“Harry Potter: Quidditch Champions” wants to make Quidditch a real esport

WB Games announces Harry Potter: Quidditch Champions, the upcoming jumpy, multiplayer and competitive flying broomstick game.

Surprise announcement, a new Harry Potter game is in development. This Monday, WB Games unveiled Harry Potter: Quidditch Champions, a title that publisher Hogwarts Legacy is touting as a “jumpy and competitive multiplayer game”that will be available on PC and consoles. Also, according to the same company, Unbroken Studios, which we know best from working on the long-awaited Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League, has been working on Quidditch champions for “several years”, which explains the lack of total sports at Hogwarts. Heritage.

WB Games Announces Harry Potter: Quidditch Champions

“Harry Potter: Quidditch Champions is a complete and standalone Quidditch game”- can we read in particular in the project’s recently published FAQ, which also states that fans must be online to be able to play. “The title engages players in Quidditch and other flying broomstick adventures between friends in a multiplayer and competitive environment.”The FAQ also adds that JK Rowling was not involved in the creation of Quidditch Champions and that the game is not a direct adaptation of any existing Harry Potter book or film.

Nervous, multiplayer and competitive game around a flying broom.

In recent years, JK Rowling has sparked controversy about her transphobia. Prior to the release of Hogwarts Legacy, some fans made the decision not to buy or play the game for this reason. In addition to this new game, WB Games parent company Warner Bros. Discovery is currently working on a new playable adaptation of the seven books in television series format.

Quidditch Champions doesn’t have a release date yet. WB Games is currently accepting registrations for “limited”testing.

We invite all beaters, hunters, keepers and seekers! Registration for Harry Potter: Quidditch Champions Limited Playtest has begun! Register at https://t.co/E9cQekLOzV. #Quidditch Champions pic.twitter.com/AQhKfg4NKD

— Warner Bros. Games (@wbgames) April 17, 2023