Developed by EA Bright Light in Guildford, England, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince the video game will be avaliable in stores worldwide on June 30, 2009.  The video game will be released just after the movie, which is based of off the sixth book in J.K. Rowling’s famous book series.

According to EA,

In the game of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, players will return to Hogwarts to help Harry survive a fraught 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.

The movie will be released on July 15, 2009, a couple weeks before the release of the video game.  Besides the Xbox 360, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince will be released on the Nintendo Wii^TM, Sony PLAYSTATION®3, Sony PlayStation®2, PSP® (PlayStation® Portable), Nintendo DS^TM, Windows PC, Macintosh and mobile devices.