Aspyr Releases `Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone' for the Macintosh.Business Editors & High-Tech/Entertainment Writers AUSTIN, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 21, 2002 Aspyr Media Aspyr Media, Inc. (IPA: /əsˈpaɪər/) is an Austin, Texas based company that specializes in porting Windows games to the Mac OS platform. Inc. announced today that "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone(tm)" has shipped for the Macintosh(R). "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" is a magical adventure based on the sensational literary series by J.K. Rowling. Aspyr licensed "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" from Electronic Arts. Macintosh carbon conversion was done by Westlake Interactive. "`Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone' is a magical adventure filled with wizardry wiz·ard·ry n. pl. wiz·ard·ries 1. The art, skill, or practice of a wizard; sorcery. 2. a. A power or effect that appears magical by its capacity to transform: , fun and danger," says Michael Rogers
Explore Hogwarts(tm) while solving puzzles, casting spells, battling foes and uncovering secrets. Interact with more than 20 unforgettable characters from J.K. Rowling's world, including Hermione Granger Hermione Jean Granger (first name pronounced IPA: /hɚˈmaɪəni/) is a fictional character in J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter series. (tm), Ron Weasley  Editing of this page by unregistered or newly registered users is currently disabled due to vandalism. (tm) and Rubeus Hagrid(tm). Attend lessons to learn all things magical. Collect Wizard Cards, Chocolate Frogs and Bertie Bott's Every Flavor Beans(tm). Take flight and play a heart-stopping game of Quidditch(tm) on your Nimbus Two Thousand(tm). Even win house points for Gryffinor(tm). "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" for Macintosh also includes a special Harry Potter(tm) trading card game foil-stamped card inside! "`Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone' will be a success on the Macintosh," says Linda Chaplin of Electronic Arts. "We are pleased to continue working with Aspyr to bring great EA games to the Macintosh." "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" is rated "E" (Everyone) by the ESRB ESRB Entertainment Software Rating Board ESRB Estrogen Receptor Beta ESRB Explosive Safety Review Board and is available wherever great interactive entertainment software is sold, with a Suggested Retail Price of $29.99. For all of the latest "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" for the Macintosh news and information, visit www.aspyr.com. Based in Austin, Texas, Aspyr Media Inc. is a leading publisher of Macintosh interactive entertainment software, committed to offering high-quality interactive entertainment products and service, with a smile, to gamers worldwide. More information on Aspyr and its line of products can be found on the Internet at http://www.aspyr.com. About Electronic Arts Electronic Arts (Nasdaq:ERTS ERTS Electronic Arts, Inc. (stock symbol) ERTS Earth Resources Technology Satellite (US NASA) ERTS Embedded Real Time Systems ERTS Enhanced Remote Transit Shed ), headquartered in Redwood City, Calif., is the world's leading interactive entertainment software company. Founded in 1982, Electronic Arts posted revenues of more than $1.3 billion for fiscal 2001. The company develops, publishes and distributes software worldwide for the Internet, personal computers and video game systems. Electronic Arts markets its products under four brand names: EA SPORTS(tm), EA GAMES(tm), EA SPORTS BIG(tm) and EA.COM(sm). More information about EA's products and full text of press releases can be found on the Internet at http://www.info.ea.com. Electronic Arts is a trademark or registered trademark of Electronic Arts Inc. in the United States and/or other countries. HARRY POTTER, characters, names and related indicia Signs; indications. Circumstances that point to the existence of a given fact as probable, but not certain. For example, indicia of partnership are any circumstances which would induce the belief that a given person was in reality, though not technically, a member of a given are trademarks of and (c)Warner Bros BROS Brothers BROS Benefits and Retirement Operations Section (King County, Washington) BROS Barnes and Richmond Operatic Society (London, UK) . Harry Potter Publishing Rights (c)J.K. Rowling. |
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