Hey, remember all the hullabaloo earlier this year about the Ghostbusters game? Well, put on your proton packs because the Ghostbusters game is now official. No, it's not the Zootfly created prototype that started this mess, but rather an entirely new project created by Sierra (most recently known for TimeShift). According to Variety, Vivendi -- Sierra's parent company -- forked over a gargantuan sum to purchase the license from Sony. The game is scheduled to release in the fall of 2008.
But all of that malarkey is just an hors d'oeuvre for the real news: nearly the entire cast of the films has signed on to reprise their roles in the game, including their voices and likenesses. That's Bill "Pete" Murray, Harold "Egon" Ramis, Ernie "Winston" Hudson, and Dan "Ray" Aykroyd. Not only that, but several supporting characters will be returning as well, including Annie Potts as Janine. Aykroyd and Ramis will be writing the story for the game as well.
[Via Joystiq]
21. The prototype from January was hotness...they need to give zootfly the development reins on this one.
Ghostbusters was THE FIRST game I had for my first computer. I used to play that game to death. All you did was trap slimers for an hour or so until all the ghosts started running to the temple.
The Genesis game was the same formula but more fleshed out. I never played the arcade game, but think it would make a good XBLA download.
Posted at 10:11PM on Nov 15th 2007 by M. Dizzy