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Lengthy delays mean Hogwarts Legacy has more in common with British Rail than Hogwarts Express but, assuming Avalanche Software can avoid any further wet leaves on the train track of game development, the studio's long-awaited foray into the Potterverse will finally arrive this coming February.

As we said last year, J.K. Rowling's anti-trans stance may have placed a permanent asterisk next to the franchise's name, but the fact remains that the world she created is still one of the greatest achievements in modern literature. There's a reason Harry Potter is writ large on the cultural consciousness, and the chance to explore it in 4K is still worth getting excited about.

Really, the above screenshot captures the appeal perfectly. Which nineties or noughties child wouldn't want to swoop over the grounds of Hogwarts on the back of a griffin? As long as Legacy captures even a small measure of the sense of wonder engendered by Harry Potter's adventures, the wait will have been worth it.