The Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince Videogame is THE Place for
Fans to Live the Thrills, Action and Excitement of Harry Potter This
Summer
The EA Play Label of Electronic Arts Inc (NASDAQ:ERTS) and Warner Bros.
Interactive Entertainment today announced that the Harry Potter and
the Half-Blood Prince™ videogame will be available in stores
across the globe this week. Available on multiple platforms, the Harry
Potter and the Half-Blood Prince videogame allows players to
experience all the magic, adventure and fun of the Warner Bros.
Pictures’ film based on J.K. Rowling’s sixth book in the Harry Potter™
series.
In the game of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, players
return to Hogwarts™ – reproduced from movie blueprints in
exacting detail - to help Harry survive a fraught sixth year. Players
will be able to master gesture-based spell-casting as they explore the
Hogwarts school grounds, from the heights of the Astronomy Tower to
Professor Slughorn’s Potions classroom in the depths of the dungeons and
iconic locations in between such as the Gryffindor™ common room and the
Great Hall.
For the first time players can move and cast spells simultaneously,
creating intense and fast-paced wizard duels as the champions from each
house line up to challenge the Boy Who Lived. Players can also chase
down the Golden Snitch™ as they take to the air as the Seeker
on the Gryffindor Quidditch™ team. In addition to spell-casting and
flying, players can put their potion-mixing skills to the test when they
learn how to mix and brew magical ingredients in Potions class. Players
may even get sidetracked by Ron’s romantic entanglements as they journey
towards the dramatic climax and discover the identity of the Half-Blood
Prince.
“We are very excited by the fact that fans will be able to use
Nintendo’s Wii Remote™ controller as their wands,” said Harvey Elliott,
VP and GM Casual Studios, EA Play Label. “Casting charms and jinxes –
Stupefy, Wingardium Leviosa, Accio and Petrificus Totalis among others –
has never been easier or more realistic.
