Hogwarts Legacy Delayed to 2022 - News
by William D'Angelo , posted on 13 January 2021 / 1,896 Views
Publisher Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment and developers Avalanche Software and Portkey Games have delayed Hogwarts Legacy from 2021 to 2022. The game will launch for the Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC.
"We would like to thank fans from around the world on the tremendous reaction to the announcement of Hogwarts Legacy from our Portkey Games label," said Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment via Twitter. "Creating the best possible experience for all of the Wizarding World and gaming fans is paramount to us, so we are giving the game the time it needs.
"Hogwarts Legacy will be released in 2022."
— Hogwarts Legacy (@HogwartsLegacy) January 13, 2021
Here is an overview of the game:
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.
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. You have received a late acceptance to the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry and soon discover that you are no ordinary student: you possess an unusual ability to perceive and master Ancient Magic. Only you can decide if you will protect this secret for the good of all, or yield to the temptation of more sinister magic.
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 what you make of it.
A life-long and avid gamer, William D'Angelo was first introduced to VGChartz in 2007. After years of supporting the site, he was brought on in 2010 as a junior analyst, working his way up to lead analyst in 2012. He has expanded his involvement in the gaming community by producing content on his own YouTube channel and Twitch channel dedicated to gaming Let's Plays and tutorials. You can contact the author at wdangelo@vgchartz.com or on Twitter @TrunksWD.
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PS4 and Xbox One versions will be cancelled, calling it right now.
As much as I like last-gen being supported, there is a point where it's not a good idea. Indies, and smaller scale make sense. But games like this should be optimized for the ninth generation.
Didn't even realise it was out this year before. After the year we had last year and potential this, it's best for all companies to work as they can instead of rushing and forcing out a broken product.
Good to hear that they're taking their time. Would be a shame to rush it.
It could just be smoke and mirrors, but this game was looking very polished, even back to the 2018 leaked trailer... A few things popped into my mind.
(1) WB rescheduling their games so Gotham Knights and this don't compete , imagining they were both holiday 2021 titles. (2) They want to release after and not before or alongside the next Fantastic Beast film. (3) They're dropping current gen and putting a next gen focus -maybe even transitioning to UE5. (4) They want to have a switch port ready at launch (cancelling PS4/X1 could actually help by freeing up resources)
Could just be behind in development but either way this has given me confidence they're going to give us the Harry Potter game we deserve
They could, but even porting to more powerful machines still take many 1000s of man hours with all of the testing required, those months of work may be the difference between the Switch version being panned like The Outer Worlds or praised like Witcher 3 (which took 1 year to port). So its just something they'll have weight up, although I wouldn't at all be surprised if PS4/X1 receive a horrible after thought version
This bums me out so much! Was honestly (of the announced games so far) my most anticipated game of 2021.
Unacceptable
