Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 is the second part of a two-part developed by and published by . It was released on July 12, 2011 in North America and July 15, 2011 in Europe for , , , , and . It is based on the .
The game continues to follow , and on their quest to defeat by destroying his remaining , items which contain part of his soul. Critics reviewed the game negatively for its gameplay, but claimed the game was an improvement over .The gameplay of Deathly Hallows – Part 2 differs from Part 1, in order to address complaints made with the previous game. The game progresses linearly, through , but does not include side missions like the previous game. Combat in Deathly Hallows – Part 2 involves button presses which initiates spell-casting as an attack. Three face buttons, usually with a symbol or a letter, on the controller have two spells each, and by pressing a button twice the player can access the button's second spell. For the version, the player presses one of the six buttons to select a spell. A new feature is the ability to "Apparate", which allows the player to teleport in and out of battles, as a form of defence. Only Harry has this ability though. The player is able to control several characters from a third person over-the-shoulder camera including Harry Potter, Ron Weasley, Hermione Granger, , , , and . In the final battle, the player uses the directional buttons to move the beam and focus it on Voldemort.