For Harry Potter fans, the upcoming release of Hogwarts Legacy is fast approaching and it seems they're making sure it works on Steam Deck. Well, that might be a bit of a stretch, they might have just loaded it up to see if it works, but the result to players is the same.
When asked about the status of it on Twitter, the official WB Games Support account noted "We reached out to the Hogwarts Legacy team for you and were able to confirm that the game WILL be Steam Deck verified on launch. We hope this helps with your decision! Take care." — good news for anyone who plans to pick it up. Being Steam Deck Verified almost always means it will work well on desktop Linux too.
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Hogwarts Legacy is an open-world action RPG set in the world first introduced in the Harry Potter books. Embark on a journey through familiar and new locations as you explore and discover magical beasts, customize your character and craft potions, master spell casting, upgrade talents and become the wizard you want to be.
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. Make allies, battle Dark wizards, and ultimately decide the fate of the wizarding world. Your legacy is what you make of it. Live the Unwritten.
Available for pre-order on Humble Store and Steam.
Something to be aware of though, are all the issues surrounding the Harry Potter author J. K. Rowling. An article on Forbes goes through some of it and goes into better detail than I can. Comments on it are open, as long as people don’t throw around insults at each other, respectful debate is fine.
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MisterPaytwick Jan 12, 2023
I will likely never play this game.
But hey, that's good. If WB Games did the check internally, it looks rather good for the Steam Deck.
But hey, that's good. If WB Games did the check internally, it looks rather good for the Steam Deck.
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Hey there, David! Thanks so much for reaching out to us. At this time compatibility for the Steam Deck has not been confirmed by the Hogwarts Legacy team. If you have any other questions, let us know, we're happy to help. Take care!
https://twitter.com/wbgamessupport/status/1613593444953227280?s=46&t=G0MAnV_tjLPy6-e6wxi5pg
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The one linked in the article was posted later.Hey there, David! Thanks so much for reaching out to us. At this time compatibility for the Steam Deck has not been confirmed by the Hogwarts Legacy team. If you have any other questions, let us know, we're happy to help. Take care!
https://twitter.com/wbgamessupport/status/1613593444953227280?s=46&t=G0MAnV_tjLPy6-e6wxi5pg
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A reminder to all: no fights in the comments. Don't quote other people to fight. I will remove any that do. If you have something to say you feel is important, that's fine, but don't quote others to fight on it.
Last edited by Liam Dawe on 12 January 2023 at 8:18 pm UTC
Last edited by Liam Dawe on 12 January 2023 at 8:18 pm UTC
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ExpandingMan Jan 12, 2023
I couldn't care less about Harry Potter, but it's encouraging to see big publishers caring about steamdeck, and, indirectly linux. Definitely something we never, ever saw before steamdeck.
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I only like the first four books. The rest is rather ridiculous since she thinks that randomly executing characters and a racist teacher employing physical torture on a child equals mature story.
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TimeFreeze Jan 12, 2023
Loved the books , movies and games (okay not every game but most were decent/great) that came out so far so its pretty much an Instant buy. Might even pre-order to get early access.
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slaapliedje Jan 12, 2023
A reminder to all: no fights in the comments. Don't quote other people to fight. I will remove any that do. If you have something to say you feel is important, that's fine, but don't quote others to fight on it.I have something important to say!!!
Oh wait, no I don't... carry on. :P
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slaapliedje Jan 12, 2023
I only like the first four books. The rest is rather ridiculous since she thinks that randomly executing characters and a racist teacher employing physical torture on a child equals mature story.Huh, I've never read the books. Recently bought the movie pack in 4k... and got about 2.5 movies into it and then paused for a while. Not that they aren't watchable (pretty sure I've seen up to 5 at one point), I just have more things to do that I'd rather spend my time on... Eventually I'll get to all of them.
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I've been strictly No (native) Tux No Bux for 10 solid years, ever since the TF2/Steam for Linux beta. I think this is the game that finally breaks that streak. At least the dev team is aware of Deck/Proton and will be Deck Verified day-one.
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I only like the first four books. The rest is rather ridiculous since she thinks that randomly executing characters and a racist teacher employing physical torture on a child equals mature story.Huh, I've never read the books. Recently bought the movie pack in 4k... and got about 2.5 movies into it and then paused for a while. Not that they aren't watchable (pretty sure I've seen up to 5 at one point), I just have more things to do that I'd rather spend my time on... Eventually I'll get to all of them.
I really liked the Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality fanfic. Not sure I can enjoy vanilla HP (such as this) after reading that.
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slaapliedje Jan 13, 2023
Although I was never interested on Harry Potter, I'm split on the issue of boycotting writers that are racists or biggots. Cuz if you follow that rule, that some ppl call it "cancel culture" you have to wipe out the majority of recent and not so recent writers and artists sadly.Ha, pretty much. 1) the writer being a jerk doesn't mean they don't write amazing stories. 2) So many people have been calling Tolkien racists, when in fact what it comes down to is if you cry racist at everything... you're likely racist.
I guess that if a new lord of the rings games is released I would personally buy it. I'm my book the first book we should start burning is the bible and other religious books, that's the number one problem causing more wars and injustice more than anything else. Since that won't happen ever.. I will pretend JK Rowling or Tolkien are normal persons and carry on .
Having said that, I'm interested in reading the books, kind of want to know what the gah gah is all about. I grew up with The Hobbit and Lord of the Rings, and Dragonlance, etc. As an adult though, I'd like to go back and read Fritz Leiber, and others that I missed. Absolutely love Conan. I can imagine JK Rowling got kind of tired of the idea that only kids were reading her books, so 'upped the game' so to speak with the later ones.
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StoneColdSpider Jan 13, 2023
"Hogwarts" sounds like a really bad skin condition..........
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Perkeleen_Vittupää Jan 13, 2023
Oh yes please! Back to youth 
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Although I was never interested on Harry Potter, I'm split on the issue of boycotting writers that are racists or biggots. Cuz if you follow that rule, that some ppl call it "cancel culture" you have to wipe out the majority of recent and not so recent writers and artists sadly.
I guess that if a new lord of the rings games is released I would personally buy it. I'm my book the first book we should start burning is the bible and other religious books, that's the number one problem causing more wars and injustice more than anything else. Since that won't happen ever.. I will pretend JK Rowling or Tolkien are normal persons and carry on .
It isn't just about not reading a book because the author is or was a bigot. JKR actively campaigns for harmful policies, so giving her money to spend on making your and your pals' life worse is... not great. She also uses the popularity of her works to prop up her platform, regardless of whether the stories on their own are bad. We are talking about someone that had previously won a human rights award for writing beloved children's books, and then had it withdrawn for her bigoted campaigning.
It is quite different from discussing long dead authors, or even living authors that express some bigoted opinions in their private lives or in an interview but don't use the works to advertise a platform of hate and ignorance.
It also doesn't mean everyone's positive feelings and personal experiences with the fiction are invalid and you must hate it or else. Nor that the works must be forgotten and never read again. But knowing these problems is important, so it must be discussed, and it is more than understandable that people whose lives are made meaningfully less safe by the author will have strong negative feelings about it. It doesn't make them book burners or anything like that.
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Not sure why we need to crucify people for disagreement, on issues that are far from settled - both politically and scientifically. This shouldn't really be part of the article.
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officernice Jan 13, 2023
GG, Valve. Free Linux support. No ports needed. Lord Carmack prophesised the truth.
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