You can now change the time of day and season in Hogwarts Legacy — but there’s a catch
The Hogwarts Legacy Summer Update also brings several new features like the ability to sit when posing for screenshots.
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What you need to know
Thepreviously announced Hogwarts Legacy Summer Updateis now live, bringing with it a few new features as well as making previously PlayStation-exclusive content available within the game on PC, Xbox, and Nintendo Switch. While it’s not the biggest update we could get forHogwarts Legacy, it’s enough to make me excited to replay the game once more. One of the changes is that players can now adjust the time of day and season within Hogwarts Legacy, but the catch is that it only works in the new photo mode.
Here are all of the new features and changes made available with the Hogwarts Legacy Summer Update.
Hogwarts Legacy Summer Update
A new Photo mode makes me want to play Hogwarts Legacy all over again
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Thanks to these updates, I know I’ll be diving back into the world of Hogwarts Legacy on my gaming PC. Ever since I learned about the previously PlayStation-exclusive Haunted Hogsmeade quest, I’ve longed to experience the mission myself, and now I’ll finally be able to do so.
As I’ve previously written about in another article, photo mode is something I really expected to be there at Hogwarts Legacy’s launch, so it’s great to see it’s finally being added in. It’s not just a rough patch job either, it seems. Being able to shift time, seasons, and apply various settings should help me capture the pure magic that Avalanche Software was able to create. I’m especially excited to start a new game and capture seasonal changes, like Halloween decorations in the Great Hall or silly NPC interactions between classes.
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