Reports claiming a new LEGO Harry Potter game is in development have been doing the rounds for a while now, and this month's Gamescom event in Germany may be the place for it to become official. According to VGC, a teaser was uploaded to the South African Instagram account for Warner Bros, but was then quickly pulled. The image apparently sported a LEGO figurine of Harry Potter and then the date "8.25.23", which falls in line with Gamescom.
According to reporting, this new LEGO Harry Potter game will be in the style of LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga, in that you'll have much more freedom to explore the wider universe and follow the story of Harry Potter's seven years at Hogwarts. Of course, TT Games also put out LEGO Harry Potter: Years 1-4 and then Years 5-7 on PS3 before porting them to PS4 as the LEGO Harry Potter Collection. This new game is set to feature different gameplay to those entries.
The official announcement looks set for 25th August 2023, which would continue a bumper year for the Harry Potter IP. Wizard and witch simulator Hogwarts Legacy has sold over 15 million copies since its launch in February, and a brand new Quidditch game called Harry Potter: Quidditch Champions was revealed. LEGO developer TT Games also appears to have its own take on football planned, with age ratings for a LEGO 2K Goooal! posted online.
Would you be interested in returning to Hogwarts as a LEGO figure? Screw your arms and legs back on in the comments below.
[source videogameschronicle.com]
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@KaijuKaiser It does exist in a vacuum if you drop it on the floor and it ends up in your Dyson. (Couldn't resist a terrible joke)
You don't have to agree with people to enjoy things that they do. There is probably someone who works on anything you enjoy that has views you disagree with. The world would be a horrible place if everyone agreed on everything. It's a shame some people just don't know how to voice their opinions in a respectful manner.
Cool!
The Lego Skywalker game was fun, so hopefully another Lego Harry Potter game will be fun as well.
I loved the originals of these. Conscience dictates that there’s absolutely no way I will support any new content.
The first were great, I actually platted them both. I'll pick these up if they're different enough, always interested in more Harry Potter stuff if it's done right
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I don't care what anyone thinks. I really like LEGO games as pseudo-movie games of the 2000s-early 10s. So bring it on!
@LiamCroft "All eyes on Germany" You're probably not watching the FIFA World Cup then. 😅
@Kidfried By "minority" I actually meant the transphobes. That was very clear but sure, jump to those conclusions
@LifeGirl Sorry if I misunderstood
I don‘t understand why we need another?
Surely it’d just focus on the newer Fantastic Beats films instead?
Could be interesting, will see once its announced
@Kidfried Nah, that's fine. It really is. I get why you would react the way you did given the world we live in.
I've not played much of the Lego video games before, but this may well be of interest to me.
I'm guessing most of the gameplay will be walking to places, as in Skywalker Saga then.
(side note, TT probably isn't making the footy game, 2K has it's own Lego license, the racing game was by Visual Concepts)
@LiamCroft LEGO 2K Goal won’t be a TT game just as the Drive one wasn’t, so you might want to tweak the last paragraph.
This game should wait for the HBO tv series remake. That would make more sense.
Interesting news, will follow details.
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