The Wizard World of Harry Potter is headed to Fortnite, as Epic Games presents Hogwarts Legacy free of charge through its PC Store.
As introduced final evening at The Recreation Awards 2025, Hogwarts Legacy is now free to declare from the Epic Games Store till December 18, at 11am ET. Shortly following the announcement, customers reported that the retailer was struggling to load — with many linking the troubles to a flood of wizard wannabes speeding to declare their copy.
Anybody with greater than two hours of Hogwarts Legacy gameplay time on their account by December 18 will probably be granted a Chocolate Frog Again Bling in Fortnite, Epic Games has stated. And that is not the solely Harry Potter content material coming to its battle royale sport.
Whereas Harry Potter himself seems to be sitting issues out for now, Fortnite skins that includes characters in Hogwarts robes will probably be offered later this month. These outfits will probably be customizable so you may gown as a scholar in any of the Hogwarts homes: Gryffindor, Slytherin, Ravenclaw, and even Hufflepuff.
Harry Potter content material coming to Fortnite isn’t any shock — followers monitoring the sport’s recordsdata have beforehand ppointed to a collaboration coming in the close to future, and count on broomsticks as Mythic objects inside the sport’s upcoming annual Winterfest celebrations.
Past this, Harry Potter is simply the newest in the lengthy line of Warner Bros. characters now arriving into the sport following the shutdown of the writer’s personal live-service try Multiversus.
Acquainted faces from DC and Journey Time have been in Fortnite for a while, however current months have seen the addition of the Scooby-Doo gang, Beetlejuice and Jason Vorhees — all former Multiversus veterans. Will we see extra subsequent yr, such as characters from Recreation of Thrones, Gremlins and Looney Tunes? Time will inform.
“In nearly each manner, Hogwarts Legacy is the Harry Potter RPG I’ve all the time wished to play,” IGN wrote in our Hogwarts Legacy evaluate, awarding the sport 9/10.
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