‘Hogwarts Legacy’ sequel to launch next year, teases ‘Harry Potter’ boss

A senior executive at Warner Bros. Discovery has hinted that the long-awaited sequel to Hogwarts Legacy could launch next year.

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Hogwarts Legacy was released in 2023 and sold more than 12million copies in its first two weeks. Despite a planned boycott of the game over  Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling’s anti-trans views, the title went on to become one of the best-selling video games of all time.

Last year it was reported a planned expansion for Hogwarts Legacy was scrapped so developers could focus on a “high priority” sequel. However Netflix’s planned $82.7billion takeover of Warner Bros Discovery left the future of Hogwarts Legacy up in the air after it was revealed the streamer had no immediate plans for the game studio.

During Warner Bros. Discovery’s latest earnings call, President Of Global Streaming And Games JB Perrette described 2025 as a “reset” year after 2024’s Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League and the Super Smash Bros.-style brawler MultiVersus both failed to live up to expectations. “The real fruits will start coming in 2027 and 2028 when we return to some of our biggest franchises,” he added. 

Warner Bros. Games will “return to some of our biggest franchises" in 2027-2028 says WB Games CEO JB Perrette. pic.twitter.com/5OxOqI9h1i

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Last year, Warner Bros. Discovery president said the company was going to be focusing on four gaming franchises going forward – Hogwarts Legacy, Mortal Kombat, Game Of Thrones, and DC, “in particular Batman.”

Hogwarts Legacy was set 100 years before the events of the Harry Potter books but a sequel will reportedly tie into HBO’s upcoming adaptation of the series, with the games team “coordinating some of the big-picture storytelling elements in the sequel with the storylines that will play out in the HBO series.”

The Harry Potter series had been due to launch this year but will now premiere in 2027.

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