Three new Harry Potter videos apparate onto the web

by Richard Mitchell { Jun 30th 2009 at 1:00AM }

Don't worry, Hogwarts devotees, you won't need a Marauder's Map to find these new Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince videos. First, direct your gaze to the launch trailer above. Once finished, point your wand to the break and two more videos will magically appear. Said videos are "making of" featurettes that discuss, unsurprisingly, the making of the game, including the new dueling, Quidditch and potion-making features. You'll also get to see Tom "Draco Malfoy" Felton working his best PR / Marketing schtick.

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince ships for every platform under the sun this week.

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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Kimosabae @ Jun 30th 2009 1:07AM

"Apparate"?

Well played.

-SynikaL

Cypher @ Jul 10th 2009 7:22AM

The Harry Potter games?

Must not be that much news at 1:00 AM.

Longhorn of Myon [PSN: MariusElijah] @ Jun 30th 2009 1:10AM

No thanks
The movie better be good to compensate for the 10 month delay

MystileArmor @ Jun 30th 2009 1:12AM

You do realize it's a Harry Potter movie, right?

xtremeholymuffin @ Jun 30th 2009 1:23AM

To be honest, I'm not entirely sure what you're implying....

Robin (The Boy Wonder) @ Jun 30th 2009 1:28AM

?????

MystileArmor @ Jun 30th 2009 1:38AM

Am I really the only person who thought these movies got progressively shittier?

Longhorn of Myon [PSN: MariusElijah] @ Jun 30th 2009 1:40AM

I think he means that all Harry Potter movies are good and this one should be no exception. RIGHT???

MystileArmor @ Jun 30th 2009 2:05AM

No not right, the first and third one were ok at best. Everthing after that pretty much sucked ass, in my opinion.

Sly @ Jun 30th 2009 2:10AM

actually, i thought they're getting progressively better. i hated the first 2, i thought 3 was decent, and i liked 4 & 5.

jahd5000 @ Jun 30th 2009 2:24AM

uhm...
yes, maybe all movies were great. but if your loyal to the books and like the details in it, then some arent that much :S 1 was extremely awesome, 2-3 great too and so was 5, but 4th was to speedy and i hated that the one i thought was the best book because of the huge amounts of action interlaced with the usual depth of HP books became a hurried mostly action (or basic to understanding story) movie.

Eduardo @ Jun 30th 2009 2:46AM

i don't know why people liked 3 I absolutely hated it. Though it could be because it was nothing like the book, but I loved 4, 5 was ok. The first two ehhh

Bearxor @ Jun 30th 2009 5:54AM

I thought Alfonso saved the series with PoA. Chris Columbus' movies were simply too pretty and fake for me. Alfonso brought HP more in to reality and the pacing and translation of PoA was awesome I thought. My least favorite book is my favorite movie.

I've heard that 6 is actually quite good and a bit more of a departure from previous films, which is good because they had been kind of stagnant with 4 & 5. They were simply average movies at best.

TheLionOfAzzalle @ Jun 30th 2009 9:52AM

All the movies suck....you're not alone man.

Victor @ Jun 30th 2009 11:25AM

I almost never take in consideration differences between movies and the work they're based on, because that's exactly what they are: a movie based on a work, it's not supposed to be identical, and I prefer when it doesn't try to. It only bothers me when they mess up the character's most defining characteristics, such as Spider-Man not being funny in his movie.

But yeah, I think the HP movies were entertaining.

Girugamuk (Moptimus Slimed) @ Jun 30th 2009 12:14PM

I've only seen up to GoF, but if the movies follow the same trends as the books, then OotF is the best and HBP should be evident of the series going in a direction it shouldn't.

also, SNAPE KILLS DUMBLEDORE

InFaMoUs1- @ Jun 30th 2009 1:43AM

lol @Joystiq video ads... PS3 for $42.60.. haha

Rhamsey @ Jun 30th 2009 1:46AM

yeah, i only watched the first two videos, but im pretty sure that this will be another disappointment. i do have my hopes up for the lego game though.

Ordeith @ Jun 30th 2009 1:53AM

Hmmm..That doesn't look half good.

AvA (ice~) @ Jun 30th 2009 2:18AM

omg, I see what you did there...

WREturns @ Jun 30th 2009 8:48AM

What would you know about good, Ordeith? Or should I call you Padan Fain?!

gamepete64 @ Jun 30th 2009 2:06AM

Cool!!! I can't wait for this. Of course, the movie will be EPIC!!!!!!!!!!

I am a machineee @ Jun 30th 2009 2:21AM

Dammit, I hate Joystiq videos, they autoplay an ad right after, disrupting the ability to view anything on the rest of the page until it's done.

Vcize @ Jun 30th 2009 9:56AM

Yep, I just reload the page after each video ends.

kusanagikei @ Jun 30th 2009 1:00PM

It's like what i used to do when I watched cable tv; hit mute the second an ad comes up. Then you're free to watch the rest of the videos.

joe @ Jun 30th 2009 7:07AM

i didn't think that harry potter as a whole had much popularity outside Europe or even the UK?

Archon (PSN: Archonik, XBL: DarkARHN) @ Jun 30th 2009 7:40AM

You don't know a lot, do you?

BIGGEN (LIVE-PSN: BIGGEN1103) @ Jun 30th 2009 9:53AM

wow, really? every single film is in the top 25 for worldwide highest grossing films. three of them are in the top 11. it's pretty popular i'd say. now the games on the other hand.....

joe @ Jun 30th 2009 8:21AM

alright calm down, its just that i thought americans etc didnt have much interest in harry potter or that may be becaue i don't live in america and only really watch news related to europe (specifically the UK) except for the major stuff like obama etc.

i dont understand why everyone is so hostile on this site and take anything someone says and try to turn it into an insult or something. i think ill head over to kotaku, maybe there ill be loved :(

Lov3 @ Jun 30th 2009 8:26AM

Fat chance, I came here from kotaku because their user base is hostile, their moderators are idiots, and the editors fanboy bait like crazy. Give it a go, you'll be outta there in less than a week.

They get a lot of exclusive news first though :(

WREturns @ Jun 30th 2009 8:50AM

Is there a lot of hostility here? Yes. But there's also a lot of love.

Max @ Jun 30th 2009 9:22AM

Ahaha. This game looks so awful. I've seen those graphics before.. on the PS2.

Max @ Jun 30th 2009 9:22AM

Ooer. Hermione. I would.

Jon @ Jun 30th 2009 9:23AM

ok joe this is not me being hostile but harry potter is one of the most popular franchises, not only in america, but the world. i cant think of any other franchise that is so popular with all age groups at the moment. i cant freakin wait for the movie but the game is a rental at best. the half blood prince was my favorite book and i have read it many times. btw i live in the states

Zack11190 @ Jun 30th 2009 9:49AM

Snape kills Dumbledore!

Vcize @ Jun 30th 2009 9:54AM

Why does the voice actor for Dumbledore sound like a pirate?

Zack11190 @ Jun 30th 2009 10:01AM

I don't know about you, but that seems pretty kick ass to me. Pirate wizards! I hope that there will be ninja wizards as well.

Girugamuk (Moptimus Slimed) @ Jun 30th 2009 12:16PM

thats what everyone sounds like before SNAPE KILLS THEM

nnahas @ Jun 30th 2009 11:45AM

This game looks amazing in everything BUT the characters. Those are some of the worst models and animation I have ever seen.

shadowbender @ Jun 30th 2009 1:21PM

Gosh...I love the Harry Potter series. Captivating.

alex23_23 @ Jun 30th 2009 2:31PM

DUMBLEDORE KILLS SNAPE

cafecito @ Jun 30th 2009 6:51PM

I enjoy the movies and I kinda enjoyed last movie's game as well. Of course it wasn't HALO 4 like some people might expect (yeah, some actually do), but more of a graphical adventure sans point n click and with some dueling thrown into it, which makes a lot of sense IMO. Supposedly this new game will have the biggest school to explore yet, and that alone makes me wanna try it :)