Hogwarts Legacy is by sure metrics essentially the most profitable recreation of 2023, with a Warner Bros. exec purring at the beginning of the yr that the Harry Potter RPG was the “best-selling recreation of the yr in all the business worldwide.” That industrial success, with over 22 million gross sales and counting, has introduced renewed concentrate on whether or not the sport will finally obtain an growth or any important DLC (past some previously PlayStation-exclusive trinkets crossing over).
Earlier this yr the sport’s developer, WB Avalanche, mentioned that new issues would certainly be coming this summer season, which had wizards and witches speeding to their Divination gear. There are a number of options oft-requested by the neighborhood that appear like a great shout for inclusion: a photograph mode, for instance. Others such because the inclusion of Quidditch, provided that Warner Bros is growing a standalone Quidditch recreation, appear fairly unlikely.
It could be that some have been getting too excited, as a result of now Hogwarts Legacy’s neighborhood supervisor has stepped in to considerably quell expectations. “We’re thrilled that you’re all excited for the free replace to Hogwarts Legacy this summer season,” writes Chandler Wood on X. “We love seeing all of the guesses and hopes for what might be a part of this replace, and whereas we aren’t prepared to speak about it but, I do wish to set some expectations for what we’re engaged on.
Brace yourselves Muggles: “Our authentic wording of ‘further updates and options for the sport’ was very intentional. This replace is a small manner of us displaying appreciation to our gamers for the superb reception to the sport.”
You would sit right here all day making an attempt to parse that, however “small manner of us displaying appreciation” undoubtedly appears to be encouraging some followers to take a chilly bathe. This can be as a result of, in addition to pretty affordable asks like picture mode, different fashionable requests embody issues like a NG+ mode and a serious growth. The previous would not simply mesh with Hogwarts Legacy’s construction (the place you stability the motion whereas studying new spells in school), whereas the latter… Properly, Warner Bros likes cash and it will promote gangbusters. However the greater query is whether or not WB Avalanche’s time is finest spent there.
No matter Hogwarts Legacy has in retailer, we’re not going to be wanting Potter-related video games and extra within the years to return. Warner Bros regards the Potterverse as certainly one of its “blue chip” properties, which Hogwarts Legacy has arguably confirmed, and in addition to Quidditch Champions there is a new HBO sequence on the way in which and lord is aware of what else.