Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix Ds

Overview

Number of Players

Single Player

Genre

Take chances

Release Appointment

29th Jun 2007 (United kingdom/EU)
25th Jun 2007 (The states)

Series

Harry Potter

Tags

Wizards, Magic

Official Site

harrypotter.ea.com

Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

Screenshots (20)

Reviews

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Review Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

Can EA atone for the shameful lineage of Harry Potter games with their latest instalment on the Nintendo DS, or will this particular spell fizzle out like the rest?

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About The Game

"Harry Potter and the Gild of the Phoenix is the first in the franchise that we accept developed for the next generation consoles," said Harvey Elliott, Executive Producer at EA UK. "Together with current generation versions, nosotros are creating an immersive and, to a higher place all, faithful Harry Potter experience that will both accurately reflect the world showcased in the pic and besides delight fans of all ages."

"Working with EA, we wait forrad to offer fans the nigh authentic Harry Potter game to appointment, one which captures the compelling story of the fiction and high visual quality of the movie," said Jason Hall, Senior Vice President of Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment. "Later reading the book and seeing the film, fans will be able to take advantage of the complete interactive feel with Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix game."

The close and synergistic relationship between book, film and videogame is more divers in the Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix videogame than e'er before. Players will be able to explore the many key locations within Hogwarts in infinitesimal detail, each one a visual match to its film equivalent, while being engrossed in the thrilling adventures outlined in the rich narrative of the book.

In Harry Potter and the Society of the Phoenix, Harry returns for his fifth year of study at Hogwarts and discovers that much of the wizarding community is in denial about the teenager's contempo run across with the evil Lord Voldemort, preferring to turn a blind eye to the news that Voldemort has returned. Fearing that Hogwarts' venerable Headmaster, Albus Dumbledore, is lying about Voldemort'due south return in gild to undermine his power and take his job, the Minister for Magic, Cornelius Fudge, appoints a new Defense Against the Night Arts teacher to keep sentinel over Dumbledore and the Hogwarts students. But Professor Dolores Umbridge's Ministry-approved course of defensive magic leaves the young wizards woefully unprepared to defend themselves against the dark forces threatening them and the entire wizarding customs, then at the prompting of his friends Hermione and Ron, Harry takes matters into his own hands. Meeting secretly with a minor grouping of students who proper noun themselves "Dumbledore'due south Army," Harry teaches them how to defend themselves against the Dark Arts, preparing the courageous young wizards for the extraordinary battle that lies alee.

With the ability to play multiple characters, including Harry Potter, Dumbledore and Sirius Blackness, the videogame of Harry Potter and the Club of the Phoenix offers fans the opportunity to wield a wand, explore all around Hogwarts, and experience one of the well-nigh exciting and dangerous years in the life of the Boy Who Lived.