Warner Bros. Games and Avalanche Software have lastly shared a primary official take a look at Hogwarts Legacy operating on Nintendo Switch only a few days forward of launch.
The Magic Awaits trailer, which you’ll be able to watch beneath, reveals simply over two minutes of the hit Harry Potter sport operating on Switch forward of its November 14 launch. Somewhat bizarrely, neither the writer nor developer had shared a single glimpse of gameplay till this trailer, even with it already being out there 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.
Only six screenshots of Hogwarts Legacy on Switch had formally been shared beforehand, displaying magic classes within the school rooms of Hogwarts, seating by the Black Lake, and a few of the spooks that includes within the sport.
Unofficially, nevertheless, a sliver of gameplay might be considered 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 Switch means again in March 2022 however, whereas the PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X and S variations of the sport solely suffered a brief delay, the Switch model is nearly a yr late. Not launching alongside the extra highly effective consoles’ variations, the Switch model was as an alternative set for July 2023 earlier than being delayed to the present November date.
Hogwarts Legacy simply grew to become February’s best-selling sport, and past that the best-selling sport of 2023 on the time. It had bought 15 million copies as of May, and amassed Warner Bros. Discovery an eye-watering $1 billion. Its success has been blended with controversy attributable to its connection to creator J.Ok. Rowling, although, who has been outspoken in her anti-transgender views.
In our 9/10 overview, IGN stated: “In nearly each means, Hogwarts Legacy is the Harry Potter RPG [we’ve] all the time needed to play.”
Ryan Dinsdale is an IGN freelance reporter. He’ll discuss The Witcher all day.
