Details regarding the review embargo for Warner Bros Interactive Entertainment and Avalanche Software’s upcoming action role-playing game, Hogwarts Legacy, have been revealed.
The review embargo for Hogwarts Legacy is expected to end on Monday, February 6, 2023, at 4 AM PT / 7 AM ET / 12 PM GMT, four days prior to the Standard edition’s release on February 10, 2023 and a day prior to the release of the Deluxe edition on February 7, 2023. Fans can, therefore, look forward to hearing what critics have to say about the game before grabbing their copies and attend Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, where they’ll have the opportunity to explore locations from the Wizarding World franchise, such as the Forbidden Forest, Diagon Alley, and Hogsmeade.
Those who have already pre-ordered a digital copy of Hogwarts Legacy can pre-load the game now. The game has a download size of 76.67 GB on Xbox Series X|S and PS5. The pre-load has been available a little over two weeks ahead of its release, and, therefore, there has been plenty of time to download the game for those with slower internet speeds.
Previously, the ray tracing options for Hogwarts Legacy were detailed by the game’s developer. Warner Bros Interactive Entertainment had confirmed that Hogwarts Legacy would support ray tracing, but it hadn’t delved into detail regarding the specifics regarding the feature up until recently.
According to WB Games, Hogwarts Legacy will include ray tracing options for shadows, reflections, and ambient occlusion. The game will also feature multiple Quality presets, therefore some or all of the aforementioned ray traced graphical features may not be available in the Performance mode, which targets a frame rate of 60fps.
Hogwarts Legacy is an upcoming action role-playing game, developed by Avalanche Software and published by Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment under its Portkey Games label, using the Unreal Engine. It is developed by Avalanche Software and published by Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment under the Portkey Games label.
