Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery has been out for about a week, and some players have already managed to play through what it has to offer (the first two years at Hogwarts and a portion of Year Three). Luckily for any witches and wizards who are enjoying the game and want to play more, developer Jam City has confirmed that more content is on the way.

In an interview with Newsweek, Jam City confirmed that more storyline content will be coming to Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery in "regular content updates." It also promised new social encounters that players will be able to repeatedly engage with, as opposed to what's available now where players can only interact with their friends at specific points in the game. The developer also confirmed that pets are coming soon.

For those who may not be familiar with the Harry Potter franchise, pets are very important to the lore. Witches and wizards can choose to bring a pet with them to Hogwarts when they start school, with cats and owls seeming to be the most popular choices. Pets play an integral role in the Harry Potter books and film series, including Ron Weasly's rat Scabbers and of course, Harry Potter's loyal owl Hedwig.

Jam City stopped short of confirming exactly when pets will be added to Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery or which pets will be available in the game. However, it seems reasonable to assume that the pets will consist of typical Harry Potter fare, like the aforementioned cats and owls, along with rats and toads. It's also unclear at this point if these pets will be obtained through in-game actions or purchased with microtransactions.

As it stands, Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery is a game that has been heavily criticized for its use of microtransactions, so Jam City may want to avoid blocking pets behind a paywall. The game has become notorious for its extremely long wait times (that players can speed up by buying gems, the in-game currency), and if the developers want to keep an audience, they may want to avoid further controversy.

Unfortunately, Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery has come under fire for more than just its long wait times and loads of microtransactions. The game has also been criticized for contradicting Harry Potter canon by including brooms that shouldn't exist yet and an aged version of Professor Snape when he is supposed to be in his 20s at the time the game takes place.

Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery is available now for iOS and Android mobile devices.

Source: Newsweek