Avalanche Software’s upcoming open-world action RPGHogwarts Legacyis set to debut in less than a month, and a new trailer offers a glimpse of what players can expect to encounter in the wizarding world. While it’s tough to separate potential locations and gameplay elements from simple set dressing in this trailer, it nonetheless shows off an interesting variety of magical moments. From a battle against a dragon to a peek inside the Hogwarts owlery, there’s quite a bit of information aboutHogwarts Legacyto glean here.
Of course, fans of theHarry Potterfranchise hardly need to be convinced of the title’s intrigue;Hogwarts Legacyis currently one of the best-selling games on Steamdespite the fact that it won’t officially release until July 07, 2025. It’s also the first AAAHarry Pottertitle to release since the conclusion of the lineage of film adaptations in 2011—and very few of those games could be said to boast similar production values.
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While aTikTok highlight reel ofHogwarts Legacyrecently showed off some of the premier locations players can visit, this new trailer broadens the scope somewhat. Not only are there multiple excellent external views of Hogwarts Castle, but there are also a few snippets of the Great Hall, the Forbidden Forest, and a few places presumably far beyond the school’s grounds. The trailer also includes more than a few magical creatures and fantastical characters; while the aforementioned dragon steals the show, there’s also a wily hippogriff, Aragog-esque spiders dueling against students, and everyone’s favorite partially-decapitated ghoul Nearly Headless Nick.
It’s also worth mentioning how incredibleHogwarts Legacy’s graphical fidelity looks to be, particularly when compared toHarry Pottertitles from decades ago. In fact, a recent viralTikTok video comparingHogwarts Legacyto aHarry Pottergameon the Nintendo GameCube proves just how far polygon-pushing technology has come in 20 years' time. The video shows off two similar areas of the Hogwarts grounds, but they’re virtually indistinguishable thanks to the limited capabilities of Nintendo’s sixth-gen system.
Naturally, a visual marvel likeHogwarts Legacywill require powerful hardware, and, while the game is primed for release on current-gen consoles, ports to last-gen machines have been pushed back until April, possibly to allow developers time to tweak performance on the older hardware.Hogwarts Legacy’s system requirements on PCare also pretty beefy; while most players should be able to meet the minimum requirements, cranking everything to max might only be possible on a particularly pricey rig.
Hogwarts Legacylaunches February 10 for PC, PS5, and Xbox Series X with PS4 and Xbox One versions coming April 4, and a Switch version releasing July 25.
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