by The Hogwarts Legacy community mourns the temporary disappearance of a strange leaker claiming to be the son of a senior developer.
In a now naked Reddit post (opens in a new tab)user HogwartsInsider alleged that through their connection to their father, design director Chad Liddell, they were able to help with QA on the game, and although a nondisclosure agreement partially bound them, they had been allowed to host a limited Q&A session, revealing details about the game.
Through this thread, they answered questions regarding everything from player customization to PC performance. At the time of writing, however, nothing of what they revealed remains visible. From one of the subreddit mods (opens in a new tab), Warner Bros. sent a takedown notice to Reddit’s legal department, who deleted the post in question. Another post, from a user claiming to have accessed the game earlier, has also been deleted, and both accounts have now been deleted.
None of the content revealed in either leak was particularly notable – there were no story spoilers and little mechanical discussion, with most players wanting to know more about customization and gameplay. map exploration, and both users were worried about messing up too much. Nonetheless, the community seems to have rallied around the Runaways as new heroes; as of this writing, several of the top posts on the subreddit are memes honoring and/or decrying Warner Bros’ decision to remove the post.
The circumstances surrounding the leak are pretty wild, because even though the leaker was exactly who he claimed to be, nondisclosure agreements exist for a reason. At this late stage before the game’s release, marketing campaigns are fully locked down, and even if a QA officer was really tied to a senior developer, an unofficial fan forum Q&A session wouldn’t be. simply signed by ‘my dad who works at Avalanche’.
The leak, which was canceled along with another thread by a user who claimed to have gotten their copy of the game early, is just the latest chapter in a bizarre pre-launch saga for Hogwarts Legacy. Although community enthusiasm remains high, the Hogwarts legacy controversy continues, with several protests targeting the game.
Although JK Rowling was not involved in the development of Hogwarts Legacy, GamesRadar+ acknowledges the author’s role in creating the wizarding world, as well as his publicly stated harmful views regarding transgender rights. If you would like to offer your support to communities affected by Rowling’s rhetoric, consider making a donation to the National Center for Transgender Equality in the United States, or Sirens UK.
