Ghostbusters: The Video Game was mentioned on the front page of the newest issue of Variety Entertainment News. Apparently the Ghostbusters / Activision debacle was big enough to make it on the desks of all of Hollywood. Thankfully, as
Troy Benjamin puts it, the exposure to some of industries big names will get it picked up and published even sooner. The article mentions that the game is being shopped around to different publishers, and will most likely be delayed until 2009 to coincide with the Blu-Ray release of Ghostbusters for it's 25th Anniversary. (Which as we have heard from SPHE, the Blu-Ray due out in October is delayed as well).
You can read a copy of the article on Variety's Website:
Videogame giants without a home, or
download a PDF copy of the article. Thanks to Troy for the info about this one!
Obsessed video gaming blog Kotaku
recieved a copy of Ghostbusters: The Video Game demo, despite the news of its delay. Their site reveals a few weapons / weapon modes included in the game (perhaps without realizing it) such as: The Blast Stream, Capture Stream, Boson Darts, and possibily
Dark Matter Weapons. We just want to point out that the copy of the game demo was from July 16th... well before any indication of problems from Activision.
Dread Central, a horror movie releated news blog, reports that
Ghostbusters 3 will be made using characters from the cast of The 40 Year Old Virgin (Steve Carell, Paul Rudd, Romany Malco, & Seth Rogan). The story was also picked up by larger sites
Digital Spy,
Film Junk,
Screen Rant,
Trillion Movies..... and more!
Thankfully, Ghostbusters Fans, and
Slashfilm can see through the
completely made up rumor and see that those actors were chosen as a part of the
Proton Charging ID Badge Contest held back in May. While we would love to see another movie comprised of those hillarious actors, it just isn't happening right now. Special word goes out to
joeghostbuster who may have started this whole fiasco with his
awesome rendering of the guys in the GB Uniforms (shown above).
Lastly word goes out to
Xenepp's site Gamernator which rumors that one of the reasons Ghostbusters: The Video Game is being
delayed is due to a particular actors rediculous demands when it comes to the profit sharing from the video game. While it might not be true, we can atleast visualize it.. and that's good enough.
