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.
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PSU reports :-

"Speaking in an exclusive interview with PSU, Terminal Reality Executive Producer Brendan Goss explains why the PlayStation 3 was chosen as the lead development platform for Ghostbusters: The Videogame and believes that the final result on Sony's console should be "amazing."

The reason why Ghostbusters: The Videogame wasn't developed earlier, he says, was because Terminal Reality were waiting for the technology to do the game justice. The PS3 was its first choice.

"Sony and the talent were adamant that before they got involved with a Ghostbusters game, the tech had to be capable of providing an authentic Ghostbusters experience, and that required graphics and physics tech," he told PSU. "

"The PS3 is a more demanding system to develop on and it is what the Infernal Engine was designed to exploit from the ground up. With the multiple SPU's it has onboard a solid multithreaded engine design can really take advantage of that and give you some amazing results."
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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!"
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Atari has told Eurogamer that Ghostbusters: The Videogame will be released in Europe on 19th June.

It'll coincide with the release of the first Ghostbusters movie on Blu-ray, and the series' 25th anniversary.
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The long awaited Ghostbusters game now has a solid release date and it looks like the Terminal Reality- developed title will be getting a lot of promotion from its owners Sony. The game is now due for release on June 16. It's also the same day Sony will release the Blu-Ray version of the original 1982 comedy action film, according to The Digital Bits web site.
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"Within this announcement is the first official confirmation that Atari plans to release the Xbox 360 and PS3 version of Ghostbusters: The Game "simultaneous" with the Blu-ray Disc release. We take that to mean day-and-date so mark your calendars and save those pennies.

First details of new features on the Ghostbusters Blu-ray have emerged that reveal four all-new Blu-ray exclusives. The complete list, including ported features from DVD, is as follows..."
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MCV: Atari President says he wants rival's CEO Bobby Kotick to regret letting Ghostbusters go
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Kotaku via craiglist writes: "Terminal Reality put out the call for volunteer playtesters to go hands on with Ghostbusters: The Video Game a few weeks ago, giving local folks a chance to play the game months before its release.

If you happen to be in the Dallas/Lewisville, Texas area, you might want to inquire if they're still ongoing. The Craigslist posting notes that there will "several sessions over the next month both during the day and in the evening" so we'd say bug 'em. We've played it, so we'd definitely encourage you to try to do the same. It's not a paying gig, but you do get the bragging rights of having played Ghostbusters."
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VG247: After telling VG247 that "Ghostbusters will be published!" back in August, Terminal Reality boss Mark Randel feels great now that Atari has officially picked up the game and given it a June 2009 release date.

"We're doing great and can't wait for people to play the game," said Randel when asked how the team felt now that things were all sorted.

More through the link.
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Well, if you're a fan of the movie, like me, you may already know that Ghostbusters is more about jokes then scares, but there also was a creepy side to it. I mean that's what made Ghostbusters, Ghostbusters. And what should make the game any different?
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A collation of every video from Tuesday's Atari Live event held in London.
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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.
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"The company today announced its lineup of games due this coming spring 2009. There are a variety of console and handheld titles on the menu, suggesting that Atari will retain a broad publishing focus going forward. We are particularly interested to see how The Chronicles of Riddick and Ghostbusters turn out, after Atari snapped these franchises up in the fallout of the Vivendi-Activision merger. "
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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..."
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A year after the fate of the fan-favorite game was cast into doubt due to the Activision-Blizzard merger, Ghostbusters: The Video Game has finally found a home with Atari.

"Ghostbusters: The Video Game is a fantastic addition to Atari's global line-up in 2009," said company president Phil Harrison in a prepared statement today. "The title has built considerable anticipation and excitement among game fans."
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Ghostbusters; The Video Game, based on the smash hit motion picture franchise, also reunites original cast members to recapture the unique blend of humour and fright that established Ghostbusters as a pop culture sensation.

"Ghostbusters: The Video Game is a fantastic addition to ATARI's global line-up in 2009," said Phil Harrison, President of Infogrames Entertainment, the parent company of ATARI...
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Ghostbusters: The Videogame appear in 2009.
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Variety writes:

"Riddick and the Ghostbusters have both found a new home at one of America's oldest videogame companies.

Atari has bought rights to publish the videogame sequel to "The Chronicles of Riddick" and a new game based on "Ghostbusters" from Activision Blizzard, which declined to pick up the two projects after merging with Vivendi Games this summer."
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Kotaku writes: "We know, he's not your usual source for hot gaming news, but Dan Aykroyd's got a trusting face. That and he's, you know, closely involved in this whole Ghostbusters thing. Speaking with Dallas radio station 105.3 KLLI this morning, the Ghostbusters star said that the currently in-limbo game has been picked up by Atari, and is about "a year away" from being released."
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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.
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