Why the Successor to LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga Should Emulate Hogwarts Legacy
Recently, TT Games confirmed that several projects had been canceled. Now the company’s focus is on a LEGO Harry Potter game.
TT Games held almost complete control over LEGO’s video game market for nearly 20 years. It has released many licensed titles, ranging from LEGO Star Wars to LEGO Batmanto LEGO Marvel, and everything in between. The LEGO Star Wars was the most recent title from TT Games. This game opened the doors to a new era in large-scale open-world LEGO titles.
According to a Nintendo Life report, a few projects at TT Games have been canceled. a Lego Harry Potter game that is similar to The Skywalker Saga has survived the cull. While there were some great projects, it’s clear that TT Games’ resources might have been too stretched. TT Games seems to be focusing on a new LEGO Harry Potter game right now.
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TT Games is Smart to Immediately Focus on Harry Potter
A recent Nintendo Life report suggests that four major-profile projects at TT Games have been canceled. A LEGO Guardians of the Galaxy project that had been in development for 18 months, a mobile port of LEGO Worlds, and are both non-LEGO shooters. is a Diablo-like Disney with characters from the company’s past. The report states that the LEGO Batman new game was also put on hold. The Mandalorian narrative DLC to LEGO Star Wars The Skywalker Saga has also been put back on hold.
There are many reasons these cancelations were made, but Nintendo Life says that the most important reason for them was to allocate more resources to the development of a new LEGO Harry Potter game. Nintendo Life’s report on the game doesn’t give too much detail, but it does mention that it’s being built on a similar scale as The Skywalker Saga. This likely means multiple open-world hubs, missions that span all of the franchise, and hundreds upon hundreds of playable characters.
It’s probably a very smart move to put all the resources of the studio into a new Lego Harry Potter game. Despite all the controversy, the Hogwarts legacy has done incredibly well in terms of sales, having sold more than 12 million copies in its first two weeks, and continuing to sell phenomenally well thereafter. The Harry Potter IP continues to be incredibly profitable. Warner Bros. could put pressure on TT Games, potentially to get a Lego Harry Potter game out as soon as they can.
Although these cancelations may be motivated by a desire to capitalize on current trends, TT games aren’t interested in this. The studio is likely not to succumb to any publisher pressures and will put all its effort into creating the best LEGO Harry Potter video game. TT Games released a few behind-the-scenes videos before Lego Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga’s launch. They showed the intense passion that the team had for the Star Wars IP. This is why The Skywalker Saga felt so great to play. It was obvious that the game was made by fans. Fans can feel confident that the team behind the new LEGO Harry Potter will be just as passionate if TT Games is not currently at work.
LEGO Star Wars is available for PC and Xbox One.