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Harry Potter goes Next-Gen, due July

2:24 PM on 11.22.2006   |   Niero

Harry Potter goes Next-Gen, due July photo

Ready to cast magic spells with your Wiimote wand? You might get a chance very soon. Harry Potter: Order of the Phoenix is coming to the Wii, PS3, and 360 ... and every other financially viable platform under the sun. EA will have the new game on the shelf by July, which is reported to lauch opposite of the film. Details are sketchy at this point, but we've read that you'll be able to "explore the locations used in the film and tackle scenarios in the roles of various characters - including Potter himself, obviously, but also Dumbledore and Sirius Black." Three screenshots of the next-gen version are attached, and a dwarfed version on PS2, PSP, DS, GBA and PC are also on their way.  I can't wait -- it seems they've really captured the creepyness of the environments on a large scale. If EA can nail the gameplay where others in this genre have failed (Rule of Rose comes to mind) they might have something special, as the prior Harry games have been a bit forgetable.

[ via Eurogamer ]

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Lezbro's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/22/2006 15:12
Lezbro
Each pubic hair will be rendered with over 100 polygons and will react in real time to in-game atmospherics like wind, rain, and awkward silences in the boys locker room.
GlitchCog's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/22/2006 15:18
GlitchCog
It's a little known fact that pubic hairs react to awkward silences with a 0.003 decrease in their spring constants due to the added moisture from sweat. The cell processor has the calculations well under control.
Yayoo's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/22/2006 15:33
Yayoo
Interesting gentlemen, very interesting.
BluDesign's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/22/2006 15:44
BluDesign
Hmm.

I wonder if they'll have us shelling out MS Points in exchange for being tortured by Umbridge.

"I'd microtransact that for a dollar!" - My new catch phrase...

Or... if we can buy Everyflavor Beans with specific known flavors on XBLM. No sense risking booger flavored ones.

I'd also like to be able to purchase the ability to kill Voldemort two books early. Might as well.

And Harry should have the option to offer Live Points to Cho Chang in exchange for a cup of "Hot Coffee". I mean, he is a teenager.

I certainly hope EA's working on what they're going to gouge us for in the name of a consumer's ability to "vote with your wallet".
fromagex's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/22/2006 16:14
fromagex
next-gen Hermione is still hot
Rosseh's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/22/2006 16:49
Rosseh
I don't think children should be allowed games in HD, they don't apreciate it.

Note: If you're older than 14 and like harry potter you suck.
5lectro's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/22/2006 17:17
5lectro
I don't think Emma Watson should star in children movies, they don't appreciate her.

O shi-
falsoman's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/23/2006 04:20
falsoman
That potter has a freaky look on him, like an assasin maniac... maybe, since this is comming next year and they are gonna mix it with equus and potter is gona get naked and blind some horses.
Hamon's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/23/2011 01:55
Hamon
Harry potter is mine favorite movie and game. Mostly i enjoyed both in spare time.



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