Even if the story won’t be in any way linked to the characters fans remember from the books and films, it may possess tonal similarities. We know that Hogwarts Legacy will focus on ancient magic that only your character is able to understand and use, and that player choices will be one of the main pillars of the game’s mechanics. Knowing this, it is only logical to assume that the same fight between good and evil that fans will remember from the books will play a significant role in the game’s narrative, and will likely represent a more internal struggle in the player’s character decisions when it comes to giving in to the temptation of evil, or doing the right th

A variety of potions have been taught or used within Hogwarts’ grounds over the years. Fans have witnessed the effects of the living death, Felix Felicis and the Polyjuice Potion amongst others. It’s one of the trademark lessons at the school which every first year has to att

The Hogwarts Legacy reveal trailer opens with the playable character’s overdue arrival at Hogwarts and states the setting takes place in the late 1800s. Generally speaking, this could be 1850 onward, although it’s more likely to take place after the late 1860s. That said, here’s a look at some important events that took place from the mid 1800s through the turn of the cent

The village of Hogsmeade also appeared in the trailer for the game, so this is another location that has been absolutely confirmed. The small village full of exciting shops like Honeydukes, Zonkos, and the Hog’s Head Pub, has become a huge part of life at Hogwa

House elves are heavily featured in the Harry Potter novels. While Dobby and Kreacher are largely featured at the start and end of this ongoing saga, the house elves that work beneath Hogwarts castle are never s

The Great Lake and the Forbidden Forest are two areas of Hogwarts’ grounds that players have been able to explore in past Harry Potter video games. They are also a key part of the story throughout the films and bo

The stunning Great Hall was showed early into the trailer and this will be the base for many missions. Over the years students have sung, slept, dueled, ate, and battled in the Great Hall with it becoming a huge hub of activ

Reports have emerged today that the upcoming Harry Potter RPG Hogwarts Legacy will include a trans-inclusive character creator . Usually, when I hear that a video game is going to be trans-inclusive, my first thought is “oh that’s good, I hope they don’t mess it up.” With Hogwarts Legacy collectibles Legacy, it’s a lot more complicated than that. Harry Potter as a franchise – and this game in particular – has a lot of red in the ledger when it comes to trans inclusivity. Not only is there JK Rowling’s history of transphobia to consider, there’s also the fact that the game’s lead designer Troy Leavitt used to run a GamerGate-adjacent, anti-SJW YouTube channel. It would be disingenuous to suggest that Hogwarts Legacy is building off a blank slate when it comes to including trans charact

I’m not sure Hogwarts Legacy’s trans character creator makes that big of a difference to the game’s place in the industry, what it represents, or whether it absolves the game of any of JK Rowling’s baked-in guilt. It certainly doesn’t change how I feel about it. Hopefully, though, it can at least be a helpful stepping stone for a triple-A game to one day get trans representation right from start to finish. Until then, yet again the game industry is moving two steps forward, one step b

The new Harry Potter video game, Hogwarts Legacy _ , takes place about a century before Harry receives his enrollment letter. So, while fans aren’t likely to see a lot of familiar faces in the new game, there are some predictable events that could happen based on what is known from the canon lore of the _Harry Potter universe. Broken up into five decades, this article explores distinct incidents throughout the later half of the universe’s 19th cent

JK Rowling is not just a transphobic person, she’s the transphobic person. She is the most well known and most respected openly transphobic person in pop culture, and her views get shared far and wide as a result of this. And while she’s a huge success, Hogwarts Legacy also feels like it might be her last roll of the dice for elite cultural relevance. Harry Potter book sales are declining, Fantastic Beasts has performed nowhere near as well as the Daniel Radcliffe-led original movie series, and while her recent adult novels have been bestsellers, they’ve had minimal staying power and have slid down the charts quickly. If this tanks, it’s a serious b

The report also mentions being able to change body type, but will that mean a standard male or female silhouette, or more in-depth customisations of height and weight too? Where Cyberpunk 2077 included a brilliant trans character in Claire, most of the world felt incredibly binary, and I also fear that in Hogwarts Legacy, the only trans character featured will be you. This way, they get trans inclusion for those that want it, and neatly trim it out for those who don’t, which sits quite firmly on the fe