How Hogwarts Legacy Breaks Harry Potter Canon
For now, it's completely unknown if Albus Dumbledore will actually appear in **Hogwarts Legacy ** . However, depending on the exact decade in which the game takes place, he could realistically show up at Hogwarts as a student. It seems highly plausible, although Harry Potter fans may have to wait a while for any official confirmat
The Sony PlayStation 5 conference came with many surprises, but one of the biggest was the unveiling of **Hogwarts Legacy ** : an open-world RPG set within the Harry Potter universe. Developed by Avalanche Software under the Portkey Games label, Hogwarts Legacy Collectibles|Https://Hogwartslegacyfans.Com/ Legacy carries immense authenticity and offers fans a chance at experiencing the beloved universe in a completely new way. Strangely, very little was said about Hogwarts Legacy' s genre, other than it being an
Editor’s Note: Harry Potter creator J.K. Rowling has been accused of transphobia by those in the LGBTQ+ community. Although not directly involved in the development of Hogwarts Legacy, Rowling does stand to earn royalties from the game. We would like to reiterate our support for trans rights and that trans identities are valid. Support services are listed below for trans people impacted by discussions of transpho
Harry Potter fans don't know the exact year, or even decade, in which Hogwarts Legacy takes place . Dumbledore was born in 1881, which means he would be quite young in the video game. If Hogwarts Legacy takes place in the 1890s, he could even be a student at Hogwarts, since this would've been the decade in which he attended the school. Canonically, Dumbledore attended Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry from 1892-1899, so all of this is possi
The Wizarding World is important to hundreds of millions, if not billions, of people. Naturally, a lot of care and caution is expected to go into **Hogwarts Legacy ** because of its massive fanbase, but also because of the pressures that come with handling a franchise so paramount. It will be interesting to see how the game turns out, but it's safe to say that excitement is off the cha
Editor’s Note: Harry Potter creator J.K. Rowling has been accused of transphobia by those in the LGBTQ+ community. Although not directly involved in the development of Hogwarts Legacy, Rowling does stand to earn royalties from the game. We would like to reiterate our support for trans rights and that trans identities are valid. Support services are listed below for trans people impacted by discussions of transpho
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So considering the level of scrutiny anything having to do with the Harry Potter series is under recently, it comes as somewhat of a surprise to learn that Hogwarts Legacy 's lead designer, Troy Leavitt, has a history of anti-feminist and pro-GamerGate views that he's elaborated on in a series of videos posted on his YouTube channel, as Kotaku has recently reported. His videos range from praising cultural appropriation, promoting putting the National Guard in schools or shooting active school shooters (who are almost always teenagers), to downplaying the extensive sexual assault allegations levied against former Disney/Pixar CCO John Lasseter because Lasseter was personally nice to Leavitt. Liam Robertson, a contributor on YouTube Channel Did You Know Gaming? highlighted Leavitt's channel on Twitter this past Friday, with the intention of informing potential buyers of Legacy so that they could make an informed decision on supporting the game, and Leavitt by extens
Most of the information given regarding Hogwarts Legacy concerns the context in which the game takes place. The trailer provides very little information, as it focuses on the environments and setting up the game's tone, with an optimistic narrator laying out the player's role as a student at Hogwarts, though no specifics are gi
Upon releasing an announcement trailer at the PS5 Showcase , the developers also added a wallpaper that proves Hogwarts Legacy may be breaking Harry Potter canon to their website. Obviously, the wallpaper puts the Hogwarts castle at centerstage, but just to the right of Hogwarts is a very particular looking tree. The tree is the infamous Whomping Willow, which has been an intriguing part of Hogwarts for a long t
Now, the tree in the wallpaper could just be another tree, but the placement and the cosmetics of it are just too coincidentally similar to the Whomping Willow. There is also the question of whether or not Hogwarts Legacy is actually canon within the Wizarding World. If not, the developers have a massive opportunity to truly tell their own version of Hogwarts and the Wizarding World. However, being canon would mean there are pre-existing stories the game needs to be aware of, and remain within the constraints of those stor