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Sierra (officially) Ghostbust-ing

Aykroyd, Ramis-penned successor to classic franchise to feature Murray, Hudson, Potts, and Atherton; Xbox 360, PS3, PS2, Wii, Nintendo DS, and PC due in fall 2008.

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At the beginning of the year footage of a new Ghostbusters game--developed by indie studio ZootFly--leaked onto the internet. Then, earlier this week, Game Informer teased its upcoming December issue with news that a new Ghostbusters is in the works. Today, Vivendi subsidiary Sierra Entertainment officially announced Ghostbusters will arrive for the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 2, Wii, Nintendo DS, and PC in fall 2008.

Stay strong, Marshmallow Man.
Stay strong, Marshmallow Man.

As previously noted, Ghostbusters will be a continuation of the original Ghostbusters and its 1989 sequel. As with the films, Ghostbusters the game will be written by Dan Aykroyd and Harold Ramis and take place in New York City circa early 1990. Paranormal activity is once again afoot, and the supernatural scientists hook up their latest recruit--that is, the player--with a proton pack to defeat the threat.

Ghostbusters will feature appearances from the original parapsychologists Aykroyd, Ramis, and Bill Murray, as well as the fourth addition to the team, Ernie Hudson. Also reprising their film presence in the game will be Annie Potts, Brian Doyle Murray, and William Atherton.

Unfortunately for ZootFly, the Slovenian studio won't be tasked with polishing Ghostbusters' slime. BloodRayne studio Terminal Reality will handle development duties for the Xbox 360, PS3, and PC, while Mushroom Men creators Red Fly Studios will create the PS2, Wii, and DS versions of the game. Ghostbusters has not yet been rated or priced.

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Wow, it doesn't take a prophet and his holy book to know that this game will suck.

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Weaver I can do without but maybe they can talk Rick Moranis into doing it. This should jsut be awesome no matter what though.

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The Zootfly demo looked really interesting, it's obvious this will be a more faithful rendition of the Movie, and with Aykroyd and Ramis writing it, at least if the game sucks the story and acting will be good with the entire main cast back, sans Weaver and Moranis.

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Awesome! I like Ghostbusters. Unfortunately, most of us gamers know that many movie-liscensed games usually are not very good. I hope Ghostbusters is not one of those. I'm looking forward to it.

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FREAKIN RIGHT!!! A Ghostbusters game AND possible movie?!?!?!?! 2008 will be a year to remember, MARK UR CALENDARS EVERYONE!!

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cool i like Ghostbusters

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Ghostbusters was my favorite movie for a long time as a kid. Even if this game sucks I am sure it will be at least a bit fun just for the nastalgia value. Good job getting all the voice acting to step up too. Really nice. Hopefully they don't phone them in. And setting it in the early 90's is a bit different. Evidentally the 90's is now far enough away that we can "set" movies in them. God that makes me feel old.

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Rofl! This is both stupid, yet strangly amusing.

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I smell new Ghostbusters movie all over this... why else would EVERYONE be back together? I don't think Vivendi would have the money to pay everyone, which means most likely its studio backed, at least on the voice acting. Would also explain the multipule console releases. And the mediocre developer for next-gen, cos its more expensive to develop for 360, PS3, and PC (man hours, bigger team) than last-gen and portable hardware.

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Ah man, I was excited until I saw who was handling this. Terminal Reality!? Sorry, but this game is now doomed to be mediocre at best.

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There is a god.

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This could be incredibly awesome!

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sweet, can't wait to play it when it's finished

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I know that I'm dating myself here, but this is the best news I've heard all week. The Genesis GB game rocked and the movies (...even part 2) were boss! Long live Peter, Ray and Egon...

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looks like it will be a good rental 8)

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meh...

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VERY COOL!

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Hell Yeah! I've been waiting for a good Ghostbusters game to be made for the next-gen consoles. Seeing that the original pimps (Ramis and Akyroyd) will be working alongside the development teams makes me smile. My only doubts arise from the fact that the game is being developed for EVERY SINGLE CONSOLE which usually means that the game will either be delayed very long to perfect it on the PS3 and X360 or it will be rushed to completion and suffer graphically. Let's hope not...

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Having both Aykroyd and Ramis onboard gives me hope.

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FINALLY!!! ...I've been waiting for an official announcement ever since i watched the (gears of war esque) trailer like 6/12 month ago or something....IT LOOKED SWEET so am WELL excited! =D ...GB PWNS! : P

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Who ya gonna call?

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I am totally behind anything that Harold Ramis & company work on...especially Bill Murray. I challenge someone not to laugh at anything they've done.

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I can see the Wii version letting you control the aim of the "stream" out of the proton pack. Hopefully it'll still keep the PG-13 humor like the first movie. I also remember Ernie Hudson being on the Super Mario Super Show. I think it'll be good if it's not rushed.

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will either be really good or really bad.

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wow....are they really still making ghostbusters games?

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haha, this should be a fun game to play :D

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This is totally awesome. I just watched Ghostbusters on hallowenen and when I reached the end of the second movie, I was like, wtf, where the hell are Bill Murray and Dan Akryod? Then I saw this on G4 and my jaw dropped.

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I hope it's as good as the Sega Genesis one, because that was the only good Ghostbusters game I played. I heard this game has co-op in it from kotaku.com. Lets just hope that it doesn't suck.

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Nice, I saw a video and the physics seem very awesome! Evverything flys around realistically as well as breaks realistically!

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It's good to see that Ernie Hudson is on board. Finally, he gets in a GB game. The inclusion of other original actors is great, also. Like others, though, I'm hoping they get Rick Moranis as well. While I grew up on Sierra's games in the 80s and 90s, they only exist in name now, so that's meaningless to me. What's really important is the development studio, and neither Terminal Reality or Red Fly Studios stand out as great developers. I am willing to give them the benefit of the doubt. Getting the original writers on is good. I bet, though, that the original director of the two movies (Ivan Reitman, NOT Harold Ramis) is not involved at all.

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awesome..... great movies could make for a great game..... i can totaly see it happening on the wii.. wish they would make a new movie too :D

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I'm glad to hear that Sierra is doing this since their the ones that done Hulk Ultimate Destruction which was a great game.

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Could be good, could be bad. I'm just disappointed that the guys who made this idea public have nothing to do with it. That's kinda messed up given that the little demo they had on the internet was pretty cool looking.

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I believe an angel just received its wings.

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Well, this is interesting... A game sequel to the first two Ghostbusters movies. I guess Dan Aykroyd has given up trying to do the movie Ghostbusters 3 since he's going to be involved with this game. Hope this will be awesome and there could be possibly more games to continue the Ghostbusters storyline.

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Cool. can't wait for the game. Sierra i'm sure will do a pretty good job with the license since i enjoyed their last game,Scarface on the xbox. I hope they get rick moranis involved.

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Well it's nice to see all the original actors are doing their own roles and not some cheap, D-list rejects trying to act like the originals. No one can be Dr. Vankman except Murray, that's for sure. But what about Rick Moranis' character.

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I can't wait to play this game!! The dev. studio Terminal Reality hasn't really put out anything super good so I hope that this will be their best game.

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Lol, next is weekend at bernies the game!

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Awsome i can't wait for this, I'm wishing the whole year away this games ganna be awsome.

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Sweet

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YES!

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BloodRayne studio Terminal Reality will handle development duties for the Xbox 360, PS3, and PC, This discourages me

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canucks won 6-2 and now i find out bill murray is going to be in this game, life can't get much better!

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Well, good. 'Cuz the Genesis game kinda sucked. Let's hope they don't mess this up.

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Oh come on they gotta have a cameo from Rick Moranis at least in this game!

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Well, that's timely. What's next, video game versions of Another 48 Hours and Risky Business? Ehh, who am I kidding, I love Ghostbusters! I'm gonna play the hell outta this, even if it is two decades overdue!

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OMG OM GOMG OMGOMGOMGOMG! Excitement! Exclamation POINTs!

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