Former Inter Milan and Brazil defender Miranda has admitted he would have liked to have played for Manchester United during his professional career.
22.02.2023 - 21:07 / variety.com
Jennifer Maas TV Business Writer After struggling to re-create the magic of the “Harry Potter” film franchise with the lackluster spinoff trilogy “Fantastic Beasts,” Warner Bros. has finally struck galleons anew with its latest piece of Wizarding World IP: video game “Hogwarts Legacy.” The action role-playing game, produced by Warner Bros. Games and Avalanche Software, has clicked with Potterheads since its Feb. 10 release. Sales figures are yet to come, but it’s clear from the buzz factor and other measures — including sales charts in Japan, the U.K. and Europe — that fans are engaged. For one, the arrival of the game spurred the highest traffic in the “Harry Potter” community on fan platform Fandom in more than seven years.
The second-highest traffic period for the Potter community on Fandom in recent years was during the 2018 release of the second “Fantastic Beasts” film. “Hogwarts Legacy”-driven page views bested that spike by 39% in just five days. “The player engagement is spectacular,” David Haddad, Warner Bros. Games president, told Variety Feb. 16. “So far, we have tracked over 152 million hours played, 173 million magical plants grown, 115 million potions brewed and 556 million Dark Wizards defeated.” Per updated stats provided to Variety on Tuesday by Warner Bros. Games, “Hogwarts Legacy” has now seen 267 million hours played, 393 million magical plants grown, 242 million potions brewed and 1.25 billion Dark Wizards defeated. Warner Bros. sees “Hogwarts Legacy” as a long-term franchise. “We are very pleased with the initial launch and see a bright future for our other platform launches,” Haddad says. At the same time, the game’s arrival has sparked heated debate within the Harry Potter fandom, which has
Former Inter Milan and Brazil defender Miranda has admitted he would have liked to have played for Manchester United during his professional career.
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Jennifer Maas TV Business Writer “Hogwarts Legacy” has wingardium leviosa-ed Warner Bros. Games’ sales, earning $850 million in global sales and moving more than 12 million units in just its first two weeks post-launch on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S and PC. That marks the biggest global launch ever for the Warner Bros. Discovery-owned video game company, with the “Harry Potter” action role-playing game also setting the Twitch record for single-player games with 1.28 million peak concurrent viewers at launch. As Variety previously reported, “Hogwarts Legacy” opened with stunning player engagement, topping 267 million hours played from launch on Feb. 10 through Feb. 21. On Thursday, Warner Bros. Games revealed the game had broken company records with 280 million hours played to date.
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