The surprise is likely to be limited: In a press release announced Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment to develop Lego Harry Potter: Years 5-7, which appears in the fall of 2011 for a whole bunch of platforms - Xbox 360, PS3, PC, Wii, DS, 3DS, PSP and NGP are served! (That NGP listing is curious, given that Sony has yet to confirm that their NGP will make it to America by year's end).

The game, which is based obviously on the last three Potter books is, the design tradition of the series faithful to, but (like its predecessor) offers more mysteries and puzzles, but less magic wand action - and of course lots of cut scenes with the famous Lego humor. Screenshots We have not identified, but for a teaser image.

The new Lego Harry Potter would be the third major Lego game this year, an unprecedented streak that nearly exhausts the existing movie and book tie-ins available to the franchise's caretakers. March's Lego Star Wars III covered the last bit of major Star Wars, the Clone Wars cartoon, that hadn't been given a Lego video game treatment. May's Lego Pirates of the Caribbean covered all four Pirates movies in one game.

Lego Harry Potter: Years 5-7, according to a Warner Bros. press release, based on the last three Harry Potter books and final four films, LEGO Harry Potter: Years 5-7 takes players through Harry Potter's heroic adventures in the Muggle and wizarding worlds. From Privet Drive in Little Whinging to Diagon Alley, Hogsmeade and Hogwarts – plus new locations including Grimmauld Place, the Ministry of Magic, and Godric's Hollow – players will encounter new faces, new challenges and new magic, preparing them for the ultimate face-off against Lord Voldemort.

Lego Harry Potter: Years 5-7 will be one of the first games on Sony's new portable console, currently known as the NGP, with Warner Bros Interactive targeting a launch between October and December 2011.