How Hogwarts Legacy Is Using Hogsmeade
New footage has finally been released of the upcoming open-world RPG set in the Harry Potter universe, Hogwarts Legacy, and it provides a comprehensive look at the vast world outside the walls of Hogwarts Castle. One of the most significant locations is Hogsmeade Village, an area featured heavily in both the books and Harry Potter movies. While it has been speculated that the shops in Hogsmeade may be explorable in Hogwarts Legacy, the latest gameplay indicates that its role will expand far beyond just shopping trips. Instead, Hogsmeade looks as though it will play an essential part in the overarching story of Hogwarts Legacy.
The open-world Harry Potter game Hogwarts Legacy was announced in 2020 with a tentative 2021 release date, but the game has experienced quite a few delays and roadblocks since then. An overall lack of footage throughout much of 2021 — Hogwarts Legacy was absent from most prominent video game expos that year, such as E3 — led to plenty of rumors and speculation that the game would be further pushed back into 2023. However, March 2022's Hogwarts Legacy State of Play presentation helped put an end to such speculation, confirming a release window of the 2022 holiday season and providing prospective players an extensive peek at gameplay, graphics, and the vast open-world map, which is chock-full of iconic locations from theHarry Potter films and beyond.
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Within the Harry Potter books, Hogsmeade is known as a rare example of an all-wizarding village, and Hogwarts students in the third year and above made frequent weekend trips into town to visit specialty shops and pubs. When Hogsmeade was first featured in the game's reveal trailer,
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