Hogwarts Legacy Developer Reveals There Is Currently No DLC Planned
Hogwarts Legacy developer Avalanche Software says that it has no plans to release any post-launch content for the Harry Potter game, despite its initial success. While Hogwarts Legacy is a game that many Harry Potter fans grew up wanting, significant controversies surrounding the project have made it's future a more complicated subject than once thought. Whether DLC is the right choice for Hogwarts Legacy is something even Avalanche Software may not know.
It was in 2018 that Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling first drew accusations of bigotry after liking posts on Twitter denigrating transgender women. At this point, Avalanche Software had already been working on Hogwarts Legacy for some time. Gameplay from the Harry Potter game even leaked around the same time. Since then, the controversies surrounding Rowling have grown. Further, Avalanche has faced its own problems, including a GamerGate-supporting designer leaving the company and accusations of antisemitism written into Hogwarts Legacy's Goblin Rebellion storyline.
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It's perhaps unsurprising then that Avalanche Software is now confirming that the studio is unsure at this point whether it will be releasing any post-launch content for Hogwarts Legacy. Speaking with IGN as part of its Fan Fest event, game director Alan Tew said explicitly there are no current plans for Hogwarts Legacy DLC. As an explanation, Tew says that Avalanche has been busy «bringing [Hogwarts Legacy] to life.»
The statement from Tew doesn't necessarily mean that Hogwarts Legacy won't receive any DLC in time. That there are no current plans for Hogwarts Legacy DLC doesn't mean that Avalanche Software won't make plans soon. As Tew said, the studio has been busy,
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