Officially announced in late 2020, Hogwarts Legacy has been in development for over half a decade by now. Not to be confused with the Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery mobile MMORPG, Hogwarts Legacy is a single-player game that is currently in the works at Avalanche Software, a Salt Lake City-based studio best known for its work on the Disney Infinity series and Prince of Persia 3D.
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Ever since Warner Bros. Interactive finally committed to a Hogwarts Legacy release date back in August, the publisher has been ramping up its promotional efforts centered on the game. Besides Hogwarts itself, this 20-minute ASMR video showcases several villages in the immediate vicinity of the castle grounds, one of which might be the all-wizarding village of Hogsmeade, a well-known location among the Harry Potter fandom, which was already confirmed to be featured in the game.
This 4K promo comes months after another Hogwarts Legacy ASMR video showcased how many of these same environments will look during the summer months. All three ASMR clips that Avalanche Software shared to date were almost certainly captured on a high-end PC, though the current-generation consoles shouldn’t be much behind the PC version of the game in terms of graphical fidelity.
Regarding features, Hogwarts Legacy will offer an in-depth character creator, exploration-focused open-world gameplay, companion-supported combat, traditional RPG leveling mechanics, and multiple story endings, among other things. This month’s gameplay showcase already offered a glimpse at much of that functionality, with the developers already confirming plans for another similar event ahead of the game’s release. There’s still no word on the exact timing of the final Hogwarts Legacy gameplay showcase, but seeing how the game is scheduled to debut in less than three months, January seems like a plausible window.
This steady influx of official in-game footage also suggests that another Hogwarts Legacy delay is unlikely. What remains to be seen is whether the game will be worth the wait and how long will the developers take to subsequently port the game to the Switch.
Hogwarts Legacy releases February 10, 2023, on PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S. A Switch port is also in development.
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