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Hogwarts Legacy (2023)

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Hogwarts Legacy is a 2023 action role-playing game developed by Avalanche Software and published by Warner Bros. Games under its Portkey Games label. The game is set in the Wizarding World universe, taking place in the late 1800s, a century before the events of the Harry Potter novels. The player controls a student at the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry who learns to wield different magical abilities and objects, aided by other students and professors, and is involved in uncovering an ancient secret of the wizarding world.

Hogwarts Legacy is Avalanche's first release since their acquisition by Warner Bros. in 2017. Development began in 2018, while pre-release gameplay footage was leaked onto the internet in the same year. Officially announced in 2020, the game became highly anticipated. Before release, the game attracted controversy due to Harry Potter creator J. K. Rowling's views on transgender people and accusations of including antisemitic tropes, leading to calls for a boycott. Following some delays, it was released on 10 February 2023 for PlayStation 5, Windows, and Xbox Series X/S. It is scheduled for release on PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and Nintendo Switch later in 2023.

The early access of the game led to record-breaking concurrent viewers on streaming platform Twitch, making Hogwarts Legacy the most-watched single-player game of all time. Within two weeks after its launch, the game sold more than 12 million copies, generated $850 million in global sales revenue, and accumulated over 280 million hours played globally, breaking company records for Warner Bros. Games. The game received generally favourable reviews from critics, with praise for the combat, world design, and characters, and criticism for its side missions and technical problems.

Hogwarts Legacy is an action role-playing game played in a third person perspective, where players are embarking on an open world journey; threatened by an ancient secret.One of the main elements for the player is to attend classes at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Players can explore familiar locations from the Wizarding World franchise, such as Hogsmeade or the Forbidden Forest.Each of the four known houses, Gryffindor, Hufflepuff, Ravenclaw and Slytherin, also offers a unique common room. These rooms are only accessible for the player's current house chosen by the Sorting Hat.Accompanied by the choice of house, the player receives different exclusive quests.Progressing through the game sees the interior and exterior of the castle change visually to match the seasons.The game also features changing music based on the location of the player character, as they move through the open world, with notable differences within the specific common rooms that can only be accessed by players who choose each corresponding school house.

During character creation, the player can choose their appearance, gender, and one of the four Hogwarts Houses. Players may customise their character's voice and body type, and add accessories such as glasses in character creation.Level progression allows the player to access and upgrade different spells, talents, and abilities. Through in-game challenges, the player character gains experience points to gain levels. These challenges come in the form of combat, quests, exploration and field guide pages. While house points for the four Hogwarts houses play a part in the game's plot, they are not influenced by player actions.

The player character learns to cast various magical spells, brew potions and master combat abilities. As players progress, they develop their own special combat style.While attending classes does advance gameplay mechanics, such spell learnings are not a scheduled gameplay element in itself. Classes will be attended as part of plot development milestones.Player characters are also able to establish friendships with interactable non-player characters (NPCs). As these relationships grow, schoolmates become companions who can accompany players on their journey, expand their abilities, and offer unique dialogue options as players learn their stories.

The game features environmental customisation elements; players can modify the Room of Requirement as they level up through the game.The room can be entirely personalised, and its architecture changed. It is used to place and take care of utility items such as brewing stations and planting pots, which also can be customised. Some of the magical beasts of the game can be held in a chosen "Vivarium", a separate place where the player takes care of them.Players will be able to tame, care for, and ride different magical beasts, including hippogriffs and thestrals. Dragons, trolls, acromantulas, graphorns, mooncalves, fwoopers, kneazles, and nifflers are other interactable magical creatures. Some creatures can be used in combat, such as the use of mandrakes to stun enemies.

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