EA announces HBP video game in development
UPDATE: PocketGamer.co.uk received a sneak peak at the Nintendo DS version of the game and their review is here!Electronic Arts, makers of every Potter video game to date, has announced that production of Half-Blood Prince is underway. The release will coincide with the release of the film, and EA is thrilled about this next installment:
“We believe that the Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince video game represents a milestone in the movie tie-in genre,” said Harvey Elliott, Head of EA Bright Light studio in the UK where the Harry Potter franchise has its home. “Building on the technological advancements of previous games in the series and with a particular focus on the unique control system of Nintendo’s WiiTM, the team here is working closely with the filmmakers to create an immersive interactive experience that captures the story, the action, the excitement and, above all, the fun of the film.”
The game is scheduled to be released on Wii, PS2, PS3, PC, MAC, X360, DS, and mobile devices. Thanks to Jamie for the tip, and we'll update you with more information in the coming months! For more information on the other Potter video games, click here.
Posted by Andrew on Apr 22nd |
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Cool News!!!!
SO cool!
Can't wait to get it!! Horrahh 2nd commenet too!
top 4? nice, i cant wait for this game, love em
Devious. I'll prolly get it.
I havnt been sure about the games sine GOF...hopefully this one will be better.
Cool... but I hope this game is better than the last two games. Game#4 had stupid levels and Game#5 was booorrring. Please get back to the goodness of Games 1, 2, and 3!!!
WHOA COOL!
sweetness glad to see the PS@ isn't being left out
cool, i'm buying!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!:D
yay!!! and i wonder if they will split DH into 2 video games.. =)
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these games are kind of bad but eh maybe theyll turn it around
sick! can't wait. HP5 Video game, was cool but too short. i finished the game in 2 days. this one better be longer. i think im going to get it on wii this time though.
SQUEEE! I love the HP videogames! OOTP was glitchy though...didn't work to properly for DS but the Wii version was wicked...graphics on the Wii OOTP we're pretty bad though
yeaa! CANT WAIT !!!!
dude tighhtt! :] top 20
XBOX 360 rocks my sox! Ya for HBP game!
Yay! Hope its better than the last two.
yesss....make it for psp though otherwise i will be mad :]
Good! I can't wait! Is this the same thing as the computer games? We only have those-- I hope it is as good as the 5th! The set was spectacular!!! Hooray = ) ~Myrtle~
Good! I can't wait! Is this the same thing as the computer games? We only have those-- I hope it is as good as the 5th! The set was spectacular!!! Hooray = ) ~Myrtle~
Awesome! Everytime I get the Harry Potter games I play it all in one day until I get stuck. Hahaha
Why not for wii? I only have gamecube and wii... and the wii version was pretty awesome! ugh... =[
Why did my comment get posted twice? Does that happen when I double click.... Just wondering because it seems to happen to me a lot... : \ What really is a wii? Is is that much different from any other video game device? ~Myrtle~
Not much of a video game person here, but I'll probably get it. Scratch the "probably". I'll get it.
I love playing Harry Potter on my Wii, I feel all cool casting spells & such :) Yip new game!
hp_rox_my_sox15: The game is being released for Wii. I think it's going to be sick. Myrtle: Wii isn't like mainstream game systems. PS3 and XBOX use normal controllers, but the controllers for the Wii (depending which game you're playing) are very interactive. Basically in the OotP video game, you could use the Wii Remote as a wand, and wave it in certain motions (i.e. up and down, clockwise circle, etc.) to cast spells. I'd imagine that HBP will be fairly similar. Anyone else notice in the picture that dueling looks nearly exactly like the CoS game, just with sweeter graphics.
I hope in this game they make it have the freedom of game five, if not more. And the ausome spells and power ups from game 4. Looking forward to it on the wii.
the wii is a mainstream system, probably more so than any other. yeah moaning myrtle it happens when you click the post thing more than once
that is so awesome! i cant wait!
cant wait!!! and i do hope it is a freeform game like 123 and 5. 4 was cool but i didn't like the levels. i agree with HPfan4eva111 is DH gonna be split into 2 games? it would be cool but i doubt it.
Did anybody else read the link to it? Because they talked quite a bit about all the romance. I hate how they are trying to make the potter series into a romantic comedy when it's much more than that. I mean, they're not gonna put sex in it are they? Oh, wait I forget, Yates is directing, which means yes.
Yes!!! I'm so getting it!! I hope it's better than OotP was said to be, because I heard that that one wasn't really any good, though I never actually played it myself. But I'm so getting it for my DS! Yay! But honestly angelina_johnson92, I doubt they will put sex in the movie, I mean come on, little kids watch it! They may stray from the story a bit, but that would be taking it WAY far. And yeah, they do seem to be trying to make it just a wee bit romantic, but hey, thats what they do. All we fans can do is live with it.
I like these games, but what kills them for me is the fact that they recreate the movie hogwarts, not the hogwarts layed out in the books (the true hogwarts). It's to bad they do that, because I would totally LOVE to run around the true version of Hogwarts.
COOLIO im gettin it on wii, ps2, and ds. wow, thats alot of money. i gotta either save up or beg my dad for an allowance. :.b
im not really into video games...actually not at all...but thats a good point felixfelicis, they should have made it like the REAL hogwarts. the movies just dont match up. really wouldnt have played it anyway tho
Yay! can't wait to get it for wii! hpfan4eva & fawkesdog, if they keep it as one video game, when will they release it????
yes remi yes... thats what i thought also.. but it looks like people think they have better topics to discuss. each is very sad to say :( :( :( I LOVE YOU HARRY POTTER ALWAYS AND FOREVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!! P.S....will you marry me?! ta hah ah ah ah.. but seriously :) well not really cuz im already married to danny. forgot about that one. jeeeeeez. im just gunna stalk draco when he is in his robe and everything then tie him upppp in my closet.... THEN........wait can i say this on the internet!?!? oh well so anyways yesterday i was playing chess with jose when all of a sudden he does this crazzzzzy combo ninja attack on me i was like WHAT THE GRIPES jose i thought we were like bffl?! he was like umm well i just really wanna kill someone so guess who i brought for him to kill????.... thats right eddie from behind greenbacks but it was really REALLY disgusting cuz that old fool had crusty blood stuck in between his toes since he is homeless....and then i got a pimple..bad day :(.....ahhh so jose got bored with chess so we played "twister" for awhile....it was fun but i won. i own at that shiz. i came home from a hard days work and my mom MY MOM can you believe it bought me a camel!!!! it was so awsum i named him teto. good day :) but if you ever need a mom you can order them from MOMSRALIVE.... B2497 is the bestest and then you can get screamo mom!!! i lovvvvvvvvvvvvvvvve her shes so so good at screaming hard core!!! well im gunna stop talking to myself now pathetic i now. bye everybody that read this depressing story about a girl named bertha with a uni brow. PEACE NUKKAS!
EVERYBODY!!! READ THE COMMENT I POSTED ABOVE ITS A CONVERSATION I HAD WITH MYSELF YESTERDAY!!!! GOOOOOOD TIMES MAN.
i_loverz_HP, what on EARTH does that have to do with HP video games? Anyway, I probably won't get this cause I'm not really into this kind of thing, but cool nonetheless.
Wow! So they're going for the "OOTP approach"? I'm glad, the games need to be as far away from GoF as possible, haha. I'm sure they'll do a great job, and as long as they make it abit harder then I'm sure it will be amazing!
i want this one alot. i just hope the guy at the store doesnt "tut tut" me for buying it
awesome! i LOVVVEEE the ootp game for wii and i cant wait for hbp!! my only wish is that they would get the peoples faces to look more like the real actors and to get all the actors voices in it. =D
i hope it;s not a PC-DVD game, and also i hope it;s better than the previous one...
I'm just commenting on i_loverz_HP. Was this really a conversation you had with yourself? Hahahaha. I thought the conversations I had with myself were weird. Yours definitly takes the cake! Roflmao.
ok I've walked around my house all day now, wondering why I feel like Im missing someone's birthday, and having figured out who was born today, I would like to wish my favourite mugglecaster,Eric, happy birthday.
this is Excellent news. I love the HP video games! I'll enjoy seeing how they convert book six into a game it should be really cool. I hope there is quidditch in this one!
Sounds wicked, I just hope they don't have too much snogging in the movie and game, aww man, we have to see Ron snog "Lav Lav." ;D I hope that is not in the game! But the game sounds brilliant and I hope like the Order they have no need to load Every time you enter a room! I want to play quidditch!! PLEAAASSE HAVE QUIDDITCH!!
sounds cool, i'll definitely be buying this
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