New details have emerged about the character creator for the upcoming open-world Harry Potter game, with a report claiming players can create transgender characters. Bloomberg reports that Hogwarts Legacy will begin by allowing players to create a character and assign a masculine or feminine voice, regardless of what their body looks like. After making those choices, players can reportedly choose to be a witch or a wizard. What they choose will factor into which dorm they are chosen for and how other characters speak to them, according to the report. Hogwarts Legacy is of course not the first video game to allow for greater representation and inclusivity with its character-creator. What's notable here is that Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling has been criticized for her comments about transgender people. Continue Reading at GameSpot
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