EA releases Prisoner of Azkaban

June 4, 2004 5:14AM PDT

By Justin Calvert, Executive Editor

EA announces the North American release of its latest Harry Potter title across five different platforms.

Electronic Arts has today announced the North American release of Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban. Developed by EA's UK Studio, the game is now available for the PC, Game Boy Advance, and all current-generation consoles.

Based on the novel and recently released movie of the same name, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban sees players switching between the roles of Harry and his friends Ron and Hermione as they begin their third year at the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Each of the playable characters has different abilities and magic spells at his or her disposal, and all three of them will need to work together to get past many of the game's puzzles and enemies.

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban is rated "E" for Everyone.

By Justin Calvert, Executive Editor

Justin's youth was largely misspent playing Commodore 64 and Amiga games. He left the UK's Official PlayStation Magazine to join GameSpot in 2000, believes that he's one of the best Speedball 2: Brutal Deluxe players in the world, and puts HP Sauce on everything.

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