WB Games confirms Hogwarts Legacy 2 is currently in development. The team behind the 2023 best seller will coordinate some of its storylines with the upcoming HBO Harry Potter show.
What was said about Hogwarts Legacy 2?
Variety recently spoke with WB Games President David Haddad about the success of Hogwarts Legacy, and its future. Due to its success in creating an authentic experience for the deep Harry Potter fanbase, Hogwarts Legacy 2 is a “very big priority” for the company.
“We have known for some time that fans are looking for more things in this world, and so we’re spending a lot of time thinking about that,” says Haddad. “Our insights tell us that there are not huge distinctions between a younger version of a fan and an older version of a fan. They’re just deep Harry Potter fans, and we try to build authentic experiences to delight them.”
Haddad also confirmed that the upcoming HBO Harry Potter show will incorporated into Hogwarts Legacy 2. How exactly those two things will directly connect is unknown. If Hogwarts Legacy is a direct sequel, it would be set in the late 1800s/ early 1900s. The show is adapting the original story, which is set in the 1990s. While the time periods don’t match up, characters in the series can live ridiculously long lives. It wouldn’t be too uncharacteristic for a character to show up in both products. Hogwarts Legacy included ancestors of some beloved characters too, so they could always go that route to connect the two as well.
Not only did Hogwarts Legacy’s success help prioritize the sequel’s development, it also marked the wider company’s interest in pushing more Harry Potter content.
“The rest of the company was very curious about what we helped to unlock with ‘Hogwarts Legacy’ last year,” says Haddad.
Series creator J.K. Rowling is not involved in Hogwarts Legacy 2, or managing the wider franchise for that matter. However, Warner Bros. does update her through her literary agent. These updates seem to come when WB wants to get a bit more creative with the franchise.
“If we’re going to ever go beyond a canon conversation, we make sure that we’re all comfortable with what we’re doing,” says Warner Bros. Discovery’s head of global consumer products Robert Oberschelp.
Specifics on a Hogwarts Legacy 2 release window and platforms is still unknown. However, the possibility of Hogwarts Legacy 2 be a live service game was discussed earlier this year.
(Source: Variety)
