Gaming News - April 2003
Redwood City, CA (April 29, 2003) - EA today announced Harry Potter: Quidditch World Cup.
See below for details.
From EA:
Grab your broomsticks and prepare for aerial competition high above the
Quidditch™ pitch. For the first time ever, Harry Potter fans will be able to
fully experience the magical power, speed, and competition of Quidditch, the
favorite sport of witches and wizards, in the Harry Potter: Quidditch World Cup
game from Electronic Arts. Under development by EA's UK Studio, the team behind
the worldwide success of the Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone™ and Harry
Potter and the Chamber of Secrets™ games, the new title is scheduled for release
in the fall of 2003 for the PlayStation® 2 computer entertainment system, the
Xbox™ video game system from Microsoft, Nintendo GameCube™, Nintendo Game Boy®
Advance, and PC CD-ROM.
The magical sport of Quidditch is an exciting and challenging game involving
two teams of seven players who fly on broomsticks, four balls in simultaneous
play (one Quaffle™, two Bludgers, and the elusive Golden Snitch™), and a unique
scoring system. In Harry Potter: Quidditch World Cup, players can control all
the Quidditch positions and high-flying moves, scoring with Chasers, defending
with Beaters and the Keeper, and trying to capture the Snitch with the Seeker.
Gamers can choose any one of the four Hogwarts™ House teams (including Harry
Potter's Gryffindor™ and Draco Malfoy's Slytherin™) to triumph in the Hogwarts
Cup, gaining an opportunity to attend the Quidditch World Cup.
In the international World Cup tournament, players can choose to play for
professional teams, which include the USA, Bulgaria (featuring Victor Krum), the
hard-hitting Nordics, England, Japan, France, Germany, and Australia. Sporting
their own Quidditch uniforms and unique stadium environment, each nation has
different strengths and tactics that lend strategy and depth as players progress
through a unique ladder system. Quidditch World Cup offers both single player
and a first-ever Harry Potter multiplayer competition where players compete
head-to-head.
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