Hogwarts Legacy sequel will have ties to Harry Potter Series: Warner Bros.
The sequel to Hogwarts Legacy will have narrative ties to the Harry Potter television series currently in the works at HBO, Warner Bros. has announced. confirmed. The studio behind the game has collaborated with the team working on the Max Original series based on the Wizarding World IP, said David Haddad, president of Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment, in an interview published Tuesday. The Hogwarts Legacy sequel remains a “very big priority” for WB, Haddad said, echoing comments from Warner Bros. Discovery CFO Gunnar Wiedenfels in September.
Hogwarts Legacy sequel has ties to the Harry Potter series
Speaking to Variety, Haddad said the massive success of Hogwarts Legacy motivated WB to lean heavily on the Harry Potter IP with the new HBO series, video games and merchandise. The director confirmed that the Hogwarts Legacy sequel, currently in development, will have ties to the Harry Potter Max TV series. According to the report, Hogwarts Legacy developer Avalanche Software has “coordinated some of the major story elements” in the game’s sequel with narrative elements in the Harry Potter HBO series.
Haddad reiterated that the sequel to Hogwarts Legacy was a “very big priority” for Warner Bros., as the first game signaled the franchise’s potential. “We’ve known for a while that fans are looking for more things in this world, and so we spend a lot of time thinking about that,” Haddad told the publication. “The rest of the company was very curious about what we helped unlock last year with Hogwarts Legacy,” he added.
In September, Warner Bros. Chief Financial Officer Gunnar Wiedenfels Discovery, said that a direct sequel to Hogwarts Legacy was a major goal for the studio in the coming years. “Clearly, a successor to Hogwarts Legacy is one of the biggest priorities over the next few years,” Wiedenfels reportedly said at Bank of America’s 2024 Media, Communications & Entertainment Conference.
Hogwarts Legacy, an open-world action-adventure title that tells an original story set in the world of Harry Potter, was a huge success for Warner Bros. Games. The Variety report confirmed that the game had sold over 30 million copies as of October 2024. Hogwarts Legacy was the best-selling game of 2023, with 22 million copies sold by the end of the year.
The Harry Potter HBO TV series, announced last year, will be based on the seven Harry Potter books and marks a new era for the franchise. The series will reportedly will run for ten consecutive years and will land on HBO in 2026.
The sequel to Hogwarts Legacy, on the other hand, has no confirmed launch timeline. Warner Bros. However, Games has continued to launch other games based on the Harry Potter IP. In September, the studio released Harry Potter: Quidditch Champions, a game focused on the magical sport from the Wizarding World, for PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One and Xbox Series S/X.
