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Hogwarts Legacy
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2023 open-world role-playing video game developed by Avalanche Software
OverviewAI-generated
Hogwarts Legacy is a single-player action role-playing game developed by Avalanche Software. It is part of the Harry Potter franchise and utilizes the Unreal Engine 4. The title was announced on September 16, 2020, and received its initial release on February 10, 2023. Subsequent publication dates include May 5, 2023, November 14, 2023, and June 5, 2025. The game is available on PC, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Xbox Series S/X, and Nintendo Switch.
The work has sold 40,000,000 units. It carries a Teen rating from the ESRB. Review scores vary across sources, with entries including 84/100, 1/10, 9.6/10, and 8.5/10. Other ratings include 3.91, 79, and 85. The game features hashtags such as "HogwartsLegacy" and "ホグワーツレガシー".
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Game data
- Released
- 2023-02-10
- User rating
- 3.91 / 5
- Genres
- Action, RPG
- Platforms
- PC, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Xbox Series S/X, Nintendo Switch
- ESRB
- Teen
via RAWG
Game details · IGDB
Hogwarts Legacy is an immersive, open-world action RPG set in the world first introduced in the Harry Potter books. Now you can take control of the action and be at the center of your own adventure in the wizarding world. Embark on a journey through familiar and new locations as you explore and discover fantastic beasts, customize your character and craft potions, master spell casting, upgrade talents, and become the wizard you want to be. Discover the feeling of living at Hogwarts as you make allies, battle Dark wizards, and ultimately decide the fate of the wizarding world. Your legacy is…
- Released
- 2023
- Genres
- Role-playing (RPG), Adventure
- Platforms
- Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch 2, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
- Game modes
- Single player
- Engine
- Unreal Engine 4
- Franchise
- Harry Potter
- Developer
- Avalanche Software
- Publisher
- Warner Bros. Games
Key facts
- Developer
- Avalanche Software
- Publisher
- Warner Bros. Games
- Director
- Alan Tew
- Composers
- Chuck E. Myers J. Scott Rakozy Peter Murray
- Series
- Wizarding World
- Engine
- Unreal Engine 4
- Platforms
- PlayStation 5 Windows Xbox Series X/S PlayStation 4 Xbox One Nintendo Switch Nintendo Switch 2
- Release
- PS5, Windows , Xbox Series X/S 10 February 2023 PS4, Xbox One 5 May 2023 Nintendo Switch 14 November 2023 Nintendo Switch 2 5 June 2025
- Genre
- Action role-playing
- Mode
- Single-player
via Wikipedia infobox
Official website
Hogwarts Legacy - Home
Experience Hogwarts in the 1800s. Your character is a student who holds the key to an ancient secret that threatens to tear the wizarding world apart. Make allies, battle Dark wizards and decide the fate of the wizarding world.
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- video game
- Country of origin
- United States
- Publisher
- Warner Bros. Games
- Based on
- Q8337
- Voice actor
- Simon Pegg
- Narrative location
- Hogsmeade
- Developer
- Avalanche Software
- Platform
- Q122761124
- Game mode
- single-player video game
- Game engine
- Unreal Engine 4
- Official website
- www.hogwartslegacy.com
- Image
- Hogwarts Legacy promotional photo horizontal.jpg
Show 17 more facts
- set in period
- 1800s
- title
- Hogwarts Legacy : L'Héritage de Poudlard
- language of work or name
- Danish
- announcement date
- 2020-09-16
- game mechanics
- open world
- takes place in fictional universe
- Harry Potter universe
- hashtag
- ホグワーツレガシー
- input device
- gamepad
- media franchise
- Wizarding World
- social media followers
- 262000
- copyright license
- proprietary license
- publication date
- 2025-06-05
- review score
- 83/100
- units sold
- 40000000
- Commons category
- Hogwarts Legacy
- compatible with
- Q107542665
Sources (15)
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Encyclopedic overview
Hogwarts Legacy is a 2023 action role-playing video game developed by Avalanche Software and published by Warner Bros. Games under its Portkey Games label. It is part of the Wizarding World franchise, taking place a century before the Harry Potter novels. Players control a student enrolled at the magical Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry who attends classes, learns spells, and explores Hogwarts Castle and its surroundings. With the assistance of fellow students and professors, the protagonist embarks on a journey to uncover an ancient secret hidden within the wizarding world.
Following Warner Bros.' acquisition of Avalanche Software in 2017, Hogwarts Legacy became the studio's first project unrelated to Disney Interactive Studios since 2005. Officially announced in 2020, the game cost an estimated $150 million to produce. The storyline was designed to take place in a period largely untouched by established Wizarding World characters, offering players the opportunity to immerse themselves in their own distinct universe. Avalanche emphasised the importance of having the game resemble the Harry Potter novels, while also expanding beyond known locations to enrich the experience.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Hogwarts Legacy” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.