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New job listings fromAvalanche Softwareseem to indicate that the company is currently gearing up for the development of a new AAA title. With thesuccess ofHogwarts Legacy, it’s not hard to believe that the team could be working on a sequel or perhaps another game in theHarry Potteruniverse.
Founded back in 1995,Avalanche Software has a long history of gamesdeveloped before its latest hit. In nearly three decades, the company has made over a dozen games, mostly focusing on adaptations of non-gaming franchises and movie tie-ins. Some of these games includeDisney Infinity,Toy Story 3, andCars 3: Driven to Win, for example. However, none was a bigger hit than the recentHogwarts Legacy, which was also the largest project ever made by Avalanche.
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Now, two job listings were spotted forAvalanche Softwareonline. One of them is for an Associate Software Engineer, and the other is for a Senior Character Technical Artist. Two details make these listings stand out. One of them is that the listings suggest that the new employee won’t be working in the current version ofHogwarts Legacy, as there’s a line mentioning that the person will help to “create what’s next” after their latest blockbuster open world. The other detail is that both job requirements include experience with Unreal Engine 4, the same engine that was used inHogwarts Legacy. Unreal Engine 5 has been around since 2022, and it would have made sense to switch to that if they were developing a brand-new series that would not reuse anything from their previous title.
Another argument that could be made is thatHogwarts Legacyis simply too successful not to spawn a sequel. Last week, over five months after its launch,Hogwarts Legacywas still up in sales charts, for instance, being the most-sold game in the first half of 2023 in Europe, ahead of other games likeDiablo 4andTears of the Kingdom.
In any case, it’s still too early to know what Avalanche Games is planning, as it could be developing aHogwarts Legacysequel, a spin-off, or maybe a whole new IP entirely. TheHarry Potteruniverse is pretty vast, so there are plenty of ideas for another game, such as exploring more of the world outside Hogwarts or even setting the game around a different time, as this one was set in the 1890s. Gamers will need to wait more before discovering what the future holds.
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