Watch leaked Harry Potter RPG footage
A big-production Harry Potter RPG is reportedly in the works, and off-screen gameplay of the project has made its way online.
Warner Bros. has been rumoured for a while to have a big new Harry Potter RPG in the works.
Since the publisher acquired Avalanche Software early last year, several job postings strongly hinted an Unreal Engine 4-based RPG in the Harry Potter universe.
Not to be confused with Just Cause creator Avalanche Studios, Avalanche Software is a US-based outfit most famously known for working on the now cancelled Disney Infinity series of games.
Earlier today, Reddit user VapeThisBro posted a video showing what we can only guess is the Harry Potter game in the works at Avalanche. It's captured off-screen, with some parts of the UI out of frame, but there's a lot of spell casting in what looks like the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft.
The user in question captured the footage themselves, adding that they were brought in to see the game as part of a focus group. We've embedded the trailer below, but it'll likely be nuked soon – so be quick.
Of course, there's always the chance this is some elaborate fake, but there are a lot of gameplay systems shown that it'd be hard to fake all of it.
The original post was also accompanied with a long list of features and bullet points, not unlike what you'd see on Amazon or a digital game store.
“Set in the 19th Century (1800's) Wizarding World, this 3rd person open-world action RPG game centres around your character with unique abilities who has eared a late acceptance to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. You are a newly arrived 5th year student to Hogwarts that demonstrates a latent gift for magic with a unique ability to track and identify remnants of a potent ancient power,” it reads.
The description mentions eight different “Wizard types” usable with a new magic system. It also reveals that you won't be playing as the titular hero, and instead will be able to create your own character.
You can check out the rest of it at the link above.
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