Next month, Harry Potter fans within the gaming world will be treated to an adventure that we have been waiting to experience since the first book or movie we picked up. Avalanche Software and Portkey Games, a subsidiary of Warner Bros Games, are just about ready to launch Hogwarts Legacy and are starting to share some of the more finer details behind the game. We’ve already had some looks into the gameplay, so it is coming down to the details after all.
Starting the game, we will be greeted by Simon Pegg who plays Phineas Nigellus Black, the cantankerous Headmaster of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. From a long lineage of Slytherins, Headmaster Black is hated by the students, of whom he also has a great disdain for. For the player’s, as fifth-year students entering Hogwarts for the first time, Sebastian Croft and Amelia Gething play the two voice options for the game’s playable avatar, which can be highly customized.
Moving into the school, Lesley Nicol voices a key character in the game, Professor Matilda Weasley. A Gryffindor, she is the Deputy Headmistress of Hogwarts who aids the player in catching up with the other students by giving them the Wizard’s Field Guide and showing them the Room of Requirement. Kandace Caine plays Professor Onai who was once a Divination teacher at Uagadou, the largest wizarding school in the world, and a gifted Seer whose faith in her sight was shaken by the fact that she did not foresee the loss of her husband. The professor of Astronomy, Professor Satyavati Shah, is voiced by Sohm Kapila.
Longtime franchise fans will be thrilled to recognize Luke Youngblood, who played Lee Jordan in the film series as he returns to provide the voice of Everett Clopton, a Ravenclaw and a half-blood underachieving rule-breaker and prankster. Asif Ali voices another Ravenclaw student, Amit Thakkar, a bright and well-read student who would leap at the chance to help a friend in need, though, once in the thick of things, often realizes he might be better off reading about certain adventures than experiencing them. And finally, Jason Anthony voices both Nearly Headless Nick and the Sorting Hat.
Hogwarts Legacy is set to release on February 10, 2023, for PC via Steam and Epic Games Store, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X|S, then for PlayStation 4 and Xbox One on April 4th, and then for Nintendo Switch on July 25th. If you plan to pick this one up, be sure to check out all the great pre-order details. Don’t forget to set up your official fans account so you can connect it to your account and have a personalized setup when you begin school!
For those who are finding themselves in the struggle of deciding whether or not to support this game, here’s my reasoning as to why I plan to play Hogwarts Legacy despite the issues.
