Atari picking up rights to Ghostbusters?

By Robert Purchese Published 15 October, 2008

Dan Aykroyd seems to think so.

Atari may be the new publisher of the Ghostbusters game, according to Dan Aykroyd, co-creator of the franchise and writer of the videogame adaptation.

He was speaking to some US radio station (listened to by Kotaku), and said the newly-housed videogame adaptation was about "a year away" from release.

Atari was unavailable for comment at the time of writing.

The Ghostbusters game had been expected this winter on just about every format, but was one of the titles kicked out into the cold after publisher Sierra (Vivendi) merged with Activision.

THQ has since reportedly picked up 50 Cent: Blood on the Sand, but that still leaves action game Wet and Leisure Suit Larry: Box Office Bust homeless.

Not to mention Brutal Legend, the next game from Double Fine Productions of Psychonauts fame.

The most recent rumours claim EA is sniffing around the rock band roadie-action game.

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About Robert Purchese

Bertie is Eurogamer's Senior Staff Writer. When he's not hunting down news stories he's often found playing with his kids or gabbling about fantasy games and strange online worlds.

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Comments (21) Latest comment 3 years ago

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  • Whatsfor #1 3 years ago

    "Atari was unavailable for comment at the time of writing."

    So why not just paste some random crap together and use bullshit as the glue like you did in your previous article Rob?

  • bengray66 #2 3 years ago

    Not to mention Brutal Legend, the next game from Double Fine Productions of Psychonauts fame.

    The most worrying thing in that story. Psychonauts was a supreme piece of work.

  • Pac-man-ate-my-wife #3 3 years ago

    Oh well.

    It was a nice idea but Atari will rush it out unfinished as they try and prop up their ailing line-up of shite, only for the game to get mediocre reviews and for it to bomb, thereby reinforcing the downward spiral of the publisher.
    Edited by 1 at 15/10/08 @ 15:05

  • Triggerhappytel #4 3 years ago

    Sony or MS should pick up Brutal Legend - they really need some quirky, left-field games like this in their line-ups.

    Also, Sony would have been wise to pick up Ghostbusters and tie it in with a publicised Blu-ray release of the film(s). Sierra had already done a lot of the marketing legwork with that one. A shame for Terminal Reality/the cast that Atari is probably the worst big company who could have got it.

  • SEVQA #5 3 years ago

    @Whatsfor FYI some tribes use bullshit to build houses! It’s very good for cementing.

    And if Dan Ackroyed say’s it then it’s true, just like the alien and ufo’s he talks about whilst smoking cigarettes on that documentary. Its all true!!!

    Akroyed is a legend! The original men in black!
    Edited by 2 at 15/10/08 @ 15:57

  • Freek #6 3 years ago

    I woulden't worry about Brutal Legend, or atleast not if the Double Fine hint was to be believed.

  • Whatsfor #7 3 years ago

    Yeah there is nothing better then that new decorated smell when you redo a room in your house, especially if the paste you used for the wallpaper was bullshit!

    Oh and SEVQA FYI, its Aykroyd spell it with me... A Y K R O Y D.

    Just in case you forget its at top of the page aswell!

  • SEVQA #8 3 years ago

    I was just joking and using sarcasm! Fair enough for spotting the spelling error and I will edit it –

    HANG ON!

    “Oh and SEVQA FYI, its Aykroyd spell it with me... A Y K R O Y D.”

    You fXucking with me! that’s not how you spell his name either. To let you know I’m dyslexic and if you are to then I advise we stop teaching each other how to spell!

  • Lebowski #9 3 years ago

    The pink goo is feeding off all the hate and bad feeling on Eurogamer.

  • Coughthulu #10 3 years ago

    @Lebowski
    Well, that's cause Vigo (the master of evil) works for Atari, and is messing with our boys. And that ain't legal!

    Apologies to B. Brown. Actually, he should probably apologise for writing that song.

  • Lamb #11 3 years ago

    We've got to take it on. We gotta, we gotta.

    I'm with Lebowski on this one! ;)

  • Whatsfor #12 3 years ago

    Hmm SEVQA, I have spelt his name wrong?

    IMDB thinks otherwise.

    Edit:
    Lol, just noticed your edit "Dan Ackroyed" FTW
    Edited by 1 at 15/10/08 @ 16:25

  • SEVQA #13 3 years ago

    EUROGAMER spelt his name wrong! LOL

  • Whatsfor #14 3 years ago

    EUROGAMER spelt his name wrong! LOL

    LOLOL

  • SEVQA #15 3 years ago

    Oh I dont know anymore KOTAKU spelt it like this:

    http://ko taku.com/391069/dan-ackroyd-is-...

  • miiiguel #16 3 years ago

    weird, it seems someone talking to himself, this thread. Or is some kind of private joke ?

  • Razz #17 3 years ago

    Nope. Random nutter.

  • bad09 #18 3 years ago

    Hang on, A YEAR AWAY????? But, but....there is something strange in my neighborhood, who am I gonna call until next autumn? Derek Acorah and Yvette Fielding?

    / turns on all the lights

  • Redeye #19 3 years ago

    Not quite sure who's more deserving of total protonic reversal, not-Atari or Mr. Stay-Puft.

    Answers on the back of a PR fuckwit's rotting corpse to the usual address.

  • Brogan #20 3 years ago

    hang on IMDB says he was in neighbours in 1981

  • SEVQA #21 3 years ago

    To clear things up for you two ‘Razz and Miiiguel’, the conversation was between myself and Whatsfor. As ‘Kotaku’ did get the name wrong of which many publications and websites use as a source including MCV who amended the mistake. Clearly Eurogamer don’t use them as a source because they got the spelling correct as did Whatsfor who corrected me. So nothing private or a joke at all. We actually contributed to the news article which is more than can be said for you two making personal remarks about bloggers.