So considering the level of scrutiny anything having to do with the Harry Potter series is under recently, it comes as somewhat of a surprise to learn that Hogwarts Legacy 's lead designer, Troy Leavitt, has a history of anti-feminist and pro-GamerGate views that he's elaborated on in a series of videos posted on his YouTube channel, as Kotaku has recently reported. His videos range from praising cultural appropriation, promoting putting the National Guard in schools or shooting active school shooters (who are almost always teenagers), to downplaying the extensive sexual assault allegations levied against former Disney/Pixar CCO John Lasseter because Lasseter was personally nice to Leavitt. Liam Robertson, a contributor on YouTube Channel Did You Know Gaming? highlighted Leavitt's channel on Twitter this past Friday, with the intention of informing potential buyers of Legacy so that they could make an informed decision on supporting the game, and Leavitt by extens

Since Hogwarts ** Legacy ** takes place over 100 years prior to the 1990s storyline, it's entirely possible some of the player's actions could bring about events established by the time Harry Potter receives his letter for the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. A likely example of this could be the enactment of The Decree for the Reasonable Restriction of Underage Sorc

Big changes are happening in the world of Star Wars video games, as EA's vice-like grip on the license is starting to loosen. Disney announced that the Lucasfilm Games branding is returning and that it will apply to all Star Wars games, both past, and present. It will also be used for games based on other Lucasfilm propert

J.K. Rowling's recent string of controversial comments many deem transphobic puts **Hogwarts Legacy ** , the newly announced Harry Potter video game, in an awkward spot. Along with other Harry Potter media, fans of the author's work now see buying or not buying Hogwarts Legacy as a choice between denouncing Rowling's controversial statements and supporting the many people who worked on the g

The PS5 Showcase was an exciting event filled with surprising announcements and amazing gameplay footage. However, one reveal that shocked everyone was **Hogwarts Legacy ** , a game being developed by Avalanche Studios and Portkey Games. The title will be taking place in the late 1800's and will give players agency for what direction the story progres

Editor’s Note: Harry Potter creator J.K. Rowling has been accused of transphobia by those in the LGBTQ+ community. Although not directly involved in the development of Hogwarts Legacy, Rowling does stand to earn royalties from the game. We would like to reiterate our support for trans rights and that trans identities are valid. Support services are listed below for trans people impacted by discussions of transpho

We lasted a whole week without Cyberpunk 2077 drama, but we're back in it now. CD Projekt Red founder Marcin Iwinski released a video on Twitter that discussed the launch disaster . The team's aim is to work on the last-gen versions of the game, in order to get them up to speed. This means that the PS5/Xbox Series updates have been pushed back to the second half of 2021 . It seems that even the fans who own the current-gen versions would have benefitted from waiting a year before purchasing the g

The Shrieking Shack was secluded from everything else and was the perfect stop for Remus to transfer into his monstrous half. Stupidly, Sirius Black would eventually tell Severus Snape how to avoid the Whomping Willow, and Snape, being curious, proceeds to do this on the night of a full moon. On that night, Snape almost faced death by a transformed Remus, but was saved by James Potter. This was part of what cemented Sirius and Snape as mortal enemies for the rest of their living d

Now, the tree in the wallpaper could just be another tree, but the placement and the cosmetics of it are just too coincidentally similar to the Whomping Willow. There is also the question of whether or not Hogwarts Legacy is actually canon within the Wizarding World. If not, the developers have a massive opportunity to truly tell their own version of Hogwarts and the Wizarding World. However, being canon would mean there are pre-existing stories the game needs to be aware of, and remain within the constraints of those stor

The promised backlash has already begun since the information about Leavitt's history came to light on Friday, with fans already expressing concern about his involvement with Hogwarts Legacy Walkthrough|Https://Hogwartslegacyfans.Com/ Legacy on gaming forums, but all of that is to be expected. What's most interesting about the story as it stands is that WB Games knew that Leavitt had a history of controversial views and decided to hire him anyway, in the full knowledge that the Harry Potter fanbase is particularly sensitive to this sort of controversy in the wake of Rowling's transphobia . It seems to be a case of what Admiral Grace Hopper, pioneering computer scientist and one of the most influential women in history, once said: " It's easier to ask forgiveness than it is to get permissio