SAN FRANCISCO: US computer game giant Electronic Arts announced Monday that it is tailoring a new Harry Potter game and other titles for Apple’s Macintosh computers.
“The only thing better than living on a Mac is living in Hogwarts,” EA’s chief creative officer Bing Gordon said as he demonstrated the Potter game at the opening of Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference in San Francisco.
“Harry Potter is Electronic Art’s best wizard and he needs a wand; unlike Steve Jobs who needs just imagination.” On a large screen behind the stage where Gordon stood with Jobs, an animated Potter cast spells and made candles float in the Great Hall of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry made famous in the best-selling series of books by J.K. Rowling.
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix for Macintosh computers, powered by Intel chips, will be released in July along with EA titles Battlefield 2142, Command and Conquer, and Need for Speed Carbon, according to Gordon.
In August Madden sports games by EA will be released for computers made by the Cupertino, California-based Apple, Gordon said.
Technology firm id is developing “next-generation technology” to provide developers with a data-rich platform to build games for Macintosh computers, the firm's owner, John Carmack, said after joining Jobs on stage