Hogwarts Legacy Story Expansion Reportedly Cancelled as Part of Warner Bros. Games Restructuring

Warner Bros. reportedly cancelled a deliberate enlargement for Hogwarts Legacy, its largest gaming hit lately, as a part of restructuring efforts at its video games division. The DLC was concentrating on a 2025 launch and would have added story content material to the action-adventure recreation, a brand new Bloomberg report has claimed. Warner Bros. considerably scaled again its video games unit this 12 months, shutting down three studios and cancelling tasks after dropping $300 million (roughly Rs. 2,564 crore) on its massive bets in 2024.

Hogwarts Legacy DLC Cancelled

According to the report printed Thursday, the Hogwarts Legacy enlargement was deliberate for launch later this 12 months alongside a “Definitive Edition” of the sport that might have bundled all launched recreation content material. While the corporate didn’t announce its plans for the DLC formally, folks acquainted with the matter stated Warner Bros. cancelled the undertaking this week.

As per the sources, the corporate had considerations that the Hogwarts Legacy enlargement didn’t have sufficient content material to justify the pricing. Hogwarts Legacy developer Avalanche Software was engaged on the DLC with Rocksteady Studios, which launched Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League in 2024. While particulars in regards to the deliberate enlargement will not be out there, it reportedly focussed on a companion storyline reduce from the principle recreation.

Hogwarts Legacy delivered an enormous success for Warner Bros. and has offered over 34 million copies because it launched in 2023. Avalanche is engaged on a sequel to the sport, which stays one of many largest priorities at Warner Bros. Games.

Since the launch of the sport, WB’s subsequent releases have fallen in need of gross sales expectations. Big-budget dwell service shooter Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League failed to draw gamers and led to layoffs at Rocksteady. The on-line shooter resulted in $200 million (roughly Rs. 1,751 crore) in losses for the corporate. Rocksteady had plans to assist Suicide Squad with common content material updates, however the studio introduced in December 2024 that the sport would get its ultimate replace in January.

Warner Bros. additional misplaced $100 million (roughly Rs. 854 crore) on Harry Potter: Quidditch Champions and MultiVersus, two titles that launched in 2024. WB Games introduced in January that it will finish improvement on MultiVersus and take the sport offline on May 30.

Last month, Warner Bros. shut down three of its studios and cancelled improvement on the troubled Wonder Woman title. The shuttered studios embody Middle-Earth: Shadow of War developer Monolith Productions, MultiVersus maker Player First Games, Warner Bros. Games San Diego, which was reportedly engaged on a Mario Kart-like racing title with Warner Bros. IP.