Harry Potter Open-World Game Planned For PS5 And Xbox Series X - Report

When your point of view can't allow different opinions to exist; it means either your wrong, or you are weak and insecure.

Garbage site. I'm done with it... Bunch of biased, lazy-ass writers.

Uh oh! Gamespot forgot one news story to close the comments on!

How far has GS fallen really, I have been visiting the site for 20 years now and it gets more and more a "think what we want you to think" agenda-pushing site that gets more irrelevant with games each passing day. You can only upvote and have no say, pretty much like North Korea!

“Meanwhile the Harry Potter fan community has been distancing itself from Rowling.”

LOL

Who cares

She is Harry Potter. Without her He doesn't exist. When are people going to stop pretending to be offended for clicks and actually get a life.

Where do people find the energy and time to be offended by everything

I’m not even a Rowling fan (mostly like her work, I like her less). However, I’m completely with her here. A certain rabid minority is just losing its mind. What the hell is controversial about stating an objective biological fact? JK didn’t put down trans people, she didn’t say they don’t have a right to live happy lives. She said biological women exist. Only in the preposterous year of 2020 can such an innocuous statement garner backlash. Get real. When “progressives” adopt such utter nonsense, they damage their own credibility and look like a joke. Stick to fighting the worthy fights, not sensationalizing non-issues.

Nuance is not allowed anymore, haven't you heard? Tear her statues down!!!

Anxious about JK Rowling? How about focusing on your game instead so it doesn't flop like Mad Max, Just Cause 3/4 and Rage 2 did? Avelanche Software's reputation is at a low point currently and they have nothing but themselves to blame.

They have talented game developers, but they suck at making open-world games.

Heard a rumour that it’s 60FPS on PC and XseX and 30FPS on 1X and ps5.

Interesting if true

She said women menstruate. She was accused of distorting facts.

Yep.

First they take away your freedoms, then they take away your art, then they go after your leaders...

Seriously, am I only one seeing all of the classic hallmarks of impending societal strife?

I love JK Rowling and her tales. Her views I also respect.

I think most of us realize that Rowling's statements were not controversial and her personal views have been very accepting towards everyone. There are people who have harbored a lot of hatred towards her for years because she didn't make Dumbledore's sexuality a major point in the books. She didn't see any reason to put it on a pedestal and have a confetti parade about it. It was just part of his life and wasn't a big deal. Some folks who are all about flaming were disappointed with that and have been looking for any opportunity to tear her down.

I just hope you don't play as Harry, but as a custom character, nothing against him, I like the movies, I just want to feel as if I'm the new students learning the spells and going on in a new adventure

If you dig enough,you will always find something controversial any dev said!

I bet i could even find something a mastemind like Shigero Miyamoto said in an article which isnt political or social correct.

And i dont exclude myself from having a controversial opinions on things.

Maybe we should altogether stop playing video games at all?

JKR aside, the game should still be made. There was a lot of other people involved in the franchise. It shouldn't revolve around her and would be ridiculous to think otherwise. I personally don't care what she says, it's our own judgement to like a person or not.

In the end, this is a gameabout Harry Potter, albeit something she created, but it's not a game about her. I'd say the same if it was a movie or any form of entertainment lol.

And as you unlock all the achievements and finally finish the game, you are rewarded with the knowledge that it was you, the player, that was gay all along!

Her statements aside, the Harry Potter universe is pretty ripe for games and world building. Story wise the Cursed Child and the recent Fantastic Beasts movies except for the first one have been god awful. I just really hate retcons especially when you can tell that it's a stretch tying them into lore.

When creator tries so hard to be relevant that it makes employees feel uncomfortable....