Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
This version of the game has a similar approach to the previous entry, with Hogwarts being an open world that you can explore at your leisure in between completing the levels necessary to advance the story…
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban is an adventure developed by Electronic Arts, released 29 May 2004 on Nintendo GameCube, PlayStation 2 and Xbox.
What Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban is
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban is an adventure game developed by Electronic Arts and released in 2004. It is available on Nintendo GameCube, PlayStation 2 and Xbox.
The premise, in the publisher's words
This version of the game has a similar approach to the previous entry, with Hogwarts being an open world that you can explore at your leisure in between completing the levels necessary to advance the story. The big change this time is that Ron and Hermione have been promoted to playable, allowing you to play as all three members of the trio. They each have different abilities, and, depending on the platform, you either can or can't decide when to switch characters. Another difference is that Quidditch is no longer playable, with flights on Buckbeak replacing it for the requisite flying mechanic. Perhaps due to the source material being more emotional and less action-oriented, The Stations…
How it plays
It is played from a third person perspective. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
Where it sits in the Harry Potter series
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban is the 27th of 75 entries we hold in the Harry Potter series. The next entry was Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban: The Quest of Sir Cadogan in 2004.
What it launched against
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban launched on 29 May 2004, within three weeks of The Chronicles of Riddick: Escape from Butcher Bay, Thief 3: Deadly Shadows, Thief: Deadly Shadows and Silent Hill 4: The Room.
Released around the same time: The Chronicles of Riddick: Escape from Butcher Bay, Thief 3: Deadly Shadows, Thief: Deadly Shadows, Silent Hill 4: The Room.
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