

Hogwarts Legacy's incredible open-world experience of allowing players to become students of the iconic Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry in the 1800s is full of mysterious and magical situations that add to the immersion. The developers of the game added so many intricate details to the game that there are many that most players will never find, including some interactions or events that are incredibly rare. Even playing through the narrative multiple times, choosing different Houses to join, and exploring new dialogue options, players can continue to see new things with every playthrough.

In celebration of the one-year mark for , some new stats have been released regarding how the past year has fared for the witches and wizards in the game. The open-world action RPG is set in the world made famous by, yet these events take place a century before Harry's adventures and feature a fantastic journey into history. Experiencing what it would be like to be a student at the magical school and be sorted into one of the four houses of Hogwarts has given players a chance to experiment with roleplaying and led to surprising results.

The best-selling game of 2023, Hogwarts Legacy, has sold over 24 million units to date. The news came from Variety, which also outlined the ambitious plan Warner Bros. Discovery has for growth in the gaming space. The company values Harry Potter (the IP behind Hogwarts Legacy), Mortal Kombat (which has sold three million units since its debut last September), DC, and Game of Thrones franchises $1 billion each for their gaming potential, and it plans to capitalize on them all.

New content is coming to in 2024, and a previously platform-specific quest will be made widely available over a year after the game's initial launch. achieved the rare feat of surpassing as 2023's best-selling game in the United States, finally delivering on many's long-held desire of an expansive open-world game set in the universe. Much of developer Avalanche Software's first year in post-launch support was spent bringing to more platforms, but now it would seem more content and features are on the way.

Hogwarts Legacy was released last year, and while we are nearing its official one-year mark since its release, the developers over at Avalanche Software have something cooking up. If you haven’t touched Hogwarts Legacy since its release, you might soon have a reason to toss the game back on. Today, the developers have revealed that the once-exclusive content set aside for just PlayStation players will soon be released for everyone. But beyond that, it looks like the developers have something else planned for players to enjoy. 

Hogwarts Legacy continued its impressive run as PlayStation announced it was the platform's most downloaded PS5 game in the United States and Canada during 2023. Hogwarts Legacy outperformed other heavyweights like Call of Duty, Spider-Man, Madden, and more.

Palworld, an open-world action-adventure title where players can combat and capture Pokemon-like creatures, has become a phenomenon, rising to the top of Steam charts days within launch. The game, which also incorporates elements of the survival genre, now has the fifth-highest peak concurrent players in the history of the Valve storefront, going past heavyweight titles like Cyberpunk 2077, Elden Ring and Hogwarts Legacy. Palword developers Pocketpair also confirmed Monday that the game has sold over five million copies within three days of launch.

is set in the 1800s, long before any of the events in the series take place. Despite that, Hogwarts' magical campus is full of familiar names, but the familial relationships may not be obvious, especially for those who haven't read the books. Going through and seeing which characters from are related to characters from the novels can make the next playthrough a bit more interesting.

One of the most prominent characters in is Professor Matilda Weasley, and fans will be quick to make the connection between her surname and Ron Weasley of the original series of books and films.The Deputy Headmistress and Transfiguration Professor, who honorably takes on the task of mentoring the player during the first few hours of the game, is a lovable character on her own, regardless of ties to future characters. Since she's the oldest name in the Weasley family tree, however, it's interesting to consider just how Professor Weasley in is related to Ron.

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Steam has unveiled the winners of its annual fan-voted awards. Headlining the categories is the Game of the Year award, which predictably went to Baldur’s Gate 3. The RPG was up against Hogwarts Legacy, EA Sports FC 24, Resident Evil 4, and Lethal Company. Baldur’s Gate 3 also managed to walk away with the Outstanding Story-Rich Game award, where it was in competition with Lies of P, Star Wars Jedi: Survivor, Resident Evil 4, and Love Is All Around.

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The overall design of the iconic castle in is beautifully crafted and gives players a sense of truly being a part of the Hogwarts experience. This is especially true for common rooms, with each of the four having its own design theme to set it apart and reflect the values of that respective House. Depending on where the player is sorted, they will essentially have that common room as their home away from home at Hogwarts.The common rooms are a place to meet up with other wizarding students, practice spells, and just relax and enjoy a cozy, home-like environment after a long day of school.

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has multiple endings, and the choices that affect these outcomes are arguably the greatest decisions in the game beyond settling on which Hogwarts House to choose. The ancient magic mystery that the fifth-year protagonist and Professor Fig have been trying to solve will finally come to a head, and it'll be up to them to navigate a particularly tricky situation. Their choice will directly influence the outcome of the game, so it's crucial that players are aware of which ending is best for them.

is finally arriving for the Nintendo Switch after a long delay compared to its release dates on other platforms, which were released in February 2023, nearly a year earlier. But the journey to Hogwarts of the past is now accessible on the Switch, letting a wider audience experience an adventure long before Harry Potter was even born. However, the inclusion of a certain feature could've set the Switch version apart from other consoles if its technology had been used to the fullest.

Hogwarts Legacy is back at the top of the UK physical charts following its release on Nintendo Switch, plus Black Friday discounting, pushing Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 to second place.

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The enormous open-world RPG feels a lot smaller for Switch users.

Following its gameplay reveal last week, Warner Bros. Games’ Hogwarts Legacy is out later today on the Nintendo Switch. Some have gotten their hands on it, including SwitchUp on YouTube, and while the action RPG runs “reasonably well” on Nintendo Switch, it does have a big flaw – the open world is no longer seamless.

A new trailer for Hogwart's Legacy on the Nintendo Switch gives Harry Potter fans their first look at the game before it's release next week. 

Though Hogwarts Legacy has been out for several months now, those intending to play the open world action RPG on the Nintendo Switch have had to wait for the game longer than those on other platforms- though that wait is coming to an end. With the game set to launch for the Switch next week, a new trailer has been released by Nintendo over on Twitter.

Warner Bros. will be heavily veering into a live service model for its future games. During its latest Q3 earnings call, CEO David Zaslav confirmed that the company plans to transform its biggest video game franchises into long-term products, bolstered by regular content drops and heavy monetisation. In recent years, gamers have developed a distaste for such money-hungry practices, which often lock out content behind some form of paywall or a battle pass, instead of providing a complete game at launch. The idea is for players to keep playing WB-published games for months, instead of having AAA developers put out a new game every three to four years — which is the general cycle.

Its bestselling game in 2023 is Hogwarts Legacy, a single-player game.

is finally coming to the Nintendo Switch, but there could be a few problems that come with it due to the system's hardware and the game's requirements. was first released for PC and other consoles in February 2023. However, there are still a couple of weeks before it hits the Switch, and it might force anybody who wants to play it to remove other games first.

Numerous video games are being released this November, just in time for the approaching 2023 holiday season, that are perfect both for gifting and for spending vacation time being cozy and warm inside. The remake finds itself among many titles that are coming specifically to the Nintendo Switch this month, including the long-anticipated Switch version of . Many multiplayer games also make up a large part of the list for November, such as ,, and .

has been available on most platforms for many months now, but development for the game has had a staggered release for the less powerful console versions, with Nintendo Switch being the last scheduled to launch. This edition has struggled with several delays and unexpected issues as the team at Avalanche Software has worked to bring the massive and graphically intense design of to the technologically underpowered Switch. Despite the problems the studio has encountered, it is still coming, and Nintendo players don't have much longer to wait.

has been available on the PlayStation 5 for nearly nine months now, and with the impending arrival of the Nintendo Switch version of the game, this is a good opportunity for developers to make up for a flaw that the previous versions have. The RPG set in the wizarding world of fame lets everyone experience being a fifth-year student of Hogwarts in the 1800s. Familiar locations such as Hogwarts Castle, Hogsmeade, and more are all available for exploration in the open-world game full of danger and mystery.

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Hogwarts Legacy kicked the year off as one of its earlier major releases with its February launch on current-gen consoles and PC, which was followed by the open world action RPG coming to last-gen consoles in May. Soon, it will be opening the gates for an even wider audience with its long-awaited Switch release, and less than a month until the port’s launch, WB Games has released a first batch of screenshots to offer a glimpse of what the game will look like on Nintendo’s platform.

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Hogwarts Legacy has reclaimed the top spot of the UK Boxed Charts this week, with a 214% spike in sales on Xbox Series X|S due to ongoing price promotions.

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Hogwarts Legacy has returned to the top of the UK boxed charts, following a 228% spike in sales week-on-week.

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Bethesda’s Starfield is one of the most hotly anticipated titles of 2023, which is a heck of an achievement for a year that’s already played host to heavy hitters like Hogwarts Legacy, Resident Evil 4, and Diablo 4, to list a few. It’s easy to see the appeal, too, as the game’s been described as “Skyrim in space” by Todd Howard himself. It’s a given, of course, that not everyone will find themselves enjoying what appears to be a classic Bethesda Game Studios RPG, but some may have taken their biases a tad too far.

After seeing Baldur’s Gate 3‘s massive success of over 800,000 Steam players in three days, many people excited for Starfield are beginning to speculate if Starfield will get as popular as Baldur’s Gate 3. Both games have been in development for many years, promise hours of exciting gameplay, and are backed by studios that have made some of the best games ever made. So, will Satrfield be as successful as Baldur’s Gate 3?