Portkey Games is a video game label owned by Warner Bros. Games founded in 2017 and dedicated to creating games of the Wizarding World franchise. In the beginning, the company's primary focus was on publishing

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s, but in 2023, they diversified by launching ''

Hogwarts Legacy ''Hogwarts Legacy'' is a 2023 action role-playing game developed by Avalanche Software and published by Warner Bros. Games under its Portkey Games label. It is part of the Wizarding World franchise, taking place a century prior to the ''Harry ...

'' for both PC and consoles.

Overview

Portkey Games was founded in 2017, being committed to producing gaming adventures that are connected to the Wizarding World franchise. The label announced its first game in 2017, working with '' Pokémon Go'' creators

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to produce a game known as '' Harry Potter: Wizards Unite''. The game would feature the same

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as in ''Pokémon Go'' but use characters from the ''Harry Potter'' universe. Later in 2017, before the release of ''Wizards Unite'', Portkey Games also announced a second mobile game in development, called '' Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery''. ''Hogwarts Mystery'' allows users to play as a

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student and is set before the events of the ''Harry Potter'' series. The game was released exclusively for

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and Android on April 25, 2018. Portkey Games then released two more mobile games: ''Harry Potter: Puzzles & Spells'' in 2020 and ''Harry Potter: Magic Awakened'' in 2021. As of October 2022, the four released mobile games accumulated over $1 billion in global revenue. In 2023, Portkey Games released ''

'', an action role-playing game developed by Avalanche Software. The game is set in the late 1800s and takes place in several Wizarding World locations. ''Legacy'' achieved success shortly after its debut, selling 12 million copies and generating $850 million in sales globally within two weeks. It also broke company records for Warner Bros. Games in terms of player engagement, reaching 280 million hours played.

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External links

Official website
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