[Note: There are no spoilers in this story!]

Something big happens at the end of “Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince.” Fans of the book are well aware of the revelation.

We’re not here to spoil it for you. But I already know how it ends, so I wanted to ask Electronic Arts how they’re handling “Half-Blood Prince”’s conclusion.

The problem: EA can’t actually talk about the ending. “I can’t, under our Warner Bros. embargo, talk about the ending,” laughed “Harry Potter” executive producer Jonathan Bunney while he was showing me the game at a publisher event a couple of weeks ago. “But I can tell you that you will not be…interacting…”

Will you take your Wiimote and…? “Whatever you’re alluding to, you won’t be doing that. [laughs],” said Bunney. “Obviously, it’s a massive — I was so shocked when I read it. I put the book down and said, ‘That’s crazy! You can’t have done this.’ We’re dealing with it very sensitively because it’s a big deal, right? Obviously, we’re making a game that kids are going to be playing, as well.”

Of course, none of this story makes any sense if you don’t know the conclusion to “Half-Blood Prince.” But if you do, it’s interesting to see EA’s approach.

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