Warner Bros. has opted to desert its DLC plans for Hogwarts Legacy, that means focus will probably shift to the upcoming sequel.
It’s apparent that Warner Bros. is just not proud of how its gaming division has been going. It didn’t have a single hit in 2024, with Suicide Squad: Kill The Justice League and MultiVersus each underperforming badly.
Combined with Mortal Kombat 1 apparently not doing too sizzling both, Warner Bros. elected to close down three entire studios and scrap its Wonder Woman recreation as effectively.
The one current success story has been 2023’s Harry Potter role-player Hogwarts Legacy, however that hasn’t protected it from restructuring efforts, which have led to its DLC enlargement being cancelled.
Although DLC was by no means formally introduced, dependable reviews from final 12 months revealed that Hogwarts Legacy would obtain a paid enlargement that provides new quests, actions, and the like. This enlargement would additionally come bundled with a brand new definitive version of Hogwarts Legacy.
It would definitely make sense for Warner Bros. to double down on Hogwarts Legacy, contemplating it smashed the corporate’s expectations, changing into the best-selling recreation of 2023.
A current Bloomberg report, nevertheless, says that these DLC plans and the definitive version, which had been meant to reach this 12 months, have now been deserted.
According to these aware of Warner Bros. plans, this was attributable to issues that the brand new content material wasn’t sufficient to justify its value. Reportedly, the DLC by itself would’ve value between $20 and $30 (so in all probability £20 to £30).
It’s a stunning choice regardless, particularly since Warner Bros. listed Harry Potter as one of many important IPs it could be specializing in going ahead and re-releasing Hogwarts Legacy looks like straightforward cash.
What Harry Potter video games are in growth?
Plans for the Hogwarts Legacy sequel apparently haven’t modified, with Bloomberg including that it’s nonetheless in growth at Avalanche Software.
In 2023, there have been rumours of a brand new Lego Harry Potter recreation being within the works; one that might cowl the entire mainline motion pictures in an identical vein to Lego Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga. However, nothing has come of those rumours to date.
Given the DLC cancellation, Warner Bros. could also be feeling a bit extra cautious about what kind of Harry Potter video games it greenlights going ahead, particularly since something that makes use of the IP isn’t assured to achieve success.
In September 2024, Warner Bros. launched on-line sports activities recreation Harry Potter: Quidditch Champions. Given its lack of gross sales figures and dwindling player count on Steam, it clearly hasn’t been anyplace close to as common as Hogwarts Legacy, which nonetheless has thousands of active PC players in comparison with Quidditch Champions’ couple of hundred.
A brand new HBO TV present primarily based on the books is anticipated in 2026 or 2027 however given the issues Warner Bros. is experiencing it appears impossible they’ll be capable to assist it with any new video games – with Hogwarts Legacy 2 thought to nonetheless be a number of years away.
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