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G4 has received exclusive in game footage of what the new Ghostbusters game will look like. In the video, you watch as a Ghostbuster tortures Slimer and tries to capture various other ghosts. We also see what looks like will be an epic boss battle with the Stay Puft Marshmallow. Pay attention to the physics as all the chairs, tables and other things around the rooms get flung around when the energy beam hits them. The game is farther along then what I'm sure many of us have believed.

GoNintendo has also gotten hold of the press release (read it after the jump) for Ghostbusters which reveals a lot more information on the game. Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, Harold Ramis, and Ernie Hudson are all set to lend their likeness and voices to the game. Dan and Harold are also working on the storyline for the game which takes place shortly after the events of the second movie. The biggest surprise out of the press release is that you are going to be playing as a new recruit and not as one of the famous four Ghostbusters.

The game is set to come out fall of 2008 and will be for the PS3, Xbox 360, Wii, PS2 and Nintendo DS.  

Reading, uk (16th November, 2007) – Sierra Entertainment, a division of Vivendi Games, announced today development of Ghostbusters™ The Video Game, based on the classic films that have transcended and entertained generations of audiences. To deliver a special gaming experience to the tremendous Ghostbusters' fan base around the world, the game will feature the original film cast from the classic Ghostbusters films, Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, Harold Ramis, and Ernie Hudson, back again for the first time in more than 20 years. Supporting the ghost busting crew are the talents of Annie Potts, Brian Doyle Murray and William Atherton. 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.

Ghostbusters The Video Game, is expected to ship fall 2008.

"Sierra Entertainment is extremely excited to not only deliver fans, old and new, this next chapter in the Ghostbusters universe, but to allow them inside the universe for the first time," said Martin Tremblay, president, Worldwide Studios for Sierra Entertainment. "Our collaboration alongside Terminal Reality and Red Fly Studios also includes working closely with the team at Sony Pictures Consumer Products. Together we will create the ultimate Ghostbusters experience, full of the characters, ghosts and other paranormal creatures so many have come to adore over the years."

"Ghostbusters is one of Sony Picture's most valued film franchises," said Mark Caplan, vice president, Hardlines for Sony Pictures Consumer Products. "In setting out to develop a game, our criterion was to find a game company who was interested in keeping true to the Ghostbusters world that talent and filmmakers had originally created. The team at Sierra Entertainment took the time to prove to us they had what it takes. From the moment we green-lit the game, we have certainly seen a lot of passion and commitment coming from Sierra Entertainment and both development teams. Fans are going to be impressed with the game's ability to deliver a very authentic Ghostbusters experience, as well as its capacity to blow out the Ghostbusters universe to new heights."

Like the films before it, Dan Aykroyd and Harold Ramis will return to scribe the script and event-driven storyline for the video game that will lead the player through the trials and tribulations of the world's leading paranormal ghost busting team. Ghostbusters The Video Game will create a totally unique experience and gameplay environment that authentically recreates the whimsical time period of the film, expanding the lore and supernatural events that seemingly plague New York City.

About the Game
When Manhattan is once again overrun by ghosts and other supernatural creatures, players will take on the role of a new recruit joining the famous Ghostbusters team. Developed by acclaimed studio Terminal Reality, Ghostbusters The Video Game will make its debut on the Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft, PLAYSTATION®3 computer entertainment system and Windows PC and Red Fly Studios will develop the PlayStation®2 computer entertainment system, Wii™ and Nintendo DS™ versions of this seminal entertainment brand.


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Hamza CTZ Aziz's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/16/2007 20:53
Hamza CTZ Aziz
Im OK: Dude, that's the episode I will never be able to forget. I don't know why I can't remember any of the other episodes, but that one is burned into my head.
deiga-the-semivaliant's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/16/2007 21:06
deiga-the-semivaliant
Dude. I like what I see.


Do~ Re~ Egooooon~
bluemeep's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/16/2007 22:13
bluemeep
I always remember the one where they're trapped in the possessed house that tries to eat them. Freaked me the fuck out.
epoch's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/16/2007 22:28
epoch
i like that episode where egon like gets possessed by a ghost or something and transforms into a steroid freak looking ghost and they have to go into the containment field to save him.

Also it's don't cross the streams, not beams
Im OK's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/17/2007 15:24
Im OK
Speaking of crossing the streams, I do remember one other episode of the cartoon where they were falling from a great height (I don't remember why, at all, but I'm sure it involved a ghost somehow), and they crossed the streams inside some lake they were about to hit, which somehow caused a giant geyser to come up and slow their fall so they wouldn't be splatted. Why that worked and didn't result in "all life as you know it stopping instantaneously and every molecule in your body exploding at the speed of light" like they said it would in the movie, I don't know. *shrug* That's it. That's all I remember about that episode.

I used to watch this show all the time (at the time, I considered it to be better than even the Ninja Turtles), yet it saddens me how very little I remember of it now. :_(

By the way, has anyone else happened to see the "Freddy vs Ghostbusters" fan film? I found out about it while searching IMDB for potential info on the Ghostbusters III movie that's supposedly in the works. For a fan film, it's nowhere near as retarded as I was expecting it to be, and is actually pretty good.
Fading Star's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/17/2007 19:56
Fading Star
Ghostbusters!
BabyRus's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/27/2007 07:38
BabyRus
The girl in the middle had a point, that Vivendi needs the game to better quality than scarface if they want to sell more copies. She also has cool hair.
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