The Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Video Game is THE Place for Fans
to Live the Thrills, Action and Excitement of Harry Potter Beginning
June 30th
REDWOOD CITY, Calif., May 14, 2009 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ:ERTS) and Warner Bros. Interactive
Entertainment today confirmed that the Harry Potter and the
Half-Blood Prince(TM)video game will be in stores across the
world from June 30, 2009, just ahead 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
will return to Hogwarts to help Harry survive a fraught sixth year. They
will also have a chance to engage in exciting wizard duels, mix and brew
magical ingredients in Potions class and take to the air to lead the
Gryffindor Quidditch team to victory. Players may even get sidetracked
by Ron's romantic entanglements as they journey towards a dramatic
climax and discover the identity of the Half-Blood Prince.
Developed by EA Bright Light in Guildford, England - the team behind the
worldwide success of the Harry Potter library of games including the
most recent game released in the summer of 2007, Harry Potter and the
Order of the Phoenix - Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince is
scheduled for release in North America on June 30, 2009 for the Wii(TM),
PLAYSTATION(R)3 computer entertainment system, Xbox 360(R) video game and
entertainment system, PlayStation(R)2 computer entertainment system, PSP(R)
(PlayStation(R)Portable) system, Nintendo DS(TM), Windows PC, Macintosh and
mobile devices.
About Electronic Arts
Electronic Arts Inc. (EA), headquartered in Redwood City, California, a
leading global interactive entertainment software company. Founded in
1982, the Company develops, publishes, and distributes interactive
software worldwide for video game systems, personal computers, wireless
devices and the Internet. Electronic Arts markets its products under
four brand names: EA SPORTSTM, EATM, EA SPORTS
FreestyleTM and POGOTM. In fiscal 2009, EA posted
GAAP net revenue of $4.2 billion and had 31 titles that sold more than
one million copies. EA's homepage and online game site is www.ea.com.
More information about EA's products and full text of press releases can
be found on the Internet at http://info.ea.com.
About Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment
Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment, a division of Warner Bros. Home
Entertainment Group, is a premier worldwide publisher, developer,
licensor and distributor of entertainment content for the interactive
space across all current and future platforms, including console,
handheld and PC-based gaming for both internal and third party game
titles.
HARRY POTTER characters, names and related indicia are trademarks of and
© Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc.
Harry Potter Publishing Rights © JKR.
(s09)
EA, EA SPORTS, EA SPORTS BIG and POGO are trademarks or registered
trademarks of Electronic Arts Inc. in the U.S. and/or other countries.
Microsoft, Xbox and Xbox 360 are either trademarks or registered
trademarks of the Microsoft group of companies. "PLAYSTATION",
"PlayStation" and "PSP" are registered trademarks of Sony Computer
Entertainment Inc. Nintendo DS and Wii are trademarks of Nintendo. All
other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.
SOURCE: Electronic Arts Inc.
EA Play Label
Trudy Muller, 650-628-2926
Senior Director
tmuller@ea.com
Brooke Bauguess, 310-754-7312
Senior PR Manager
bbauguess@ea.com
or
Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment
Remi Sklar, 818-977-3023
remi.sklar@warnerbros.com
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