For fans of Harry Potter with a Gaming PC there is a Christmas gift not to be missed: the digital version of Hogwarts Legacyconsidered the best video game ever made dedicated to the saga signed by JK Rowling. To redeem the free game you must have an account onEpic Games Storean online platform from Epic Games – the software house he created Fortnite And Gears of Wars – where video games for Windows PCs and Apple’s macOS operating system can be purchased and downloaded. Once the account has been created, you can access this page and click on “get”: after the redemption the game will be freely downloadable from bookshelf.
Hogwarts Legacy was made available for free at the awards ceremony Game Awards 2025 (dominated by Clair Obscur: Expedition 33) and it will be until 5pm on Thursday 18 December. Considering that the price of the standard version of the game is 59.99 Eurosit is undoubtedly a generous gift, which fits into the context of marketing strategy by Epic Games. In fact, the online store has for some time been giving away one or more games (or additional content) for PC every week in order to retain fans. Once redeemed and present in the library, the gifted games always remain available. It’s not a subscriptionsimply create a free account.
But what is it, exactly Hogwarts Legacy? As indicated, it is what is considered the best video game ever made on the IP of Harry Potter, a sort of “dream” for all fans who wish to take on the role of a student of School of Wizardry and Witchcraft. Set at the end of the 19th century, about ninety years before the birth of the famous wizard who gives his name to the saga, the game from the software house Avalanche Software – released in February 2023 – is an adventure open world with (thin) RPG elements which allows you to completely immerse yourself in the fantastic atmosphere of the novels and the film series. It is even possible to choose the house you belong to at the beginning of the adventure, that is Gryffindor, Hufflepuff, Ravenclaw or Slytherin.
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The player takes on the role of one student in his fifth year – thanks to a narrative device – and gets involved in one plot completely in line with the canons traced by the writer from Yate. They hang out magic lessonsface dark wizards and orcs, make friends with other students, reveal the secrets of Hogwarts, meet fantastic animals and much more. You can even visit the Hogsmeade villagewhere to buy new ones flying brooms and accessories. The character it is customizable and there are multiple cosmetic items. The magic school is recreated to perfection and fans of films and novels will recognize many details and references, a “fanservice“omnipresent that helps players to totally immerse themselves in the atmosphere of the saga. According to experts, it is not a perfect video game, especially with regards to some technical deburring and a scholastic open world system, however it is considered a very good title capable of entertaining for dozens and dozens of hours. The contents, in fact, are many.
As indicated, to play Hogwarts Legacy given away on the Epic Games Store you need a gaming PC – or a sufficiently powerful one – to run it. Among the minimum requirements we find Windows 10 operating system, processor Intel Core i5-8400 or AMD Ryzen 5 2600, 16 GB of memory (RAM) and a video card NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 or AMD RX Vega 56. So these are rather affordable requirements, but for Ultra settings – perhaps in 4K – you need a much more powerful machine. An SSD is recommended but the classic mechanical hard disk is also supported.
