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Vivendi Games has confirmed to Eurogamer that it is set to publish a new game based on hit eighties movie Ghostbusters.
As reported by Variety, all four of the movie's main cast members - Dan Akroyd, Ernie Hudson, Bill Murray and Harold Ramis - have agreed to allow their likenesses to appear in the game and will supply voice-overs. Other cast members getting involved include William Atherton (Walter Peck) and Annie Potts (Janine Melnitz). What no Moranis?
Ramis and Akroyd are writing the storyline for the game. It will be set in the early '90s following the events of Ghostbusters II, and will see our heroes tackling a new invasion of spooks in New York City.
Terminal Reality is developing the game for PC, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360. PS2, Wii and DS versions are being done by Red Fly Studios. Vivendi told Eurogamer there's no connection with the footage of a Ghostbusters game from developer Zootfly which popped up back in January.
Ghostbusters is slated for an autumn 2008 release and further instalments are set to follow.
Vivendi is keeping quiet on further details for now, but more news should emerge towards the end of a week. In a statement the publisher said, "Sierra Entertainment/Vivendi Games is very excited to share more information regarding the upcoming Ghostbusters videogame once our exclusive stories reach full distribution on Friday, November 16th.
"Ghostbusters is one of the most recognised entertainment brands in the world and we are developing games that will authentically capture its humour, chills and timeless appeal."
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Sulphur_Man
15/11/07 @ 09:40
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You beat me too it. It wasnt a bad game as I recall. Although I still have frustrated memories of the bit where you had to time your run into the building, avoiding the bouncing marshmallow man. The collision detection was wildly off.
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Madafunkola
15/11/07 @ 09:49
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This is VERY exciting, however I am prepared for major disappointment. :S
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DanWhitehead
15/11/07 @ 09:55
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I'm surprised to see Bill Murray involved. He's been resisting a Ghost Busters reunion for years.
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Britesparc
15/11/07 @ 09:57
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This is officially the best gaming news ever, in the entire history of the medium. The original Ghostbusters is currently my number 3 best licensed game ever (after Blade Runner and GoldenEye).
Although I share concerns that it will turn out to be a bag of arse. If so we can all go to Vivendi and say "Yes, it's true. This man has no dick." |
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themerlin13
15/11/07 @ 10:00
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LOL, after Zootfly made that great looking game? lol I joked to a mate they would make a ghostbusters game but it would be another dev and would be shit! lol what a joke.
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cure wiitards saying this was made for the wiimote - I'd say actually it was made for keyboard and mouse but lets forget that.
Zoofly looked like they had something cool with their version apart from the horrible Dodge hearse - dunno if this version will be any good but have wanted a full 3D Ghostbusters for years, preferably along similar lines to the original speccy version actually :) Fingers crossed this isn't arse but brining back the Staypuft man doesn't show much originality so far :/ |
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mcmonkeyplc
15/11/07 @ 10:59
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PLEASE DONT BE SHIT PLEASE DONT BE SHIT PLEASE DONT BE SHIT PLEASE DONT BE SHIT PLEASE DONT BE SHIT PLEASE DONT BE SHIT PLEASE DONT BE SHIT PLEASE DONT BE SHIT.
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Screen Here:
http://cache.kotaku.com/assets/resources... Oh YEAH! :D How does that work?? Either the street is the sky or he's abseiling upside down and defying the laws of gravity.
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15/11/07 @ 12:21
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Nope he's abseiling backside up, in full compliance with the laws of gravity
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http://www.ghostbustersgame.com/uk/index... , Sierra are handling it then.
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LOL @ "Ghostbusters is one of the most recognised entertainment brands in the world and we are developing games that will authentically capture its humour, chills and timeless appeal."
Did we all just fall through a wormhole and end up back in 1984? The Ghostbusters entertainment brand died of exhaustion about a year before Ghostbusters 2 was released... which is partly why that film flopped. |
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