Hogwarts Legacy 2 may end up being a multiplayer game

Hogwarts Legacy was the bestselling game of 2023 and it is still charting even today. Given that success, it should come as no surprise that a sequel is being developed, but while the first game was purely single-player focused, Hogwarts Legacy 2 could lean towards multiplayer. 

As spotted by Game Rant, Avalanche Studios is now hiring for a Senior Software Engineer. Specifically, the studio is seeking candidates with “online multiplayer RPG” experience, giving us a hint at the direction they are going in with Hogwarts Legacy 2.

It is unclear if they are thinking MMO-style gameplay, where you'll see other human players in all corners of the game, or if they are thinking co-op gameplay, where up to four player characters are roaming the world together, but outside of that, you won't run into other players.

Hogwarts Legacy garnered its popularity as a single-player experience, so this sounds like a massively risky change. Still, titles like Baldur's Gate 3 have proven that you can still have deep and meaningful RPG gameplay with multiple players, so maybe it will work out.

KitGuru Says: It sounds like Hogwarts Legacy 2 is being built to capture the imaginations of the shareholders and not the gamers who made the first one such a huge success. 

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