Hogwarts

After more than a decade and a half absence, the sound of video games will make themselves heard on the Hollywood Bowl stage this summer. Scores from the “The Last of Us,” “Diablo,” “League of Legends” and others will receive the orchestral treatment at an event honoring the 10-year anniversary of the Game Awards.The June 25 concert will largely focus on the recent past of video game music while also attempting to recognize the ways in which games are continuing to expand across mediums, as “League of Legends”-inspired…

Hogwarts Legacy offers a range of possibilities for creating Black characters. Credit: Steven Dashiell, CC BY When the computer game Hogwarts Legacy was released in February 2023, some critics wondered whether the controversy surrounding J.K. Rowling—whose Harry Potter franchise inspired the game—would hurt sales. Those supporting…

If you’ve been a fan of Harry Potter for a long time, then you’ve probably been looking forward to Hogwarts Legacy for quite a while. Well, luckily, there are a couple of great deals on Amazon if you want to grab the standard edition for the PS5 or the Series X. There’s a slight price difference, with the PS5 version discounted to $60 from $70 and the Series X Discounted to $57 from $70, so you get a slightly better deal if you’re an Xbox user. Hogwarts Legacy for PS5 — $60, was $70: Hogwarts Legacy for Xbox Series…

The portrayal of goblins in the Harry Potter universe are the product of centuries of antisemitic images and tropes. Credit: Shutterstock In its first two weeks after being released, the video game Hogwarts Legacy, described by the developer as "set in the world of the Harry Potter books," sold 12 million copies and made about US$850 million in revenue. …

Fans of the Harry Potter series of books and movies will likely love becoming part of the Wizarding World in Hogwarts Legacy. And while the game has been out for PS5 and Xbox Series X for a little while, PS4 and Xbox One owners can finally get in on the gameplay, as pre-orders are now available for the Hogwarts Legacy Deluxe Edition at Best Buy for each platform. Pre-ordering costs $70, and Best Buy is even offering a free $10 gift card with your purchase. Free shipping is also available, as is free in-store pickup…

A gamer has discovered a clever solution to prevent backtracking in Hogwarts Legacy, by creating a cheat sheet for the…

Perhaps the most notorious spell in the entire Harry Potter franchise is the most dangerous and evil of the unforgivable curses: Avada Kedavra. Hogwarts Legacy doesn’t shy away from letting your custom student learn these unforgivable curses, in addition to the dozens of other spells in the game, up to and including the curse that would eventually be used by the Dark Lord himself so often. Just like in the source material, Avada Kedavra is an instant-kill attack, which is naturally going to be an immensely powerful…

Open-world games are notorious for hiding little Easter eggs around the map for adventurous players to discover. Hogwarts Legacy hides plenty of these, but one of them is by no means small. Of all the magical creatures you can find and interact with in the game, there’s one that you’d be lucky to even catch a glimpse of if you don’t know where to look. The Giant Squid is nearly as elusive in the game as it is in real life, but it’s quite a sight to behold. While there’s no real requirement or benefit to spotting the…

For the first time ever, you can not only create your own witch or wizard and enroll as a student of the titular academy in Hogwarts Legacy, but you can also customize them with tons of clothing and gear options. As with most RPGs, the gear you collect from various chests and as quest rewards will have their own stats associated with them, but you also have the ability to further improve your equipment with traits. This is a fairly in-depth system, so if you’ve been slacking on your studies, we’ll walk you through…

As you would expect from a witch or wizard still going through school in Hogwarts Legacy, your created character still has a lot to learn in the wizarding world. Thankfully you don’t have to go to class in order to expand your arsenal of magical abilities thanks to the Talent system. Talents may as well just be called skills since they function just like skills do in any other RPG. However, Hogwarts Legacy is the kind of RPG that packs tons of Talents into it, forcing you to pick and choose which ones you want to…