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Retail Scoop: New Releases Week of November 3, 2009 (News)

Nov 3, 2009

In affiliation with Amazon.com, TripleChat is happy to bring you the new releases each week for the PlayStation 3, PlayStation 2, and PlayStation Portable. Along with new game releases they will also highlight the top five bluray releases each week that we feel will best suite movie and TV show fans alike.

Hardware:
- 250GB PS3 Slim

PS3:
- Dragon Age: Origins (also available in CE)
- Pro Evolution Soccer 2010
- Star Wars: The Force Unleashed Ultimate Sith Edition
- Lego Rock Band
- Band Hero (also available in band kit)
- Jurassic: The Hunted

PS2:
- Band Hero
- Jurassic: The Hunted
- Jak and Daxter: The Lost Frontier

PSP:
- Jak and Daxter: The Lost Frontier
- Star Wars Battlefront: Elite Squadron
- Ghostbusters: The Video Game

Top 5 Bluray Choices:
- G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra
- Taking of Pelham 1 2 3
- Star Wars: The Clone Wars Season One
- Forrest Gump
- Rocky: The Undisputed Collection

This weeks discounts and bonus offers includes...

Newspaper Names Budget of Ghostbusters: The Video Game (News)

Jul 21, 2009

"It's not often that the public gets word of what it costs to make a specific game. But a multi-million-dollar range was given for the latest Ghostbusters game in a Texas newspaper.

The Fort Worth Star Telegram fingered the cost of development for the game at $15 million to $20 million."

Ghostbusters The Video Game - Spiderwitch trailer (Video)

Jun 26, 2009

Not as big or fancy as its next-gen brothers, but there's still some nostalgic fun to be had.

Gamefly Charts: Ghostbusters on Top (News)

Jun 26, 2009

is Prototype (PS3, Xbox 360). Punch-out!! is at the top of the Nintendo Wii Queue as well...

Queue up the complete Gamefly Top 10 most requested lists:

Ghostbusters: The Video Game (Review)

Jun 23, 2009

The dreams of thousands, nay, millions of twentysomethings came true recently. Despite delays, a publisher change and a few holdout actors, the Ghostbusters are back, two decades after their last film. ...

TheJRE.com | Ghostbusters: The Video Game Ships Across North America (News)

Jun 16, 2009

Atari's highly anticipated Ghostbusters: The Video game has just shipped across North America. This means that come Thursday it should be sitting on most game retailer's store shelves for our consumption.

Ghostbusters: The Video Game was written by Dan Aykroyd and Harold Ramis of the original movies and comes 25 years after the release of the first Ghostbusters film and is said to take place after the events of Ghostbusters 2 with Manhattan being overrun. So who you gonna call?

411mania's Release List for the Week of June 15, 2009 (News)

Jun 16, 2009

411mania talks about this week's game releases. Highlights include Let's Tap, Fate/unlimited codes PORTABLE, Class of Heroes, Flower, Sun, and Rain, and Ghostbusters: The Video Game.

Ghostbusters: the Harold Ramis interview (Feature)

Jun 16, 2009

It’s been 25 years since Harold Ramis, Dan Aykroyd, Bill Murray and Ernie Hudson saved New York City from the Stay Puft Marshmallow Man in Ghostbusters. After a theatrical sequel that didn’t live up to the original in many fans’ eyes, the quartet have reunited for an original videogame outing that unfolds like a third installment of the film franchise and ships today on PC, Xbox 360, PS3, Wii, PS2 and DS. ...

PSM3 Review Scores - July 2009 - Issue 115 (News)

May 30, 2009

The latest PSM3 review scores including inFamous, Red Faction: Guerilla, Ghostbusters, and FUEL.

Infogrames Is Now Atari (News)

May 29, 2009

Kotaku writes; Atari? Strong brand name. Infogrames? Um, yeah. No wonder Infogrames want to switch its corporate identity to the company Nolan Bushnell founded and made famous.

Phil Harrison No Longer President Of Atari (News)

May 29, 2009

Kotaku writes; Last year, in a major coup for the fledgling company, Atari managed to hire former Sony Worldwide Studios boss Phil Harrison to serve as President. Now? Now he's no longer President.

According to a statement made by Atari as part of the company's fiscal year report:

Ghostbusters: The Video Game Pre-Order Deals (News)

May 22, 2009

Socroendo presents a consolidated list of all the Ghostbuster pre-order deals, choose wisely...

Ghostbusters The Video Game - Annie Potts teaser (Video)

May 20, 2009

Not as big or fancy as its next-gen brothers, but there's still some nostalgic fun to be had.

Terminal Reality frustrated by Ghostbusters merry-go-round (News)

May 7, 2009

Ghostbusters: The Video Game developer Terminal Reality has expressed frustration at publishing deals that have seen the game passed around to three different companies in the past year.

The developer admitted that it has had no say in publishing or distribution decisions, as the game has been pushed from Activision to Atari, and now Sony in Europe.

"It is not the ideal situation for a developer like Terminal Reality as we really enjoy a collaborative relationship when we work with publishers, so that has had to be rebooted every time the game changes hands," offered Brendon Goss, executive producer at Terminal Reality, speaking exclusively to GamesIndustry.biz.

Ghostbusters Still On Point For A June 16th 360, Wii Release (News)

May 6, 2009

Torrence Davis of The Bitbag writes, "I'm sure through all the hoopla, many people didn't notice that the Sony publishing deal with Ghostbusters was for Europe only."

Sony press releases Ghostbusters capture (News)

May 6, 2009

VG247: Sony just confirmed by press release that it's to publish the PlayStation platform versions of Ghostbusters in PAL territories.

Confirmed: Ghostbusters timed PlayStation exclusive after Sony deal (News)

May 6, 2009

GameZine: Sony Computer Entertainment today signed a deal with Atari to publish Terminal Reality's Ghostbusters, making the game a PlayStation (at least timed) exclusive.

In a surprise turn of events, Sony has signed a deal with Atari to publish Ghostbusters, just one month before its release.

The game is set to release alongside the Sony Pictures Blu-ray of the original film, but now only for the PlayStation 3 and PlayStation 2. The PSP version will follow a number of months later.

Sony to issue Ghostbusters press release today (News)

May 6, 2009

VG247: A SCEE rep's confirmed to VG247 that the firm is to publish Ghostbusters, as rumoured earlier.

A press release is expected around lunchtime today.

Breaking News - Sony to Publish Ghostbusters (News)

May 6, 2009

The news came late in the Sony event at Sydney and it's big; the implications are even bigger.

The Sony event in Sydney is still rolling on but in espionage-like movements that would put Sam Fisher to shame, the Gameplayer staff have managed to get more breaking news through. This particular announcement was left until the end, and with good reason; it's huge.

Gamestop reveals pre-order bonuses for Ghostbusters (News)

Apr 23, 2009

Snazzy freebies revealed by Gamestop

Ghostbusters Boxart Doesn't Lie to You (News)

Apr 16, 2009

Co-Optimus:
Usually game box art is hit or miss as to whether or not what's advertised on the cover is in the game. The upcoming Ghostbusters game from Atari though is being straight up about it.

The Wii, PS2, and DS versions differs greatly in graphical style from the 360 and PS3 version, and the box arts for those respective versions mimic it. Even the ghosts on the E10+ Rated versions aren't as menacing as the T rated version. The It's good to see publishers taking the honest and upfront route in this case.

Tekken 6, Ghostbusters & Dynasty Warriors: Strikeforce Playable at London MCM Expo (News)

Apr 8, 2009

The latest videogames set to take UK by storm this summer will be playable at the event, including Tekken 6, Ghostbusters and Dynasty Warriors: Strikeforce, and many more from some of the most respected publishers in the industry; Capcom, Atari, KOEI, Ankama, Eidos and Rising Star Games. Plus, check out the latest releases in the world of anime and manga, make new friends at the various multiplayer areas for PlayStation Potables owners as well as for card-based games like Magic the Gathering and Yu-Gi-Oh!.

Ghosbuster Harold Ramis Overwhelmed By 'Ghostbusters' Video Game Script (News)

Mar 31, 2009

MTV Multiplayer writes: "Harold Ramis told us he didn't know what he was getting into when he started working on the new "Ghostbusters" video game.

Our colleagues at MTV Movies were kind enough - as always - to ask a few video game questions for us during their recent interview with Harold Ramis, star and writer of the original "Ghostbusters" movie."

Ghostbusters The Video Game - Alyssa Milano (Video)

Mar 23, 2009

Not as big or fancy as its next-gen brothers, but there's still some nostalgic fun to be had.

Sigourney Weaver wanted in on Ghostbusters: The Video Game (News)

Mar 5, 2009

Executive producer Brendan Goss revealed in an interview with Gamereactor that the developer was contacted by Sigourney Weaver (presumably her agent) after it was announced that Bill Murray would be returning as Peter Venkman in the game about reprising her role as Dana Barrett. At that late stage of production there was no chance of including her character as she had initially turned down an offer to be in the game.

NYCC: Losing Publisher Actually Helped Ghostbusters (News)

Feb 8, 2009

When a publisher drops a game, particularly a game late in development, it puts developers into a bind. They'll end up moving onto other projects while searching for someone - anyone - to come in and publish their product. Sometimes the new publisher just ends up dumping the game in stores with zero marketing. However, the upcoming multi-platform Ghostbusters game seems to have benefited from being dumped by their original publisher.

"It will be huge Ghostbusters week!" says Terminal Reality boss (News)

Jan 9, 2009

Speaking to videogaming247, Terminal Reality chief Mark Randel confirmed the news that Ghostbusters: The videogame will release in June and declared it will be a "huge Ghostbusters week!"

Will there be any decent movie tie-ins this year? (Feature)

Jan 9, 2009

The Hitchhiker’s Guide To The Galaxy, Ghostbusters on C64, Aladdin, Goldeneye, Riddick: the list of great movie tie-ins is barely longer than Russell Crowe’s temper. What chances, then, of even seeing a few good ones during 2009? Can the year that sees Barack Obama’s inauguration, a Michael Jackson comeback, and a Star Trek movie that doesn’t suck, prove that anything is possible?

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Every trailer from Tuesday's Atari Live event (News)

Dec 3, 2008

A collation of every video from Tuesday's Atari Live event held in London.

Ghostbusters Game Getting Creepier (News)

Dec 3, 2008

Ghostbusters has always taken a somewhat humorous approach to ghosts and the horror genre, but this could be changing with Ghostbusters: The Video Game, according to one of the game's developers. And, it turns out, that helps explain why the game won't see store shelves until June 2008.

Ghostbusters to be Released in June of 2009 (News)

Dec 2, 2008

Mcvuk writes, "Resurgent publishing force Atari has made a sack full of announcements at a UK press gathering today, chief of which is the predicted release date for its highly anticipated Ghostbusters title.

Atari has confirmed that its upcoming retro licence, which it snapped up from former rights holder Vivendi last month, will receive a multi-platform release in June 2009..."

Ghostbusters: The Videogame coming next year (News)

Nov 7, 2008

Ghostbusters: The Videogame appear in 2009.

On Ghostbusters' non-appearance at PAX (News)

Sep 8, 2008

Vivendi Games bought the rights to the PAX badge lanyards way back in January and actually delivered them to PAX in June, two months before PAX 2008 began. Just a few weeks before the show the Activision Blizzard merger became official and the new company decided it didn't want to publish the Ghostbusters game after all, leaving PAX with advertising a game that is currently "between publishers". As PAX head man Robert Khoo stated, ""We didn't have much of a choice as finding an alternate lanyard provider, so we just ran with it." The game is still expected to be released sometime in 2009 but a new publisher has yet to be announced.

Ghostbusters: The Video Game (PS3/X360/PC) Pre-Orders Canceled (News)

Aug 30, 2008

WorthPlaying writes: "Equipped with a variety of unique weapons and gadgets, players will hunt, fight and capture a wide range of supernatural villains in a funny and frightening battle to save New York City from its latest paranormal plague. Gamestop has notified its customers that their Ghostbusters pre-orders have been canceled, and that they can get a refund or put the money toward another title."

Brian Crecente In "Preview Impossible" (News)

Aug 1, 2008

Ripten writes:

"When high profile corporations merge, the innocent are often caught in the crossfire. Unsuspecting developers and PR ninjas can sometimes feel like they have no place to turn. There is one man however, who specializes in the impossible - that man is none other than Kotaku's Editor-in-Chief, Brian Crecente.

Word hit the street several days ago that Activision's once proudly touted Ghostbusters title was being dropped by the publisher. Looking to set the record straight, one PR rep (codename: Evil PR Ninja Monkey) decided to take matters into his own hands and send a preview copy (with no embargo date) to Crecente."

E3 08: Ghostbusters: The Video Game demo footage (News)

Jul 15, 2008

Destructoid writes: "And the E3 videos keep on a'coming. This latest footage comes from our friends over at G4, who got some time with associate producer Ryan French and the latest demo of Sierra's upcoming Ghostbusters: The Video Game (maybe no one told them we spell it "videogame" round these parts). Although it's coming out for virtually every system this demo is shown running on the game's primary platform, the PlayStation 3.

Interesting fact that's revealed during the hands-on: it turns out that the rookie Ghostbuster that you'll be controlling was actually modeled after Ryan. It may have just been a way for the studio to save money, but getting a character modeled after you is still pretty damn cool.

One feature that I found pretty interesting is that while you'll get money for every ghost you capture, you'll also get charged by the city of New York for all the collateral damage you cause. What money you get to keep after every mission can then be spent to upgrade your equipment, so it should give trigger happy players some pause before they start blowing up public buildings -- to enjoy the beautiful destruction effects -- unless they don't care about getting the latest in proton pack technology."

'Ghostbusters: The Video Game' (PS3/X360/PC) Goes On Promo Tour With ECTO-1 (News)

Jun 20, 2008

WorthPlaying writes: "ECTO-1 will be stopping at several destinations across the U.S. throughout the tour, five of which are in partnership with the Boost Mobile Nightshift and Hot Import Nights events. Additionally, fans will have the chance to get up close and personal with ECTO-1 at Knott's Scary Farm and the L.A. Auto Show later this year.

ECTO-1 Tour Schedule:

* June 21 Â¿ Nightshift New York (Belmont Raceway; New York, NY)
* August 9 Â¿ Nightshift Pomona (Pomona Fairplex; Pomona, CA)
* August 29-31 Â¿ Penny Arcade Expo (Seattle Conv. Ctr; Seattle, WA)
* Sept. 20 Â¿ Nightshift Pleasanton (Alameda Fairgrounds; Pleasanton, CA)
* Sept. 27 Â¿ Hot Import Nights (Minneapolis Conv. Ctr; Minneapolis, MN)
* Oct. 11 Â¿ Hot Import Nights (Dallas Conv. Ctr; Dallas, TX)
* Oct. 15 Â¿ Nov. 1 Â¿ Knott's Scary Farm (Knott's Berry Farm; Buena Park, CA)
* Nov. 19-30 Â¿ L.A. Auto Show (L.A. Conv. Ctr; Los Angeles, CA)

Ghostbusters script is 480 pages long, says actual Ghostbuster (News)

Jun 3, 2008

VG247: Speaking to videogaming247, Ernie Hudson - the actor who played Winston Zeddmore in the Ghostbusters movie - has revealed the length of the upcoming game's script. Basically, it's a half a Haze.

"You know, I read the script, and it's a really good script," he said. "It's huge. It covers every possibility. A regular film script is 120 pages, this thing's 480 pages, or something."

Ghostbusters Sony Gamer's Day (News)

May 17, 2008

This is a video of Ghostbusters the game shown at Sony's Gamer Day. Kotaku made some interesting notes about the title on things they noticed in the video that is on Youtube. Some of the footage is new while other parts we have already seen.

No DS PKE meter in Wii Ghostbusters, says Randel (News)

Apr 30, 2008

In an email to videogaming247, Terminal Reality boss Mark Randel said that the DS won't be used as PKE meter in the Wii version of Ghostbusters as videogaming247.com mistakenly reported yesterday.

"I'm sorry to report that, unfortunately, this is not a feature of the Wii and DS version of the game," he wrote, smearing egg on VG247s faces. "It would have been really cool though."

Ghostbusters could come to PSP (News)

Apr 29, 2008

Terminal Reality has revealed the new Ghostbusters game could make it onto PSP after all.

Ghostbusters: The Video Game release date (News)

Apr 28, 2008

Strap on that proton pack and get ready to be slimed, the Ghostbusters are back. The Ghostbusters: The Video Game release date is set for October 14th, 2008.

Bill Murray recording his Ghostbusters game lines this week (News)

Apr 28, 2008

Speaking to videogaming247 at the Sierra Spring Break 08 in Mallorca last week, Terminal Reality boss Mark Randel said that Bill Murray would be recording his lines for the Ghostbusters game this week.

Sierra Spring Break 08: Stay Puff't confirmed for Ghostbusters, Infernal Engine looks amazing (News)

Apr 28, 2008

Speaking to videogaming247 at the Sierra Spring Break 08 in Mallorca last week, Terminal Reality confirmed the everybody's favourite Marshmallow Man, Stay Puff't, will definitely feature in the upcoming Ghostbusters game, and showed the meltable monster off in a highly impressive Infernal Engine demo.

The first thing we saw in the tech display was 500 metal objects being dropped randomly into the game environment.

"What you can see here is that I can push against the pile [of objects] and the player can interact with physically simulated objects with no jitter, no pushing and no disability problems," said Mark Randel, Terminal Reality president.

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Ghostbusters site goes live, Mr. Puft unreachable for comment (News)

Apr 10, 2008

Destructoid writes: "A game site going live isn't normally an incredibly exciting part of a hyped game's belabored crawl to a release date, that is unless it's the site for Ghostbusters: The Game, at which point all bets are off and any new media is like perfectly melon-balled spheres of mana from heaven, fed to you by two shaven love-slaves whilst reclining on a dais carved from pure gold. Don't believe me? Just ask Colette; the woman literally urinated all over the new carpet in my office (utility closet) here at HQ when I showed her the site."

Retail Radar: UK dates for Fable 2, Ghostbusters (News)

Mar 17, 2008

Play.com let slip dates for a bunch of titles including Fable 2, Ghostbusters, Prototype, Ninja Gaiden II, and The Bourne Conspiracy.

The dates:
- Fable 2: May 30
- Ghostbusters: September 26
- Prototype: June 27
- The Bourne Conspiracy: June 27
- Ninja Gaiden II: March 28
- Iron Man: May 30
- WALL-E: May 4
- Lego Batman: "sometime in September"

2007's worst kept gaming secrets (Feature)

Dec 18, 2007

18th Dec, 2007 There are some things that developers and publishers just don't want you to know. And given the unnaturally high number of game announcements, hardware revelations, industry shake-ups, and all round cool things going on this year, they've wanted you to not know a lot during 2007. Thankfully though, the internet exists, and thus nothing is sacred. That's the eternal irony of the games industry. It's a business which tries to shroud itself in secrecy, but whose patrons congregate ...

New Ghostbusters screens (News)

Dec 11, 2007

Dec 11, 2007 Okay, we're getting more and more excited about this Ghostbusters game, especially after scoring these awesome ...

Ghostbusters: First multiplayer details (News)

Nov 27, 2007

Nov 27, 2007 The Ghostbusters game, due for launch next year on just about every format except PSP, will feature the a Ghosts vs Busters multiplayer mode and ghost-catching face-offs on PS2 and Wii. The PS2 and Wii versions, handled by developer Red Fly, will likely influence the multiplayer modes on other systems. Though Terminal Reality (handling the 'big' versions) is just as likely to have its own ideas. Ghosts vs Busters will throw two teams of players together, one trussed up with ...

Ghostbusters: First awesome footage (News)

Nov 19, 2007

Nov 19, 2007 Gameplay footage for Vivendi's Ghostbusters has found its way into our possession and we've got it right here for your viewing convenience. Seriously, how good does this ...

More Details on Ghostbusters Game from Vivendi and Sony (News)

Nov 15, 2007

Variety on Nov. 14 has more details on the recently confirmed Ghostbusters video game. Here are the new details that have not been previously reported on N4G:

Â¿ Vivendi Games, in pact with Sony Pictures, will published the game under Sierra label.
Â¿ Terminal Reality is developing the versions for PC, PS3 and Xbox 360.
Â¿ Red Fly Studios is developing the versions for DS, PS2 and Wii.
Â¿ The story takes place in the early '90s, after "Ghostbusters II," during a new ghoul invasion of New York City.
Â¿ In addition to all four original Ghostbusters from the movies (Dan Aykroyd, Ernie Hudson, Bill Murray and Harold Ramis), supporting cast members such as William Atherton, Brian Doyle Murray and Annie Potts have signed up to provide voice and likeness for the game as well.

Variety also reports comments from Vivendi Games CEO Bruce Hack and Sony's consumer products VP Mark Caplan, a Scarface sequel in work, and several other licensed franchises in Vivendi's portfolio such as Bourne Identity, Covert One, and rapper 50 Cent.

Note: Zootfly is not developing the game as have been reported by some sources. See the first alternative source.