Warner Bros. Discovery has confirmed development of Hogwarts Legacy 2 in financial documents published in August 2026, naming Warner Bros. Games and Avalanche Software as the teams building a sequel to a game that has now sold over 40 million copies, according to Sortiraparis.
Here’s the context: The original Hogwarts Legacy launched in 2023 and became a breakout title for Warner Bros. Games. Its performance helped reinforce a strategy built around a small set of established licenses – Harry Potter, DC, Mortal Kombat, and Game of Thrones – rather than a broad slate of mid-tier titles. CFO Gunnar Wiedenfels told Variety in September 2024 that the successor to Hogwarts Legacy was among the group’s top priorities for the coming years and was expected to contribute significantly to the segment’s growth. The project has now been included in a formal corporate filing.
The significant development is that Warner Bros. Discovery has put the sequel in writing to shareholders. The company has not shown footage of the project, but the confirmation underscores the place of the Wizarding World brand in WB’s games strategy.
Job listings from Avalanche Software in recent years have offered clues about the project’s possible scope, pointing toward a single-player, narrative-driven RPG. Notable postings referenced in reporting include:
- Executive producer – hired to oversee a high-quality single-player RPG
- Narrative programmers – specializing in single-player narrative game systems
- Creature animator – recruited to join the team that built the original Hogwarts Legacy
- Marketing manager – dedicated to PC and console titles in the Harry Potter universe
Warner Bros. has not officially confirmed the game’s single-player structure or whether it will include multiplayer. The job listings nonetheless indicate that solo, narrative-driven experiences have been part of the studio’s hiring focus.
Then-president of Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment David Haddad indicated that the game team was aligning several narrative threads with storylines planned for the upcoming HBO Harry Potter series, though the nature of that connection has not been detailed. The first game was set in the 1890s, before Harry Potter’s birth, while the HBO series is set to adapt the novels. Any close chronological connection between the projects remains unconfirmed.
What remains unclear is much beyond the fact of development itself. No release date has been announced, though current estimates point toward a 2027-to-2028 window. Avalanche Software has not confirmed the engine or the platform lineup, and Warner Bros. has not confirmed whether the game will remain strictly single-player. The sequel’s story and era also remain unclear, including whether it will continue the first game’s story or era. The official title has also not been unveiled.
What to watch: Gamescom 2026 runs from August 26 through 30 in Cologne. The timing between the shareholder confirmation and the event has fueled speculation about a logo reveal, teaser, or trailer, but no appearance has been announced. Warner Bros. Discovery has not yet released a final logo, screenshots, gameplay footage, or a trailer for the sequel.
For now, the shareholder confirmation establishes that a second Hogwarts Legacy game is in development. Details about its story, gameplay, platforms, and relationship to HBO’s Harry Potter series remain to be announced.
