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Harry Potter: Quidditch Champions is a sports video game developed by Unbroken Studios and released by Warner Bros. Games under their Portkey Games label. The game was released on 3 September 2024 with the Nintendo Switch version coming on 8 November 2024.[2][1] The game allows the player to design a character who may play on their Hogwarts House, school and national Quidditch teams.[3] It is the second video game to focus solely on the wizarding sport of Quidditch, the first being Harry Potter: Quidditch World Cup.[1]
Setting[]
The game is set on the Hogwarts Quidditch pitch. Each team has fewer than 7 players, a contradiction to the lore canon expressly allowed by J. K. Rowling.[4] According to team lineups, the game is set before the 1993–1994 Inter-House Quidditch Cup, with only one sole Beater instead of two as in the Harry Potter books and films.
Characters[]
Numerous familiar characters make appearances, including the following:[5]
In addition, Ginny (Chaser), Ron (Keeper), Fred & George (Beater) and Harry (Seeker) give tutorials on their positions, while Ginny also narrates the game's opening and other cinematics.
Your created character is also a Chaser, which would be your favourite role by default, but you can switch to control other players.
Heroes[]
Players can also unlock and recruit many of the players listed above and more for their team as Heroes. If a Hero is toggled on to fill a team slot, then their costume cannot be changed (though some Heroes with different costumes are considered separate), but other aspects of them can be customised and they are not restricted to a specific or canon position. So far, characters from Hogwarts Legacy have also been available as Heroes.
| Character | Costume/Designation | Method |
|---|---|---|
| Ginny Weasley | Casual Outfit | Default (after completing Burrow Cup) |
| Gryffindor Chaser | Heroes of Hogwarts event / The Vault (Winged Keys) | |
| Hermione Granger | Burrow Champion | The Vault (Coins) |
| Fred Weasley | ||
| George Weasley | ||
| Harry Potter | Gryffindor Seeker | Reach Fame Level 45 |
| Prisoner of Azkaban | The Vault (Winged Keys) | |
| Ron Weasley | Gryffindor Keeper Tryouts | Reach Level 50 in Season 0 (Quidditch Tryouts) / The Vault (Winged Keys) |
| Cho Chang | Ravenclaw Seeker | Heroes of Hogwarts event / The Vault (Winged Keys) |
| Cedric Diggory | Hufflepuff Seeker | |
| Draco Malfoy | Slytherin Seeker | |
| Rolanda Hooch | Hogwarts Quidditch Referee | Complete all Mastery Challenges |
| Sebastian Sallow | Slytherin Student | Hogwarts Legacy purchase Verified via linking WB Games and Wizarding World accounts |
| Natsai Onai | Gryffindor Student | Legacy Heroes event / The Vault (Winged Keys) |
| Amit Thakkar | Ravenclaw Student | |
| Poppy Sweeting | Hufflepuff Student | |
| Ominis Gaunt | Slytherin Student | |
| Severus Snape | Hogwarts Potions Professor | Reach Level 50 in Season 1 (Defense Against the Dark Arts) |
| Bellatrix Lestrange | Dark Witch | The Vault (Coins) |
| Molly Weasley | Burrow Champion | The Vault (Coins) |
Gameplay[]
Harry Potter: Quidditch Champions is an online multiplayer game where players can team up with friends or play with others through matchmaking, suggesting that it will have a lobby system. There is also a single-player mode. The player can shift control between their team's players. If a player is hit by a Bludger enough times, they will become dizzy and may fall off the broom when the health bar depletes itself.[6]
The game does not feature microtransactions. It was initially reported that it would feature them sometime after launch, but this was later denied.[6]
Players can customise their character by selecting a House and changing their character's appearance.
The rules of Quidditch in this game are slightly different from those in the Harry Potter books and films, standardised by the Department of Magical Games and Sports. Most notably:
- The teams consist of 6 players instead of 7, with only one Beater on the team instead of 2.
- Catching the Golden Snitch does not end the game instantly and only yields 30 points, but doing so in overtime will end the game instantly.
- Teams play until time expires or until one team scores 100 points, whichever comes first. You can still win and score over 100 points if the game was at 80 points before the Seeker catches the Golden Snitch to end the game.
- If the scores are tied when time expires, then a golden score overtime begins – either the next goal (similar to a golden goal in football) or catching the Snitch wins.
- Keepers are not exempt from being targeted by Beaters unless the Quaffle is within the scoring area. Keepers, however, cannot be targeted or tackled by anyone when in possession of a Quaffle after a save.
- Stooging is allowed.
- Opponents cannot score if a Quaffle goes through as an own goal. Chasers can't actively aim for an own goal.
- They can back pass to the Keeper, and Keepers, in turn, can handle the Quaffle from a back pass.
- Nobody, including the Snitch, can fly outside the boundaries of the stadium, including the gap and supporting beams between the boundary of the field and the grandstands. They cannot fly so high up in the sky that they can't be seen.
- Unlike how it was depicted in the books and films (wherein the Seekers and the Snitch are in play immediately, before the Quaffle is tossed up to start the game), in this game, the Snitch is only in play some time after the game starts. Seekers, therefore, do not enter the arena until they have to locate and activate the Snitch. They leave the playing area again after the first Snitch is caught.
- Like how it was depicted in the books and films: Chasers cannot score by carrying the Quaffle all the way through the hoops.
- While the restart sequence is never shown in films, in this game: Once a goal is scored, the Keeper that conceded that goal will restart with the Quaffle after a short time. If they were knocked out by the Beaters, they are instantly revived after the goal is conceded.
Tournaments[]
Players begin at the Weasleys' Burrow Garden Cup next to their house, which serves as a tutorial. After that, players progress to the following tournaments, which can be played online or offline, unlocking in this order:[5]
- Hogwarts Inter-House Quidditch Cup featuring the Gryffindor, Hufflepuff, Ravenclaw and Slytherin House teams
- Format: Single round robin. House teams are then seeded into a single-elimination bracket based on total points.
- Triwizard Schools Quidditch Cup featuring school teams for each of the three Triwizard Tournament schools: Hogwarts, Beauxbatons and Durmstrang
- Format: Double round robin home and away. The top two schools advance to a one-off final.
- Quidditch World Cup featuring 16 nations:
- Format: Four groups of four teams each. The top two teams advance to a single-elimination 8-team bracket.
Customisation[]
Players can also customise their team members and even play as familiar characters. Players also earn skill points to improve their play at each position and can equip and upgrade a variety of brooms.[5]
Venues[]
The following venues are available in-game:
- The Burrow, Ottery St Catchpole, Devon, England, UK
- Hogwarts Quidditch pitch, Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, Scotland, UK
- Beauxbatons Quidditch pitch, Beauxbatons Academy of Magic, France
- Durmstrang Quidditch pitch, Durmstrang Institute
- Ilvermorny Quidditch pitch, Ilvermorny School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, Mount Greylock, Massachusetts, USA
- Quidditch World Cup Stadium
- Forbidden Forest pitch, Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, Scotland, UK
Development[]
The game was announced in April 2023. Numerous beta tests were conducted over the summer of 2023. A November 2024 update also introduced 6v6 gameplay.
Media gallery[]
Trailers[]
Trivia[]
- Most of the known wizarding schools have their home countries' national teams entered in the Quidditch World Cup – the United Kingdom (Hogwarts), France (Beauxbatons), the United States (Ilvermorny), Brazil (Castelobruxo), Japan (Mahoutokoro) and Uganda (Uagadou).
- The exceptions to this are Koldovstoretz, as Russia is not represented in the game, and Durmstrang, whose home country is not known.
- In addition, Sweden enters individually when there was a unified Nordic Team in Harry Potter: Quidditch World Cup, while the United Kingdom enters a unified team instead of one or more national teams from the British Home Nations (England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland) as is the case in football.
- The British team is composed of players from the England side in Harry Potter: Quidditch World Cup.
- While you can change the single-digit squad numbers or emblems on the uniform, they only show on the backs in the game, even on the trialists' uniforms. The default numbers for each position are slightly different in this game:
- Keeper is no. 1 (Ron was no. 2 as he borrowed Fred's old jersey)
- Beater is no. 2 (as there are two Beaters in the film, they would get 2 and 3).
- Chasers are 4, 5 and 6. The player wears no. 4 by default.
- Seeker is no. 7.
- Hermione's Burrow Champion outfit is her casual outfit from the climactic scenes of the Prisoner of Azkaban film.
- While most of the teams are based on the 1993–94 Hogwarts school year, Ginny starts at Chaser for Gryffindor ahead of Katie Bell.
- Ahead of Halloween, the new Forbidden Forest pitch. The pitch's home commentators are George Weasley, Fred Weasley and Rubeus Hagrid.
Achievements/Trophies[]
| Image | Name | Description | Gamerscore/Trophy |
|---|---|---|---|
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It's not Much but Its Home! | Complete the Weasley Burrow Garden Cup | 10G/Bronze |
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World Cup Wonder | Win the World Cup for the first time | 40G/Silver |
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Quidditch is Easy Enough to Understand | Win any Cup on Champion difficulty | 75G/Gold |
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"E" for Exceeds Expectations | Reach level 50 in your Career | 40G/Silver |
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Don’t Go Making Friends with the Wrong Sort… | Win 5 Games of Quidditch While in a Party | 10G/Bronze |
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I Want a Nice, Clean Gamer | Play 5 PVP Matches | 40G/Silver |
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Bottle Fame | Complete a Career Challenge | 10G/Bronze |
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Brew Glory | Complete a Mastery Challenge for each role | 10G/Bronze |
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I've Always Wanted to Use That Spell | Max out skill points in a single role | 75G/Gold |
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It's Not Any Broomstick, it's a Nimbus 2000 | Upgrade a broom to max level | 75G/Gold |
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Up! | Complete Chaser Training | 10G/Bronze |
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Everyone Starts at the Beginning at Hogwarts | Win your first game | 10G/Bronze |
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Chasers With Extra Responsibilities | Intercept a shot on your goals | 40G/Silver |
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The Porskoff Ploy | Assist a goal by shovel-passing to a teammate shortly before they score | 10G/Bronze |
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You'd Make a Fair Beater | Complete Beater Training | |
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Brilliant, but Scary | Eliminate the opposing Beater without getting hit by a Bludger | 40G/Silver |
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Knock on Wood | Get an assist by stunning the enemy Keeper shortly before a goal | 40G/Silver |
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The Keeper, That's Me... | Complete Keeper Training | 10G/Bronze |
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Triwizard Titan | Win the Triwizard Quidditch Cup for the first time | 40G/Silver |
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Tutshill Tornado | Win 25 games of Quidditch | 40G/Silver |
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Rough Game, Quidditch. Brutal! | Win a game of Quidditch without conceding any points | 40G/Silver |
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Role-Star | Earn a Platinum medal for each role | |
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Look! Mum Made You a Sweater! | Customize a character in your roster | 10G/Bronze |
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Playcaller | Save a shot on goal from a Chaser you recently debuffed | 40G/Silver |
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The Youngest Seeker in a Century | Complete Seeker Training | 10G/Bronze |
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Roderick Pumpton's Protege | Catch a Snitch in less than 120 seconds | 10G/Bronze |
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Constant VIgiliance! | Catch a Snitch without getting hit by a Bludger | |
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Hogwarts Hero | Win the Hogwarts Quidditch House Cup for the first time | 10G/Bronze |
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Mischief Managed | Stun a Player while they are highlighted for a score event | 40G/Silver |
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Superb Keeper | Save a goal with your Power Save | 10G/Bronze |
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Quidditch Champion | Win 100 Games of Quidditch | 75G/Gold |
Notes and references[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 News Release
- ↑ https://x.com/quidditchgame/status/1834577775640068221?s=46
- ↑ Calling all Beaters, Chasers, Keepers, and Seekers! Harry Potter: Quidditch Champions limited playtest signups are live now! Sign up at http://QuidditchChampions.WBGames.com. #QuidditchChampions
- ↑ Can Warner Bros. Uncancel J.K. Rowling?
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 Official Launch Gameplay Walkthrough Trailer
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Harry Potter: Quidditch Champions FAQ
- ↑ Report on Maggie's Cancer Caring Centre reading
External links[]
| J. K. Rowling's Harry Potter series | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Philosopher's Stone | book | film | games | film soundtrack | game soundtrack |
| Chamber of Secrets | book | film | games | film soundtrack | game soundtrack |
| Prisoner of Azkaban | book | film | games | film soundtrack | game soundtrack |
| Goblet of Fire | book | film | games | film soundtrack | game soundtrack |
| Order of the Phoenix | book | film | game | film soundtrack | game soundtrack |
| Half-Blood Prince | book | film | games | film soundtrack | game soundtrack |
| Deathly Hallows | book | film 1 | games 1 | film soundtrack 1 | game soundtrack 1 |
| film 2 | games 2 | film soundtrack 2 | game soundtrack 2 | ||
| Cursed Child | script | play | |||
| Fantastic Beasts film series | |||||
| Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them | book | screenplay | film | game | film soundtrack |
| The Crimes of Grindelwald | screenplay | film | film soundtrack | ||
| The Secrets of Dumbledore | screenplay | film | film soundtrack | ||