EA has released a behind the scenes video for Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix videogame called: Fans for Fans. This short 1:43 features some new in-game footage and some interviews with the game developers.
A former lead designer at EA Bright Light has revealed that Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix was supposed to compete with Gears of War as "it was quickly established that this was the visual quality we had to beat".
It's safe to say that Harry didn't enjoy the same success on the video game scene as Marcus Fenix, but we'll give him good marks for trying.
Movie tie-in video games are generally made much too quickly, since they need to come out simultaneously with the movie. The result is short, shoddy games. So the developers of the Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince game lucked out when the movie's release date was pushed back eight months. Those eight months gave developers a chance to make something that comes very close to being a good game."
If you want to turn your lady friend into a gaming fan, here's some advice from Xbox Live community manager Christa Phillips: Don't be a jerk.
Sounds obvious enough, but the statement earned knowing laughs and enthusiastic applause from the standing-room-only crowd gathered for the "How to Get Your Girlfriend Into Gaming" panel at the Penny Arcade gaming convention in Seattle recently.
I just wish I could fuse my 360 and Wii together so i could get the controls of the Wii version with the visuals of the 360. I can hear the PS3 fanboys running to this one so I will make it clear right here and now, I want the "wand" controls, not flailing a dualshock around. It ISN'T the same.