There's a slight chance that Hogwarts Legacy 2 is now in active development. This wouldn't be surprising given how much of a commercial success the first game was, but whether or not the leaker's information is correct, you shouldn't expect the game to release all too soon.
Hogwarts Legacy was great (especially the mounts), but we and millions of Harry Potter fans want more. Call us insatiable, but we want DLC, we want multiplayer content, and we want a sequel! In this article, we sum up was has been rumored about Hogwarts Legacy 2 so far. Let's take a look at the latest leaks.
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Hogwarts Legacy 2 Rumored To Be In Development
Insider and leaker @MyTimeToShineH recently claimed that Hogwarts Legacy 2 is now in active development:
Sources confirmed that a Hogwarts Legacy sequel is in the works pic.twitter.com/LQEKFmUpO9
— MyTimeToShineHello (@MyTimeToShineH) September 2, 2023
That was the only thing the leaker said, and no other leaker has corroborated the claim so far. MyTimeToShine has been correct on several instances in the past, but those were usually movie and tv series topics – when it comes to gaming, he still has to prove himself (he also recently claimed to know that Red Dead Redemption 3 is in active development), so you definitely should take the Tweet with a grain of salt.
Hogwarts Legacy 2: Official Word On The Sequel
We don't have any official confirmation of a sequel. The only official word we have so far is from a statement made by Warner Bros. Games president David Haddad. In early-2023, he told Variety that Warner Bros. were feeling very positively towards the launch of Hogwarts Legacy. He also added that Warner Bros. will continue using franchises like Harry Potter for their "future slate of games":
We are very pleased with the initial launch and see a bright future for our other platform launches. Our goal is to continue to utilize our amazing library of Warner Bros. Discovery franchises as we develop our future slate of games.
Now, this all obviously very tentative, but it also just makes complete sense from a financial perspective for Warner Bros. to make a sequel given how successful Hogwarts Legacy has been. As revealed in a recent earnings call, Hogwarts Legacy surpassed over $850 million in sales and 12 million units sold in its first two weeks.
What's more, we recently managed to come across a job ad in which the developers of Hogwarts Legacy were looking for a Software Engineer to help with the development of an unannounced AAA game. Interestingly, the mentioned reference was removed, right after gamers started speculating about the next Hogwarts Legacy sequel, which adds even more mystery. Fortunately, nothing is lost on the internet and you can see an excerpt from the original announcement below:
Could this mysterious project be a magical adventure at Hogwarts? Maybe. The story of Hogwarts Legacy, without giving anything away, is also very compatible with a sequel. And with Hogwarts Castle already created, you would have to imagine that even a low-effort sequel would be fairly solid. They could just give us a 6th year.
There is of course one obvious problem for Hogwarts Legacy, and that's J.K. Rowling. Her being attached to the project through the Harry Potter IP has led to boycotting, review-bombing, and even stream raiding. But in all honesty, we're not sure whether this would prevent a sequel.
Despite there being no official confirmation yet, we don't have the slightest doubt that the development of Hogwarts Legacy 2 is only a question of "when", and not of "if". The Harry Potter franchise just has too big economic potential to not produce it – the meanwhile confirmed TV series is the best proof of that. Warner Bros. probably didn't plan a sequel from the start because they wanted to see how well Avalanche would do, but based on the commercial success of the game alone, you have to imagine the publisher is now happy for the studio to make another one.
Possible Release Window For Hogwarts Legacy 2
If there is a Hogwarts Legacy 2 then we think it's at least four years away, so 2027 at the earliest. We don't have any official word on a release date yet, but Hogwarts Legacy 2 will be an open-world RPG, so it would be naive to expect them to pump one out in a shorter time frame.
That's all we know so far about Hogwarts Legacy 2, but we will keep this article updated if more news comes to light.
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