Hogwarts Legacy sequel is a ” couple of years down the highway” and one in every of Warner Bros. “largest priorities” – WGB

This would possibly come as a shock to you, so maybe it is best to sit down – Warner Bros. Discovery is planning on making a sequel to a videogame that has offered over 24 million models. I do know, I do know, who may have seen it coming?

Okay, so this isn’t actually shocking information. Talking at  at the Financial institution of America’s 2024 Media, Communications & Leisure Convention, WBD’s Chief Monetary Officer Gunnar Wiedenfels addressed the subject of a Hogwarts Legacy follow-up.

The related quotes come from Selection, who report that Gunnar stated: “Clearly, a successor to ‘Hogwarts Legacy’ is likely one of the largest priorities in a few years down the highway. So there may be actually a big development contribution from that [games] enterprise in our strategic outlook right here.”

Hogwarts Legacy launched in 2023 to turn into the 12 months’s finest promoting sport, even beating out The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom. A sequel to such a monumentally profitable sport is apparent, then.

However Warner Bros. Discovery does appear to wish all the assistance it may possibly get. In keeping with Selection, Gunnar described this 12 months’s Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League as a “miss” which is a powerful understatement. In keeping with Warner Bros. Discovery themselves, it misplaced the corporate a whopping $200 million.

Regardless of the monetary floppage of Suicide Squad, Warner Bros. Discovery really intends on doubling-down on live-service video games, which the Web didn’t take very kindly too. And except for the outrage of followers, the live-service market can also be extremely harmful, because the newly launched and newly shutdown shooter Harmony has found.

Suicide Squad developer Rocksteady are at the moment struggling the ramifications of their sport’s failure. New reviews counsel they’ve been hit by layoffs leading to half their Q&A crew shedding their jobs. One other report in JUne says a lot of Rocksteady’s employees are literally engaged on a brand new model of Hogwarts Legacy.

Talking of Harry Potter, Warner Bros. Discovery simply launched Harry Potter: Quidditch Champions and can also be going to be placing out one other remaster of the LEGO Harry Potter video games.