Gather Your Spells and Potions Because Hogwarts Legacy Is Free on the Epic Games Store Until December 18th

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Epic Games Store is offering the perfect holiday gift for Harry Potter fans with free copies of Hogwarts Legacy until December 18th. Released in 2023 for PC and consoles, Hogwarts Legacy quickly became a big hit with its great attention to detail and inclusion of lore from the popular franchise. Players could easily find themselves immersed in familiar locales, as seen in movies, and explore to their hearts’ content while experiencing a new story filled with side missions, mysteries, dangers, new friends, and places to discover.

“Hogwarts Legacy is an immersive, open-world action RPG set in the world first introduced in the Harry Potter books. For the first time, experience Hogwarts in the 1800s. Your character is a student who holds the key to an ancient secret that threatens to tear the wizarding world apart. Now you can take control of the action and be at the center of your own adventure in the wizarding world. Your legacy is what you make of it.”

-WB Games

Grab your free copy here, and the Dark Arts Pack, which features the Thestral Mount, Dark Arts Cosmetic Set, and Dark Art Arena, can be had for $1.99 (regularly $19.99) here.

Hogwarts Legacy supports AMD FSR 2, Intel Xess 1.3, and NVIDIA DLSS 3.7 and features ray-traced effects. An update patch in June 2024 added the PlayStation exclusive content, Hogsmeade Shop mission, allowing players to delve into yet another mystery, exploring an unknown part of the iconic store’s history.

Minimum/Ultra 4K recommended PC system requirements

Minimum/Low Specs
OS64-bit Windows 10
CPUIntel Core i5-6600 (3.3 GHz) or AMD Ryzen 5 1400 (3.2 GHz)
RAM16 GB
GPUNVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 4GB or AMD Radeon RX 470 4GB
DX VERSIONDX 12
STORAGE85 GB HDD
NOTESSSD (Preferred), HDD (Supported), 720p / 30 fps, Low Quality Settings
Ultra 4k Specs
OS64-bit Windows 10
CPUIntel Core i7-10700K (3.80 GHz) or AMD Ryzen 7 5800X (3.80 GHz)
RAM32 GB
GPUNVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Ti or AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT
DX VERSIONDX 12
STORAGE85 GB SSD
NOTESSSD, 2160p / 60fps, Ultra Quality Settings

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GodisanAtheist
GodisanAtheist 👍 2

It blows my mind WB didn't have a DLC or sequel plan or anything for this game after it's sold 34 million copies and brought in a billion in revenue.

No wonder Netflix didn't even consider the gaming division...

Riccochet
Riccochet 👍 3

"GodisanAtheist, post: 100275, member: 10801" wrote:

It blows my mind WB didn't have a DLC or sequel plan or anything for this game after it's sold 34 million copies and brought in a billion in revenue.



No wonder Netflix didn't even consider the gaming division...


I would have loved some expansions. It's a really good game, visually and playability.

GodisanAtheist
GodisanAtheist 👍 1

"Riccochet, post: 100276, member: 4" wrote:

I would have loved some expansions. It's a really good game, visually and playability.

- For me the game was hella basic Ubisoft style open world, but for my wife/daughter/son the basic (but solid) gameplay elements made the game enormously accessible and Hogwart's Castle and Hogsmead were incredibly well designed.

Forced me to take a step back and remember that not every game has to be made for my game-brained ass, and sometimes simple and accessible is better, especially for a property like Harry Potter.

Grimlakin
Grimlakin 👍 4

I already had it on steam but also snagged it on EGS. I mean at some point im going to sell this account with hundreds of games to some Ai for potentially dozens of ai bucks.

Peter_Brosdahl
Peter_Brosdahl

I grabbed it since I gifted my old laptop to my wife who has some interest in playing this and that way I don't have to risk her messing up my Steam game saves since there's a good chance I'll be doing a replay after I finish Oblivion.

Peter Brosdahl
As a child of the 70’s I was part of the many who became enthralled by the video arcade invasion of the 1980’s. Saving money from various odd jobs I purchased my first computer from a friend of my dad, a used Atari 400, around 1982. Eventually it would end up being a lifelong passion of upgrading and modifying equipment that, of course, led into a career in IT support.

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