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Hogwarts Legacy will feature a character creator that includes transgender people, according to a new report.
Sources “familiar with the development of the game” told Bloomberg that the upcoming Harry Potter RPG will allow players to customize their character’s body type, voice and gender placement for school bedrooms.
According to these sources, players will be able to choose a male or female voice, regardless of their character’s body type, and will be able to choose whether they want to be a ‘witch’ or a ‘wizard’, with the latter option placing in the corresponding bedroom and affecting how other characters address them.
A more inclusive magical world
Bloomberg reports that this inclusion was a push from some members of the Hogwarts Legacy development team, following controversial comments made by JK Rowling, the series creator, on transgender issues.
“As a result, some members of the Hogwarts Legacy development team have fought to make the game as inclusive as possible, pushing for character customization and even for a transgender character to be added,” the report says. “There was resistance from management at first, people familiar with the project said, but currently character customization is included in the game.”
Harry Potter Legacy is an open world adventure game set in the Harry Potter universe, specifically the beloved Hogwarts wizarding school in the 19th century.
Initially due to its release in 2021, Hogwarts Legacy was delayed until 2022, and developer Avalanche Software said the game needed more time to be ready for release.
