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No doubt boosted by the the film’s release last week, EA’s Harry Potter and the Half-Blood price has topped the UK charts, w/e July 18th, leaping three spaces from fourth to top spot.

Another game-of-the-movie, Activision’s Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen moves up one into second spot and last week’s number one, Tiger Woods 10, has to settle for third.

Full top ten below:

After the break. Been a long time coming, this, and it definitely does look as though it’s benefited from the extra time.

EA’s releasing the game on July 3 for all formats.

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New trailer of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince after the break.

It’s out for all platforms next week. Looks pretty much great, to be honest.

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EA just said Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince is to release on June 30.

The game was pushed out of last year when the associated movie slipped.

It’s Wii, PS3, 360, PS2, PSP, DS, PC and Mac. Press release here.

Gamershell has them. They look ok we suppose, not that the millions of Harry Potter fans will care what we say.

EA’s Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince is out later this year for every platform in the world.

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According to this disclosure on Yahoo!, EA’s revealed that it expected Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince to net it a cool $120 million in revenue this year.

The game was delayed yesterday until next summer, to keep it in line with the release of the film.

Thanks, Kotaku.

EA’s just confirmed that Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince will be delayed until next summer.

The game will ship alongside the movie of the book – which was pushed back in mid-August – instead of releasing this winter.

Despite the delay, however, EA remained upbeat.

“We’re excited about the Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince video game in development and its high level of authenticity and playability,” said EA Casual boss Robert Nashak.

“We are creating an immersive game experience that Potter fans around the world will really enjoy playing as they fly and duel their way through the story of the film. The game will feature new Wii gestures and increased gameplay capabilities across all of the platforms.”

Press release after the link.

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According to this MTV article, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince executive producer Jonathan Bunney has confirmed that Wii is the lead format for the game.

“We made that decision from day one,” he said. “We did, I think, a good job with the Wii last year, but we’re doing a great job this year. Because this is where the casual audience is, the mass audience is here. It’s a great control system, but you’ve got to learn to use it.”

More through the link.

EA’s said its considering options on delaying Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince after Warner confirmed that the movie won’t release until next summer.

“We are making a great game that Harry Potter fans will really enjoy – we are evaluating the impact of the movie date change,” a rep told IGN.

More through the link.

EA has just announced a giant line-up for Holiday 2008, and it’s hard to be unimpressed. There is, quite fairly, something for everyone. Big boss John agrees.

“EA’s 2008 lineup is our best ever,” said EA head John Riccitiello. “This is the year that our core franchises leap forward with stunning innovation and we introduce more brand new games than any other year in our history. Sports lovers will compete in an all new holographic mode in Madden NFL 09 and experience the online evolution of their players in NBA LIVE 09. Action fans will be able to destroy everything in sight in Mercenaries 2 and be scared witless in our new Sci-Fi horror title Dead Space. We’ve got casual family titles like Hasbro’s Littlest Pet Shop and genre-defying experiences like Mirror’s Edge and Spore. EA has never offered consumers a stronger, more innovative and diverse line up of new games.”

It’s all after the link. There’s nothing there you don’t already know about, but seeing it all in one place is something else.

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EA’s announced Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, for release alongside the movie of Rowling’s sixth Hogwart’s book this autumn.

It’s coming out on every format available. Including mobile.

“We believe that the Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince video game represents a milestone in the movie tie-in genre,” said Harvey Elliott, Head of EA Bright Light studio in the UK where the Harry Potter franchise has its home. “Building on the technological advancements of previous games in the series and with a particular focus on the unique control system of Nintendo’s Wii, the team here is working closely with the filmmakers to create an immersive interactive experience that captures the story, the action, the excitement and, above all, the fun of the film. ”

Press release after the link.

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