After Warner Bros. Games released “Harry Potter: Quidditch Champions” on Tuesday, Warner Bros. Discovery’s chief financial officer has confirmed that a more direct sequel to the hit 2023 Wizarding World game “Hogwarts Legacy” is a goal for the team moving forward.

“Clearly, a successor to ‘Hogwarts Legacy’ is one of the biggest priorities over the next couple of years,” WBD CFO Gunnar Wiedenfels said Wednesday during an interview at Bank of America’s 2024 Media, Communications & Entertainment Conference. “So there’s certainly a significant growth contribution from that [games] business in our strategic view here.”

While “Harry Potter: Quidditch Champions” marks Warner Bros.’ first video game release based on the popular J.K. Rowling IP since “Hogwarts Legacy” debuted in February 2023, it will not tie into the previous game’s storyline, which followed all-new characters at the iconic wizarding school many years before Harry and his friends attended. Instead, this new title focuses on playing Quidditch – a gameplay feature that fans were disappointed wasn’t included in “Hogwarts Legacy” – and features original Harry Potter characters including Harry himself, Ron Weasley, Hermione Granger, Draco Malfoy and more as they compete in events centered around the wizarding world’s favorite sport.

According to Warner Bros. Games, “Hogwarts Legacy” has sold more than 22 million copies by the end of 2023, with approximately 2 million of those sold during the December holiday season.