Hogwarts Legacy’s biggest omission, Quidditch, gets a new stand-alone game
The dedicated sport of the Wizarding World of Harry Potter is getting its own (official) video game. On Monday, WB Games and developer Unbroken Studios announced Harry Potter: Quidditch Champions; it’s a fast-paced, competitive multiplayer game built on the preferred pastime of Hogwarts wizards and witches, coming to consoles and PC.
Harry Potter: Quidditch Champions will address a gap in the most recent game based on the franchise, Hogwarts Legacy, which notably did not feature a playable version of Quidditch. And that’s all Quidditch Champions appears to be, based on the game’s FAQ, which describes it as “a complete, standalone Quidditch experience” that “engages players in the sport of Quidditch and other broomstick adventures alongside friends in a competitive multiplayer setting.” Like Hogwarts Legacy, the characters of Quidditch Champions will be player-created.
WB Games says that Harry Potter: Quidditch Champions has been in development “for several years” by Los Angeles-based Unbroken Studios, which previously released the Mad Max-y battle royale game Fractured Lands and is assisting Rocksteady Studios with development of Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League.
Players can sign up to playtest the game at the official Harry Potter: Quidditch Champions website. A release date for the game was not announced.
Like Hogwarts Legacy, WB Games notes in an FAQ that its new Quidditch game remains “true to [Harry Potter author] J.K. Rowling’s original vision,” but that the studio’s projects “have not been written by J.K. Rowling and will not be direct adaptations of the books and films.”
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