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This Horror Game Gives You A Virtual Girlfriend From Hell
5.7.2023
Fairy tales and Drew Barrymore movies taught me that a girl with butterflies in her stomach might be easily inconvenienced by some weird guy (either a literal beast or an everyman who acts like one), but the fluttering is a product of purity, clear like a raindrop. Without a sword or a big-shot...
Your First Look At Henry Cavill's Last Season As Netflix's Witcher
8.6.2023
Fans got their first sneak peek of season three of Netflix’s The Witcher during the Summer Game Fest livestream. The latest chapter in the streaming adaptation of the fantasy books turned hit open-world role-playing game is shaping up to be a wild, messy ride.Read more
Fallout Creator’s Coming Out Story Hits Harder This Pride Month
2.6.2023
To all of my fellow members of the LGBTQ+ community, happy Pride. Being queer these days is a whirlwind of emotions, some very positive and hopeful, and others not so much. Our history is one of courage and struggle, a struggle that continues today. And in this fight, it’s essential to learn from...
How To Find Everything For Fortnite’s Week 12 Quests
1.6.2023
Season Three of Fortnite’s fourth chapter is almost upon us, but we’ve still got quests left to do. For Week 12, you’ll be chattin’ it up with NPCs, spending money, stealing money, doing some amateur geology, and killing other players dead.Read more
Lord Of The Rings CCG Will Include Diversity And Originality
29.5.2023
Next month sees the release of Magic: The Gathering’s Universes Beyond expansion for Lord of the Rings. The Tales of Middle-Earth card game will, say creators Wizards of the Coast, introduce a diversity to the endlessly reworked franchise that hasn’t been seen before.Read more
Hidden Data of Hogwarts Legacy’s Cut Morality System Is Bewildering
18.5.2023
This January, Hogwarts Legacy caused a stir when one of its developers said that the game wouldn’t judge you for committing major crimes such as murder. While this was lorebreaking for the Harry Potter novels, it was also very typical of a video game to have NPCs that ignore crimes being committed...
Hogwarts Legacy’s New Arachnophobia Mode Is A Harry Potter Callback
5.5.2023
Hogwarts Legacy arrives on PS4 and Xbox One today alongside a new arachnophobia mode (available in all versions) that turns off all of the action-RPG’s spiders. An increasingly popular accessibility option for new games, the Harry Potter spin-off gets creative by using it to incorporate a reference...
Netflix Is Trying To Make Henry Cavill's Last Season In The Witcher Last As Long As Possible
25.4.2023
On Tuesday, Netflix revealed the teaser trailer for the third season of its live-action adaptation of The Witcher. Although the teaser didn’t reveal much in terms of what trouble Geralt, Ciri, and Yeneffer will get themselves into, it did tell us that this season is gonna drip-feed fans Henry...
Lord of the Rings Fanfic Writer Sues Amazon, Tolkien Estate For $250M
21.4.2023
Some guy is currently suing Tolkien and Amazon to the tune of $250 million. That alone takes serious bravery. But what’s notable about this lawsuit is the reason he’s suing: Copyright infringement over his Lord of the Rings fanfic. Specifically, he’s arguing that Amazon lifted elements of...
Harry Potter Quidditch Game Announced, Explains Hogwarts Legacy Absence
18.4.2023
The reason for the glaring lack of Quidditch in the controversial RPG Hogwarts Legacy seems to be clear now: Warner Bros. Games just announced Harry Potter: Quidditch Champions, a new game set in the wizarding world that centers around the beloved fictional sport. The announcement Tweet also...
This Series Asks What If Harry Potter Couldn’t Do Magic, Was Swole
13.4.2023
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Despite New Harry Potter Show, HBO Boss Says He Won't Talk About J.K. Rowling's Transphobia
13.4.2023
This week, Warner Bros. announced it’s returning to where the Harry Potter cinematic universe all started with a “faithful” HBO TV adaptation of J.K. Rowling’s books. Where the recent Hogwarts Legacy game tried to stay completely separate from the author and her anti-trans history, the streaming...
Hogwarts Legacy Gets Animal Rescue All Wrong
9.3.2023
The only true moral stance Hogwarts Legacy takes is that animal abuse is bad. One of the main enemy types you face are poachers, a quest takes you to a dragon fighting pit that will horrify, and Poppy Sweeting (bless her) is a Hufflepuff student determined to free every animal on the hillside with...
The RPG Elements In Hogwarts Legacy Undermine Its Magic
22.2.2023
I’m walking the hallowed halls of Hogwarts, accompanied by twinkling classical piano music and random, startling interjections from a raucous moving painting or Peeves the Poltergeist. A student materializes in front of my eyes, shimmering into existence as their Disillusionment Charm fades;...
Don’t Want To Play Hogwarts Legacy? There’s An Elden Ring Mod For That
21.2.2023
Some of our posts include links to retailers. If you buy something from clicking on one, G/O Media may earn a commission. Because editorial staff is independent of commerce, affiliate linking does not influence our editorial content.If you’re taking a moral stand and not playing Hogwarts Legacy...
15 Hours With Hogwarts Legacy: Magical Surface, Rotten Core
17.2.2023
Hogwarts Legacy is here, its arrival surrounded by more brutal blasts of discourse than there are bursts of Bat-Bogey Hexes flying around the Slytherin Common Room. The conversation around the open-world action adventure game which seeks to provide players with the immersive fantasy of actually...
Trans Witch Games Bundle Is A Cool Alternative To Hogwarts Legacy
10.2.2023
Maybe you’re feeling FOMO about skipping Hogwarts Legacy. Or you’ve already bought the game and now you can’t look a trans person in the eye. Perhaps you’re just a gamer goth who enjoys magic-themed games. Have I got the itch.io bundle for you.Read more
Hogwarts Legacy’s Steam Forums Are A Mess Right Now
10.2.2023
While not every Harry Potter fan is a transphobe like J.K. Rowling, the new open-world RPG Hogwarts Legacy seems to bring out the most dedicated bigots out in full force. As of the pre-launch period, the game’s discussion forums on Steam, the leading PC platform, are filled with hateful...
Hogwarts Legacy Spoilers Are All Over The Internet, As Is Harry Potter Tradition
9.2.2023
Hogwarts Legacy spoilers are all over the internet right now. They’re in the Kotaku tips inbox, they’re in the comments on popular gaming website’s tweets, they’re casually getting scattered everywhere on the web, tossed into conversations with reckless abandon.Read more
PS5 Subreddit Doesn’t Want Players To Bring Up Harry Potter Author
7.2.2023
Hogwarts Legacy drops on February 10 for PC, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series S/X, with ports coming to the Nintendo Switch and last-gen consoles later this year. However, if you were hoping to discuss the context surrounding the action RPG—that is, Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling and her damaging...