Highlights

  • Hogwarts Legacy's new update includes an extensive photo mode, allowing players to customize their in-game experience with various settings.
  • Players can now refund Talent points and access the previously exclusive Minding Your Own Business mission on all platforms starting June 6.
  • Fun new cosmetics like the Azkaban coat, taped-up glasses, and Onyx Hippogriff Mount will be available to players for free in the update.

Avalanche Software has detailed a new summer update that's set to come to Hogwarts Legacy in just a few days. Hogwarts Legacy launched early on in 2023 to high praise from fans of the Harry Potter universe and was considered one of the best RPGs of last year. The game puts players in the shoes of a student attending the famed school of witchcraft and wizardry during the late 1800s and allows them to explore the entire castle, Hogsmeade Village, and a number of surrounding towns and hamlets.

Although celebrated as one of the very best games set in the Harry Potter Wizarding World and 2023's bestseller, its lack of a photo mode disappointed many fans wishing to capture the beautifully whimsical nature of the castle and its surrounding areas. On top of that, Hufflepuff players were left sorely disappointed after a lackluster and all-too brief visit to Azkaban, and players on Xbox were left out of one PlayStation exclusive mission that enabled fans to own and operate their own shop in Hogsmeade.

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A year and a half after its initial release, Hogwarts Legacy is attempting to make up for some of these shortcomings with a big new update set to go live on June 6. Its biggest feature by far is its addition of an extensive photo mode. The mode will allow players to hide NPCs, set a variety of character poses including sitting, change the time of day, and even change the season. Many players wished for the ability to change Hogwarts Legacy's seasons at will after beating the game, but the ability to do so will only exist within the photo mode at this time.

Hogwarts Legacy Summer 2024 Update

New Features Confirmed For The Update

  • Photo Mode
  • Refund Talent Points
  • Minding Your Own Business Mission Available On All Platforms
  • Azkaban Coat And Outfit
  • Taped-Up Spectacles
  • Onyx Hippogriff Mount
  • Felix Felicis Potion Recipe
  • Lavender Borealis Broom

The ability to properly refund Talent points is given to players by Hogwarts Legacy's new update as well, allowing players the freedom to play around more with their builds. Another notable feature coming with the update is the formerly PlayStation exclusive Minding Your Own Business mission, which gives players their own Hogsmeade shop, finally becoming available to players on all platforms. Players can seek out a house elf named Penny in Hosgmeade at the beginning of Winter to start the quest. Furthermore, an assortment of fun cosmetics, like the Azkaban coat and outfit, taped-up glasses, Onyx Hippogriff Mount, and more will be available to players for free on June 6.

Aside from updates such as this one, Hogwarts Legacy doesn't have any story DLC confirmed to be in the pipeline. Developer Avalanche has likely shifted over to its next game; whether it's a sequel to its super-successful Hogwarts Legacy RPG is a mystery. How such a sequel would be executed is also a complicated question, as using the same castle and open world would be less than ideal. Nevertheless, it should be several more years before the studio is ready to share what's next.

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Harry Potter: Hogwarts Legacy

Hogwarts Legacy is a game that allows players to explore an open world, including locations such as Hogwarts, Hogsmeade, the Forbidden Forest, and the surrounding Overland area. Players can create their unique witch or wizard character, learn spells, brew potions, grow plants, and tend to magical beasts during their journey. Sorting into a Hogwarts house and forging relationships with other characters enable players to master various skills and shape their characters' development.

The game features an original wizarding world adventure set in an unexplored era, where players uncover a hidden truth from the past. Challenging encounters await, such as battles against trolls, Dark Wizards, goblins, and a dangerous villain who poses a threat to the fate of the world.

Released
February 10, 2023
Developer(s)
Avalanche Software
Genre(s)
Action , RPG