Regardless of whether someone purchased the Deluxe Edition, everyone who pre-ordered Hogwarts Legacy digitally probably wants to know when they can start installing the game. Also, Early Access only applies to the digital version. Gamers who ordered physical copies will either have to wait for them to arrive in the mail (sorry, don’t expect an owl to deliver them) or have to visit their local retailer.

Here are a few handy release time maps that should help you make sense of the whole thing.Īs is usually the case, all the above release times only apply to digital pre-orders. Since the game will technically launch in New Zealand ahead of any other region due to how the global time system interacts with Hogwarts Legacy‘s release schedule, those who set their console’s location to New Zealand will be able to play the game nearly a day before anyone else. There's no spoilers here, it just gets you up to speed faster than finding things out the long way around.Of course, console gamers can always use the famous “ New Zealand trick” to play the game early. All Hogwarts Legacy guide content Tipsįrom clothing transmog to potions ingredients, these Hogwarts Legacy tips let you in on nine things we wish we knew before starting our journey. You meet a host of fresh faces, and some of them have connections to those you might've seen or read about in the Harry Potter series itself.

It features an original story, as a fifth-year student of Hogwarts, who finds they hold the key to an 'ancient secret' that is threatening wizarding world.īetween quelling a goblin rebellion, defeating cruel poachers, and helping out your three companions on friendship quests, you'll still have to make time for your magical studies if you swot up on everything you've missed as a late-joiner.

The Hogwarts Legacy story takes us to the wizarding world in the 1800s - 100 years before the Harry Potter books.

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