EA’s Casual Entertainment Label and Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment have confirmed that the next installment in the Harry Potter series, “Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince” video game will be released later this year to coincide with the film based on J.K. Rowling’s sixth Harry Potter book.

In the game of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, players will return to Hogwarts to help Harry survive his sixth year. They will also have a chance to engage in exciting wizard duels, mix and brew magical ingredients in Potions class and take to the air to lead the Gryffindor Quidditch team to victory. Players may even get sidetracked by Ron’s romantic entanglements as they journey towards a dramatic climax and discover the identity of the Half-Blood Prince.

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince is scheduled to be released for the Nintendo Wii, the PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, PlayStation 2, PSP, Nintendo DS, Windows PC, Macintosh and mobile devices.