Harry Potter Wants You to Win

Electronic Arts today launched "Harry Potter Premiere Competition", an online competition for Harry Potter fans across the Asia Pacific region, to celebrate the upcoming launch of Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix videogame. The competition will be open to residents of Australia, New Zealand, Hong Kong, Japan, India, Korea, Singapore, South Africa, Taiwan, and Thailand starting today, accepting entries until 12:00pm GMT+8 on June 22, 2007.

The competition will offer the participants a chance to win tickets to the Tokyo Premiere of the much anticipated movie, scheduled to take place in Tokyo on June 28, 2007. Residents of the 10 participating countries can enter the competition simply by visiting the campaign Website, and answering the question, "What is the name of the group of students that secretly gather to learn Defence Against the Dark Arts from Harry Potter?" The answer to the question must be incorporated in limerick form, as the entries will be judged on creativity and humour. Two Grand Prize winners of the competition will each receive 2 tickets to the Tokyo Premiere of the movie, 2 return flight tickets to Tokyo and back from country of residence, and 2 nights accommodation in Tokyo. Visit the competition Web site at www.harrypottertokyopremier.com for the complete competition rules.

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix videogame offers the most authentic-to-the-movie game experience in Harry Potter videogame history. From building of the Hogwarts(tm) castle from the blueprints used for the movie sets to participation of the key cast members from in next generation head-scanning and voice-over, the game recreates the magical experience of the movie in every way. With the new non-linear gameplay, players can choose to go anywhere and interact with virtually everything they come across, playing key moments from the movie and discovering the magical secrets of Hogwarts.

The game is scheduled for release worldwide on June 28, 2007 for the Wii, PLAYSTATION 3, Xbox 360, PlayStation 2, PSP, Nintendo DS, Game Boy Advance, and PC.

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