Warner Bros. Video games and Avalanche Software program have lastly shared a primary official have a look at Hogwarts Legacy operating on Nintendo Change just some days forward of launch.
The Magic Awaits trailer, which you’ll be able to watch under, reveals simply over two minutes of the hit Harry Potter recreation operating on Change forward of its November 14 launch. Considerably bizarrely, neither the writer nor developer had shared a single glimpse of gameplay till this trailer, even with it already being obtainable on different platforms.
A handful of cutscenes present the participant character starting their journey as a witch or wizard, by getting a wand at Ollivanders, collaborating of their first magic classes, and so forth. The trailer additionally options a few of Hogwarts Legacy’s baddies and monsters that gamers might want to tackle.
Solely six screenshots of Hogwarts Legacy on Change had formally been shared beforehand, displaying magic classes within the school rooms of Hogwarts, seating by the Black Lake, and among the spooks that includes within the recreation.
Unofficially, nevertheless, a sliver of gameplay may very well be seen on-line as of November 7 when somebody acquired a boxed copy of Hogwarts Legacy early and leaked it on-line.
Hogwarts Legacy was introduced for Change manner again in March 2022 however, whereas the PlayStation 5 and Xbox Sequence X and S variations of the sport solely suffered a brief delay, the Change model is sort of a 12 months late. Not launching alongside the extra highly effective consoles’ variations, the Change model was as a substitute set for July 2023 earlier than being delayed to the present November date.
Hogwarts Legacy simply grew to become February’s best-selling recreation, and past that the best-selling recreation of 2023 on the time. It had offered 15 million copies as of Might, and amassed Warner Bros. Discovery an eye-watering $1 billion. Its success has been blended with controversy on account of its connection to creator J.Ok. Rowling, although, who has been outspoken in her anti-transgender views.
In our 9/10 evaluate, IGN stated: “In nearly each manner, Hogwarts Legacy is the Harry Potter RPG [we’ve] at all times wished to play.”
Ryan Dinsdale is an IGN freelance reporter. He’ll speak about The Witcher all day.