Despite its delay into 2023,Hogwarts Legacyremains one of the most anticipated releases currently in development. TheHarry Potterbooks offered a look into a world filled with magic and mystery and a fully realized 3D video game will offer a unique opportunity to explore that world. Capitalizing on that idea, developer Avalanche Software has put together a new trailer offering a closer look at the setting ofHogwarts Legacyin the form of an ASMR video.
TheHogwarts Legacy"A Hot Summer Day" trailer is a unique marketing effort for the video game industry. It’s recorded in-game but isn’t necessarily a gameplay video. It doesn’t focus on any features, there are no story details, and there isn’t even any voice work within. Instead, the 20-minute video offers a tour of areas beyond Hogwarts' walls. These arequiet areas ofHogwarts Legacy’s setting: the farm areas, the streams, the coastline, and rarely visited hideaways.
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As an ASRM video, an “autonomous sensory meridian response” recording, the goal of the footage is to provide something that creates a physical reaction to audial and visual triggers. As such, theHogwarts Legacyvideo focuses on the sounds of each environment, including rippling water, birds chirping, and footsteps along the well-trod ground.Harry Potterfans can watch the video and imagine they’reexploring outside of Hogwarts.
Admittedly, for fans wanting to experience life in Hogwarts itself, the new ASMR video isn’t going to deliver that. It does help establish how big the setting ofHogwarts Legacyis, even beyond the walls of Hogwarts. It also shows just how much attention to detailAvalanchehas for its environmental sounds. But there are no spells being cast, magical classes being taught, or anything of the like.
The video footage provides more compelling content forHarry Potterfanshoping for something more substantial than the sounds of nature. Several different scenes reveal corners of the map that are intriguing in one way or another. There are a lot of castle ruins, giant industrial cogs sticking out of the ground, mountaintop statues in the distance, oddly-shaped bridges, and more to ponder.
ThisHogwarts Legacyvideo is ultimately a reminder that the upcoming game features an open world for players to explore and enjoy. It’s more than justHarry Pottertropes. It’s rich with detail, both magical and mundane. ASMR videos are rare in video game marketing, butHogwarts Legacy’s new trailermight help change that.
Hogwarts Legacyreleases Jul 05, 2025, on PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S, with a Switch version also in development.
