Highlights

  • Hogwarts Legacy 2 is reportedly in development, and it will surely aim to bring the Harry Potter world to life in unprecedented ways.
  • Hogwarts Legacy lacked Quidditch, a major feature of Harry Potter universe, disappointing fans, so a sequel should prioritize it.
  • Warner Bros. may have excluded Quidditch from Hogwarts Legacy to avoid overshadowing upcoming game, Quidditch Champions. However, if Hogwarts Legacy 2 releases after Quidditch Champions, then that should not be a concern.

The gaming industry was undoubtedly shaken when Avalanche Software's Hogwarts Legacy was released in 2023, as it brought the world of Harry Potter to life in such an unprecedented way that it has gone on to sell more than 24 million copies since last February. Now, Hogwarts Legacy 2 is reportedly in development, which will undoubtedly continue to pull elements from the Harry Potter series and offer a sequel that will aim to have just as much, if not more, success as its predecessor did.

Hogwarts Legacy is chock-full of Harry Potter lore for fans of the famed series and open-world games to enjoy. The game offers players a chance to attend classes at Hogwarts and learn new spells, complete quests, make new friends, and explore the Wizarding World in a way no other Harry Potter game has done before. Unfortunately, regardless of the game's countless array of magical features, one major feature is missing from Hogwarts Legacy that its sequel should make up for.

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Hogwarts Legacy 2 Needs Quidditch

Despite its massive success, Hogwarts Legacy lacked one major feature — specifically, the popular genre-encompassing sport of the Harry Potter universe, Quidditch. Quidditch is a fictional sport from the Harry Potter series that bears similarities to almost every non-fictional sport, including soccer, football, and basketball. Over the years, it has become a huge staple of the Harry Potter franchise, so some fans were gravely disappointed when they learned they would not be allowed to play the game in Hogwarts Legacy. Now, Hogwarts Legacy 2 has a chance to turn things around.

Rather than simply ignoring it altogether, the Hogwarts Legacy attempted to justify its lack of Quidditch via the story. Professor Phineas Nigellus Black, the Hogwarts Headmaster of Hogwarts Legacy's story, ordered the cancellation of Quidditch due to an alleged injury that occurred on the pitch. Based on what is revealed later in the game, however, it's likely Professor Black had other intentions in canceling Quidditch.

Even though Hogwarts Legacy attempted to explain its lack of Quidditch in its story, the primary reason presumably revolves around a multiplayer game currently in development by Unbroken Studios, Harry Potter: Quidditch Champions, which, like Hogwarts Legacy, is being published by Warner Bros. Games. Likely, publisher Warner Bros. didn't want Hogwarts Legacy to have Quidditch because it didn't want Hogwarts Legacy's version of it to steal the spotlight from Quidditch Champions.

The primary reason for Hogwarts Legacy lacking Quidditch presumably revolves around a multiplayer game currently in development by Unbroken Studios, Harry Potter: Quidditch Champions .

While the release of Quidditch Champions has been all but confirmed to still be a ways off, it can be assumed that it will launch before Hogwarts Legacy 2. As such, it may not necessarily hurt Quidditch Champions to put Quidditch in Hogwarts Legacy 2. That being said, as Quidditch Champions is meant to be an ongoing live-service game, Warner Bros. may still decide to prohibit the sport from being included in Hogwarts Legacy 2 to continue drawing attention to Unbroken's multiplayer game.

Judging by how controversial of a decision it was to prevent players from being allowed to enjoy Quidditch in Hogwarts Legacy, Warner Bros. is behooved to let the sport be present in Hogwarts Legacy 2. Otherwise, the publisher will face even more backlash, and it could hurt sales in the long run. It's currently unknown whether the sequel will incorporate the popular sport into its world, but the game is nonetheless reportedly in development.