The first Hogwarts Legacy game really has been one of the biggest financial successes in video games over the last ten or so years, breaking all kinds of ceilings on its way to selling over 40 million copies. As such, the news that a sequel was on the way was one of the least surprising revelations of 2026, as Warner Bros. Games seek to further capitalize on the perpetually popular IP.
The next game has only been talked about in corporate settings up to this point, during shareholder updates and earnings reports, and the most we know about it so far is just the fact that they are working on it. That said, there have been some major changes at the top that could have thrown the whole thing into chaos, but it seems as though the sequel has escaped unscathed for now.
If you haven't been keeping up with the movements of enormous media conglomerates recently, Warner Bros was recently sold to Paramount Pictures, with owners Larry and David Ellison forming an even more enormous umbrella company known as Skydance in the process.
Under their purview, they have some of the biggest media franchises in the industry, and it...
