EA games released Harry potter and the half blood prince game on June 30, 2009. The game is developed by EA’s bright light studio and is published by Electronic Arts. The game was released on Mac OS X, Microsoft Windows, Nintendo DS, PS 3, PSP, Wii, Xbox 360 and Mobile platforms.

If you know nothing about the story found in Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, this game is not the place to start. In Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, Dumbledore prepares Harry for the final battle that he knows is fast approaching as Voldemort is tightening his grip on both the Muggle and wizarding worlds. Together they work to find the key to unlock Voldemort’s defenses and, to this end, Dumbledore recruits his old friend and colleague, the well-connected and unsuspecting bon vivant Professor Horace Slughorn, whom he believes holds crucial information.

Most of the game is played in third person perspective. Half-Blood Princefeatures the exploration of Hogwarts and casting spells on objects around the school, similar to its predecessor Order of the Phoenix. The game gives you a chance to engage in wizard duels, mix magical ingredients in potions class and to lead the Gryffindor Quidditch team. Unlike the previous game, The Marauder’s Map is not included on the game. Instead, Harry calls on Nearly Headless Nick to show him around the school. In the game you can make potions in the first person mode. Quidditch is another plus point of the game. In the half blood prince Harry is the captain of the quidditch team. Unlike the other Harry Potter games the flight is more controllable in this version. When you are chasing the snitch and the camera is always heading in whatever direction the gold ball is. This means you are not really controlling where you are going, but you are controlling where on the screen you are. you may even get sidetracked by Ron’s romantic entanglement. The game has a dramatic climax as you discover the true identity of the half blood prince.

According to Kristine Steimer The biggest differentiator between Order of the Phoenix and Half-Blood Prince is the quality of the mini-games. Potion making is challenging enough to hold interest; dueling is a blast (especially once you learn the Levicorpus spell); and even Quidditch flying, which is probably the least exciting of the three, doesn’t seem tedious.