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Neither the WB nor Leavitt have made comments about the revelations at the time of this writing, but considering the amount of backlash the game has already received for being strongly associated with someone with controversial views , it's reasonable to expect that another wave will be coming in light of the revelations. This is particularly true considering that WB Games was already aware of Leavitt's YouTube channel when he was hired on with their subsidiary, Avalanche Studios, in 2018, as Leavitt himself explai


Remember when Harry and Malfoy dueled in the great hall? Players who can’t wait to get in on that kind of serious wand-dueling action should check out Wands VR . An immersive VR game, Wands VR lets players participate in magic duels via PvP. Unlike **Hogwarts Legacy ** , players won't be learning to cast Wingardium Leviosa or the infamous bat bogey hex. Instead, Wands VR allows players to fully customize their spell loadout, with over 25 spells for witches and wizards to mas


The effects of the pandemic on the video game world are starting to be seen. WB Games announced that Hogwarts Legacy has been delayed to 2022 . It wasn't long after that Rider's Republic lost its release date and Elite Dangerous: Odyssey was pushed back to autumn 2021 . These are likely just the first of many games that will be pushed out of their release dates in 2


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


Hexes, jinxes, curses, are all technically dark magic but you can learn a good chunk of them in a charms class. Stacking a skill tree with stinging jinxes and fiendfyre—a very big target seeking flame—would make for some interesting du


The promised backlash has already begun since the information about Leavitt's history came to light on Friday, with fans already expressing concern about his involvement with Hogwarts Legacy on gaming forums, but all of that is to be expected. What's most interesting about the story as it stands is that WB Games knew that Leavitt had a history of controversial views and decided to hire him anyway, in the full knowledge that the Harry Potter fanbase is particularly sensitive to this sort of controversy in the wake of Rowling's transphobia . It seems to be a case of what Admiral Grace Hopper, pioneering computer scientist and one of the most influential women in history, once said: " It's easier to ask forgiveness than it is to get permissio


Maybe you’ve always wanted to be an animagus so you can transform into an animal with a bad reputation, like an alligator or a vulture. Of course, becoming an animagus isn’t officially dark magic, but there’s a lot of dark stuff that can be accomplished with extra teeth and claws. If Hogwarts: A Dark Legacy doesn’t involve an animagus track, I want my money b


As a dark wizard what would be cooler than riding on the back of a manticore, or its closely related blast-ended skrewt—which is basically a scorpion with two butts that toots explosions. Get whatever you want with a team of giant acromantula that will literally eat people at your discretion if you’re a friend to the spiders. Remember those Inferi we talked about before? Think of a better security system, I dare


Being able to assume the role of a dark wizard would really open up the other half of the wizarding world. In basically all other Harry Potter games so far, the closest you could get to going dark was being sorted into Slytherin . But now, even the sweet Hufflepuff house could have the chance to go rogue and fill out their hex branch before anything else. The fact is that some people just side find more information with the dark. Slinging curses, wearing combat boots, and hanging out at Borgin and Burkes could be someone’s exact idea of a good time, Hogwarts: A Dark Legacy has the potential to bring that nightmare to l


It seems that the Lucasfilm Games logo won't be reserved for Star Wars games, as an Indiana Jones game is being developed by Bethesda Softworks and MachineGames , with Todd Howard acting as executive producer. Almost nothing is known about the game at this point. We don't know its genre, platforms, or if Harrison Ford is on board for voices. It's possible that it's early enough in development to be an Xbox Series X/S exclusive, but we won't know for a while

Hogwarts Legacy already had issues out of the gate pertaining to controversy over social issues, as the author of the book series the game is based on, J.K. Rowling, has been under fire for her transphobic comments since they first came out on social media in late 2019. The ongoing allegations prompted WB to announce that Rowling was in no way involved with the production of Hogwarts Legacy after fans threatened to boycott the game. The announcement may have placated some potential players, but there's no doubt that Legacy has remained under the microscope throughout its ongoing product