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'Hogwarts Legacy,' a new video game set before the events of the 'Harry Potter' books, was released amid calls to boycott the title because it would support author J.K. Rowling and her views on ...
“Hogwarts Legacy,” a Harry Potter-inspired video ... so long as the Hogwarts Legacy game is compelling. But the controversy and calls for boycott surrounding the game and author do not bode ...
Not only are boycotts ineffective, but the people trying to reinforce the boycotts tend to come across as scolds
ResetEra moderators enacted the site's first game ban by barring all promotion of the game Hogwarts Legacy, citing a "far-right" YouTube channel run by then-lead designer Troy Leavitt, and comments criticized for transphobia made by author J. K. Rowling. [36] In January 2023, the ban was extended to include any discussion of the game. [37] [38]
Hogwarts Legacy became a subject of contention in response to Rowling's controversial views on transgender people. [ 73 ] [ 43 ] Her detractors called for a boycott as a means of showing solidarity with the transgender community [ 74 ] and to impede the financial benefits she would receive from its release.
In February 2023, Junlper said that controversy regarding the 2023 Hogwarts Legacy video game was manufactured in terms of 'TERFs' pointing out the games' success despite boycotts. She also said that despite saying that people should feel free to buy it, they should not attempt to get "good ally points" for disliking J. K. Rowling .
In 2000, in the lead-up to the release of the first Harry Potter film, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone; Warner Bros., the film's distributor, sent a series of letters to owners of Harry Potter fansites, demanding that, to protect their copyright, they hand over their domain names. [4]
Warner Bros. Discovery is moving forward with a new Harry Potter series despite the controversy over Wizarding World creator, J.K. Rowling. (Illustration by Quinn Lemmers for Yahoo; photos: Getty ...