Warner Bros. Discovery has said it’s planning a follow-up to last year’s smash hit Hogwarts Legacy.
“Obviously, a successor toHogwarts Legacyis one of the biggest priorities in a couple of years down the road,” chief financial officer Gunnar Wiedenfels said at Bank of America conference on Wednesday (viaVariety).
“So there is certainly a significant growth contribution from that [games] business in our strategic outlook here.”
The Harry Potter spin-off, which hassold over 24 million copiessince its release last February, was2023’s best-selling gameahead ofThe Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom.
Warnerreleased Harry Potter: Quidditch Champions on Tuesday. The console andPCtitle is billed as “a fast-paced, competitive multiplayer game featuring the world’s most iconic magical sport”.
In an interview withVarietyearlier this year,Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainmentpresident David Haddad said the company planned to follow-up on Hogwarts Legacy’s success with Quidditch Champions and “a series of other things” that are currently unannounced and “will let the fans be part of this world and stories and characters in deeper and deeper ways”.
In June, it was claimed thatRocksteady Studioswas helping develop an unannouncedHogwarts Legacy Director’s Cut. A teaser fora new Lego Harry Potter gamealso reportedly leaked last year.
