Last year, Avalanche, the developer of "Hogwarts Legacy," distanced itself from JK Rowling, creator of the "Harry Potter" series, and her transphobic comments. But with the revelation that industry veteran Troy Leavitt had a second job as a pro-gaming YouTuber, it will be difficult to separate the game from its lead designer.

On Friday, a series of tweets from Did You Know Gaming contributor Liam Robertson highlighted a snapshot of Leavitt's YouTube channel, which has been inactive since March 2018 and has gained popularity primarily for its feminist and social justice through angry videos, and has quietly garnered over 2 million views.

In a follow-up tweet, Robertson claims that he is not trying to "cancel" Leavitt. While none of this information is particularly private, he felt it was important to share it so that people could make a more informed choice about whether or not to support the Hogwarts Legacy. The reply also summarized a video Leavitt created in defense of John Lasseter, who left his job in 2017 in the wake of the scandal, dismissing the sexual assault allegations against the former Pixar boss and the broader #MeToo movement as a "moral panic" while Lasseter licensed game "Cars 2" during its development, stating that he was "personally nice to her."

With fewer than 26,000 channel subscribers, Leavitt's channel is not overwhelmingly popular. The channel is not hidden, however, and the designer has posted a link to it in his Twitter bio. In a 2018 video titled "Bushnell Can Do No Wrong," he explains that publisher WB Games not only knew about his video output when he was hired by Avalanche, but did not care at all.

"I'm glad to see that it wasn't an issue for them, despite the fact that I opened up my YouTube channel to WB Games," Leavitt says. 'Not that they endorse my statements, of course, but at least they seem more interested in making a good game than in pushing a social justice agenda.'

For many, the Hogwarts Legacy was already tainted. Despite official FAQs claiming that the story was created without input from Rowling, whose sudden turn to transphobia has shattered many longtime Potter fans' love for the series, WB Games, when Kotaku asked if the author would be paid royalties, commented He refused.

PC Gamer reached out to WB Games for comment.