Ghostbusters announced

[Fanku Kaibutsu]

http://www.variety.com/article/VR111797601...d=1009&cs=1

Vivendi Games is pacting with Sony Pictures to turn "Ghostbusters" into a videogame franchise.

First title in what the publisher hopes will be a series of "Ghostbusters" games is set for release in fall '08 from Vivendi's Sierra label.

All four members of the movie team -- Dan Aykroyd, Ernie Hudson, Bill Murray and Harold Ramis -- will be giving voice and likeness rights for the game. Some supporting castmembers have signed up as well, including William Atherton, Brian Doyle Murray and Annie Potts.

[BlackFlagg]

Nice, wasn't that long ago that I was saying to someone that a new Ghostbusters game would own. Wonder what type it's gonna be. My idea was for a kinda free roaming one in the style of Spider-Man 2 and 3, where you can either do the main story missions or go around randomly busting ghosts and doing other side stuff.

[Benji]

I demand a Doom-esque version of Ghostbusters

[Ace]

Doesnt anyone else remember Ghostbusters for the C64? Now THAT was awesome

[Cadet Ember McLain]

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Surely, the game would have to follow the story of the movie/s, which has already been made into a game. Unless they're making a game out of that horrible animated series...

[stokeriño]

Or they could just take the concept and run with it. It's easy enough to create a semi-original plot for a game when they already have a solid foundation in place. Strictly adhering to the film(s) isn't really necessary.

Edited November 15, 2007 by stokeriño

[Animal]

I heard Akroyd and Ramis will write the story for the game as a sort of "3rd movie"

I have a source but it is in dutch so i'll look for another one...

Ahh yes here is a source "click" but I don't know how reliable it is. I do know the dutch site is reliable Here is the Dutch link for anyone who knows Dutch or is interested in learning it.

[zero]

There have been rumblings of this game for awhile, even a coupe tech demos floating around:

[Fanku Kaibutsu]

That second demo looks like it's a Gears of War mod, which is a good thing.

Variety has four tiny screenshots. They all look like they're scenes from the first movie, which is a bad thing.

[Lj.]

Wow, looks really good, from what I can see. Well designed and I've always been a huge Ghostbusters fan! Anyone else remember the old Ghostbuster's computer game?

[Fanku Kaibutsu]

The blog Ghostbusters III has scans from a Game Informer article about the upcoming game and it sounds like it's going to be fantastic.

[Guest wwebone]

[Fanku Kaibutsu]

A minute or so of gameplay footage. This is going to be my favorite game of '08, I can tell.

[Meacon Keaton]

A minute or so of gameplay footage. This is going to be my favorite game of '08, I can tell.

I watched that like ten times. I'm so ready for this.

[TheRyno]

I'm pumped for this if only for the sole reason that it'll force Bill Murray to be funny again.

[BlackFlagg]

"I looked at the trap, Ray!" Can't freakin' wait for this

[Guest LdE1986]

any chance of it coming out on psp??

[Toe]

I know it would be a stretch, but wouldn't it be cool if this game was actually turned into Ghostbusters 3?

That would be cool! The medium of video-games is kind of heading into that direction anyways, with games taking as long as movies to make and just the same amount of effort too. Instead of making this "Ghostbusters: The Game", they could make this the third movie that never was and bill it as such. If they make it properly, it would be just as funny and more immersive then any movie could be.

[buck...]

it said in the game informer article that they are thinking about naming it that. Either way its written by the same guys, and they are considering it the third movie.

[DMN in the House]

Saw it in Game Informer. Looks awesome, and its cool that they're bringing back the classic ghosts (Stay Puff Marshmallow Man FTW).