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Boycott campaign against the Harry Potter game “Hogwarts Legacy”, because JK Rowling is considered transphobic: the game is currently number 1 in sales on all platforms (Update: The specialized site Gamekult, refuses to test the game)
02/06/2023
01/12/2023
Hogwarts Legacy is already suffering from JK Rowling’s transphobic reputation
Adaptation of the Harry Potter universe, Hogwarts Legacy: Hogwarts Legacy is targeted by trans people, because of its connection to JK Rowling. On Steam, ways to boycott the launch scheduled for February 10, 2023 are already visible.
Hogwarts Legacy: Hogwarts Legacy is a video game particularly awaited by a whole community of followers of the Harry Potter universe. But, the title published by Warner Bros. is also the target of criticism from transgender people, who reproach him for his connection with the author of the novels JK Rowling, openly transphobic. Thus, “Transphobic” and “Transphobia” tags appeared for a few hours on the game’s Steam page, as reported by CommonTransWs in a tweet posted on January 9.
The tags in question, which can be assigned by anyone to help better guide a purchase (according to Steam rules), have already been removed, Numerama was able to see on January 11. However, they did not go unnoticed, and were noted by many other members of the social network. It looks like a clear intention to harm the game Hogwarts Legacy: Hogwarts Legacypending a possible review bombing when opinions can be shared. This practice is similar to a tool of denunciation, consisting in voluntarily allocating bad marks to lower the average of the game.
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Not even released, Hogwarts Legacy already dominates the industry!
While the release of Hogwarts Legacy on PC, PS5 and Xbox One is less than a month away. In the meantime, fans have taken Steam pre-orders by storm and the least we can say is that the game promises to be a great success.
It’s almost back to school at Hogwarts!
Take out your diaries, the release of Hogwarts Legacy is fast approaching! In order: February 10 on PS5, Xbox Series and PC, April 4 on PS4 and Xbox One and July 25 on Nintendo Switch. Currently, the title dominates sales on Steam and is positioned number one on the French market. At the same time, we are witnessing a little sabotage on the part of a few Muggles, who have fun assigning bad tags in connection with the game. Like the mention Not Safe for Work or Souls Like. However, the biggest drama around Harry Potter today is mostly about JK Rowling. After a few misplaced tweets, Internet users are on the verge of inflicting some unforgivable spells on him. A certain number of users are already preparing a radical boycott of Hogwarts Legacy, while the author is neither closely nor remotely involved in the development of the project. On the other hand, she will receive royalties on sales, since the game adapts the universe she created. Despite everything, his work is now among the pioneers of pop culture in the world and we can’t wait to be able to launch our first spells through this new adaptation next month!
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