Hogwarts Legacy: controversial lead designer justifies leaving the project.
Troy Leavitt, one of the heads of development on Harry Potter: Hogwarts Legacy, shared on his YouTube channel explanations for having left the project that is being carried out by Avalanche Software. This news is an unfolding of the subject already discussed here on Voxel, but it requires a little context for its full understanding.
Why did Troy Leavitt leave Hogwarts Legacy?
On his way out of the company, Leavitt made a video call on Zoom with his team to pinpoint every reason he left the project. Now, this video has been edited and shared as a way of explanation for those who follow your personal channel and anyone who might be interested.
He says that a family problem would have been one of his biggest concerns for his departure from the studio. He also explains that he told HR about his retirement in August 2020. The designer also says that he maintained a good relationship with WB Games while he was at Avalanche Software and that everyone knew about the existence of his personal channel, without being charged for the content of his videos .
Leavitt rebuts the accusations and says he is not and does not tend to be racist and does not even consider himself an anti-feminist. As mentioned in your video, family problems would have motivated your departure. Even without explicitly commenting on the problem faced in his family, he reinforces that the situation worsened at the time and that he would not have been able to give due attention to it while involved with the studio.
a little context
Leavitt has drawn a lot of attention with videos posted on his personal channel in recent years and his popularity is directly related to the controversy surrounding the game in development. When the game named after the wizard was announced, we saw friction also involving the name of the creator of the Hogwarts universe, JK Rowling.
The author was accused of making transphobic comments, which led the game’s producers to seek removal from the writer. After this distance, the public also demanded a position on the presence of Troy Leavitt, who was the production’s chief designer at the time and who continued to release videos with titles such as “The Injustice of Social Justice”. This and other publications prompted an audience eager for the new title to seek a statement about their participation.
The boss behind the game also drew attention when defending Disney and Pixar executive John Lasseter in the 2017 scandal.
About the game
Harry Potter: Hogwarts Legacy was originally planned for release this year, but was eventually pushed back to 2022. When it arrives, the game will be available for Xbox One, Xbox Series X | S, PS4, PS5 and PC.
