The years of transphobic comments made by Harry Potter creator JK Rowling have made Hogwarts Legacy one of the most controversial videogames of all time. But that hasn't stopped it from being an
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The years of transphobic comments made by Harry Potter creator JK Rowling have made Hogwarts Legacy (opens in new tab) one of the most controversial videogames of all time. But that hasn’t stopped it from being an immediate, major hit on Steam and Twitch, where it’s being played and viewed by hundreds of thousands of gamers before it’s even officially launched.
Hogwarts Legacy won’t officially launch until February 10, but players who pay extra for the deluxe edition were able to get started up to 72 hours early, on February 7. And they are, in serious numbers: SteamDB (opens in new tab) (via the Steam API) indicates that more than 488,000 people are currently playing the game. It doesn’t appear on the Steam top 100 (opens in new tab) because it’s not officially released yet, but if it did it would hold the number three spot right now, ahead of PUBG and just behind Dota 2.
