The game will launch on PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Windows PC, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X. Hogwarts Legacy does not yet have a concrete launch date perhaps that will be revealed, too. The character creation would seem to be a likely candidate, though, as well as a good sense of the game’s going-to-wizard-school milieu and set design. News about the game itself has been scarce since the September 2020 announcement, so it’s anyone’s guess what Thursday’s showcase will highlight. Developers at Avalanche were said to be demoralized by the ongoing controversy, as their work on the game began before Rowling made herself and the Harry Potter franchise a lightning rod for transphobia. In March 2021, two months after Avalanche Software announced Hogwarts Legacy was delayed into 2022, the game’s lead designer left under a cloud created by his YouTube channel, where he expressed sympathy for Gamergate and espoused other right-wing cultural grievances.Ī Bloomberg report, also in March 2021, suggested that Hogwarts Legacy’s “witch or wizard” character creation engine was being designed for gender inclusion - meaning players could choose voice, body type, and other characteristics without making them gender-essential.

Games tried to put distance between the game and Rowling, saying she was not directly involved in its creation.īut the controversy hardly stopped there. The day after it was revealed, Warner Bros. Rowling’s history of transphobic statements and writings. The project has drawn criticism and controversy from the start, largely because of Harry Potter creator J.K. Avalanche Software and WB Games told fans on Monday that the 20-minute broadcast will show about 14 minutes of Hogwarts Legacy gameplay on PlayStation 5.įirst announced during PlayStation’s PS5 Showcase in September 2020, Hogwarts Legacy is an open-world adventure set at the famed wizarding academy sometime in the 1800s.

EDT in a PlayStation State of Play livestream devoted to the upcoming Harry Potter game.

The first gameplay footage from Hogwarts Legacy will be shown Thursday, March 17 at 5 p.m.

Hogwarts legacy trailer