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Harry Potter - Quidditch, Sorcerer's Stone?

Posted by simoniker on from the insider-leaks-from-nearly-headless-nick dept.

Thanks to two different readers for submitting Harry Potter game-related stories. On the one hand, a recent IGN Cube interview talks with EA about Harry Potter: Quidditch World Cup, an interesting sports game concept if ever there was one. According to EA, "..there's a progress from Hogwarts to working your way up a World Cup ladder. I can confirm that Viktor Krum (who appears in book 4) is in the game--which is appropriate since he's the 'Michael Jordan' of Quidditch in a sense." On the other hand, the ever rumor-spreading C+VG site are claiming that next-gen versions of Harry Potter And The Sorceror's Stone are scheduled for later in 2003, based on a leaked release schedule, since there has only a Playstation 1 console version of the first movie/book so far - this is far from confirmed, however.

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  1. harry potter by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    harry potter? that shit's for children. GAY and/or RETARDED CHILDREN.

  2. I just hope they stay true to the books by PhysicsGenius · · Score: -1, Troll

    I think we all remember the horrors of the Matrix and HGttG games, which bore little or no relation to the content of the source material. For instance, I think the puzzles at the end, like the chess game etc, should be identical in the adaptation as it was in the original. Likewise, in the Order of the Phoenix version, Ginny should be accidentally killed by Malfoy.

    1. Re:I just hope they stay true to the books by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

      i hope they don't stay true to the books, because the books fucking suck. read something better, like the bible or a box of tampons.

  3. cool by Boromir+son+of+Faram · · Score: 2, Troll

    I'm glad to see they're updating the game for the newer generation of video game systems. I'm a little skeptical of the EA Quidditch game. Lots of folks have pointed out that since each game must necessarily end with a 150-point swing, it doesn't make a lot of sense from a sporting point of view. I guess this is to be expected considering that J.K. Rowling, as a single mother, probably wasn't very caught up on sports when she conceived of it. Maybe they'll make the value of grabbing the Snitch a configurable option. 30 points would be about right, IMHO.

    Also, it'll be interesting to see how the new book affects the upcoming HP games. There's a new Quidditch move introduced in Order of the Phoenix, and it actually sounds pretty cool. Also, I wonder if they might add some more emphasis on Sirius Black's role in Sorcerer's Stone, considering he dies. Either way, I can't wait to see how the new games measure up to the Harry that we all know and love.

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    Boromir, son of Faramir, King of Gondor and Minas Tirith
  4. Nobody important dies until Book 5 by irenetheno · · Score: -1, Troll
    This guy's just stirring things up or he's got the titles and everything totally wrong. The "...Sorceror's/Philosopher's Stone" was the first book and nobody died in it except for one of the would-be villains.

    The character mentioned in the grandparent post is the prisoner in _Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban_ (Book 3) and came back with a very big part in _Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire_ (Book 4).

    Just stirring crap up.