Warner Bros.’ Hogwarts Legacy breaks the record for “most concurrent viewers on Twitch for a single-player game”.
Hogwarts Legacy is an action role-playing game developed by Avalanche Software and published by Warner Bros. Games under its Portkey Games label. The game is set in the Wizarding World universe, based on the Harry Potter novels. Hogwarts Legacy already topped pre-order charts in the weeks up to release. Only those who purchased the $80 / £75 Deluxe Edition can play before February 10th.
On the game’s first day of availability via Early Access numbers peaked at 1.3 million concurrent viewers, beating the 1.1 million record achieved by Cyberpunk 2077 in December 2020. According to figures, only online titles Valorant (1.72 million in April 2020), League of Legends (1.78 million in November 2019), and Fortnite (2.3 million in June 2020) have attracted more viewers for a single game.
Warner Bros.’ head of gaming is currently David Haddad.
