Hogwarts Legacy is free on Epic Games and you don’t want to miss it
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In summary:
- PCWorld highlights that Hogwarts Legacy is now available free for PlayStation Plus subscribers, offering an excellent opportunity to experience the highly-rated wizarding game.
- The game maintains a strong 83 Metacritic score on PC and features immersive Hogwarts exploration with spell-learning, creature battles, and magical transportation options.
- With a confirmed sequel in development and post-launch updates that fixed bugs and added modding support, now is the perfect time to dive into this acclaimed magical adventure.
It’s not every day that you get a really good full-price game for free from Epic Games. But now it’s finally happening again, because for one week only you can get Hogwarts Legacy for free. The open-world role-playing game is based on the Harry Potter franchise and is a fantastic experience that no fan should miss.
What’s inside Hogwarts Legacy
Hogwarts Legacy was developed by Avalanche Software and released in February 2023, so it’s not even three years old. If you haven’t played it yet, now is the best opportunity to do so without having to pay a cent.
What makes the game special is above all its world. The developers managed to recreate the school of magic known from the films and books in such a way that it becomes an impressive setting that invites you to explore.
As a new wizard student, you get to know the various houses and lessons, discover numerous secrets in hidden rooms or complete tasks in which you encounter magical creatures or dangerous adversaries. The battles are fun but not very challenging, and are also suitable for beginners.
We can also travel around Hogwarts, either on foot, on a broom or on the back of a majestic Hippogriff. In the course of the story (which incidentally takes place several years before the books), we uncover a dark secret and learn various spells that we can use either in battle or to solve puzzles.
Almost three years later, Hogwarts Legacy is still a fantastic game. Metacritic gave the title a very good score of 83 points on the PC (85 on Playstation 5). Since then, some bugs that were in the release version have been fixed and there have been a few free updates that added modding, for example.
A sequel has already been confirmed, so at some point we will get a second instalment of Hogwarts Legacy. Until then, it’s worth at least checking out the first instalment and experiencing for yourself what it would be like to become part of the wizarding world.
How to get the free game
Simply log in to the Epic Games Store with an account by December 18 and add Hogwarts Legacy to your shopping basket. There is no additional cost to purchase and the game will be added to your library. You can keep it afterwards and continue to play it even after the free period has expired.
This article originally appeared on our sister publication PC-WELT and was translated and localized from German.
Author: Laura Pippig, Staff Writer, PC-WELT
Laura is an enthusiastic gamer as well as a movie and TV fan. After studying communication science, she went straight into a job at PCMagazin and Connect Living. Since then, she has been writing about everything to do with PCs and technology topics, and has been a permanent editor at our German sister site PC-WELT since May 2024.
