Hugely successful Harry Potter video game expansion cancelled despite making billions

A planned expansion to Hogwarts Legacy, a video game set in the Harry Potter universe, has been cancelled after reportedly selling more than 34 million copies

A major expansion to the wildly popular Hogwarts Legacy video game has been axed. The game, set in the Harry Potter universe and boasting over 34 million copies sold, was expected to receive an expansion later this year.

Despite no official announcement from Warner Bros. Discovery Inc., reports of the planned expansion surfaced last year, hinting at new storylines. There were also whispers of a Definitive Edition of the game, bundling all content, being released simultaneously.

However, Bloomberg has now reported that the expansion is off the table. According to the business news outlet, the proposed content for the expansion "was not substantial enough to justify the price being considered".

Despite this setback, a sequel to Hogwarts Legacy, one of the best-selling games of all time, is reportedly still on the cards, reports the Mirror.

Warner Bros.' gaming sector faced a rocky 2024, with a Suicide Squad title featuring DC Comics icons like Batman, Superman, and Harley Quinn flopping critically and financially, leading to layoffs at the studio responsible for it later that year.

The company also scrapped a Wonder Woman game and shut down three studios. It has since declared a strategic shift to concentrate on its most lucrative franchises, including Harry Potter, DC, Game of Thrones, and Mortal Kombat, as per Eurogamer's reporting.

Hogwarts Legacy is set a century before the shenanigans of the Harry Potter books, letting gamers step into the shoes of a Hogwarts pupil.

It is been given the thumbs up overall, with fans chuffed to bits at the faithful recreation of the magical world dreamt up by J.K. Rowling.

However, it's not all rosy - there's been some gripes about the gameplay and a few techy bits. Plus, some of JK Rowling's opinions have ruffled feathers, sparking calls for a boycott.

This comes as Grand Theft Auto 6 is expected to arrive in 2025, and the first game from Build A Rocket Boy will debut in just a few months.

Set in Redrock City, a place where technology is king, players navigate an urban sprawl and the surrounding areas where AI is a part of everyday life.

While the game was originally conceived as part of an ambitious game creation tool, it's not a standalone title that's being published by IO Interactive, the studio behind Hitman — and now we know when we can play it, too.

MindsEye will launch on June 10, 2025, so it's closer than you may have been expecting. It'll debut on PS5, Xbox Series X and S, and PC.

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