Things are very much up in the air regarding the Ghostbusters videogame, which was looking great but has suffered thanks to Activision-Blizzard giving it the chop. Having been pushed back to 2009, the developers are still looking to release its game at some point, but there's only one problem -- there's no publisher.
Rights holder Sony Pictures is said to be working with Activision to try and find a solution that works for everybody. The interesting upside to this is that the game could now be in a position to tie-in with the 25th Anniversary of Ghostbusters, and this is something that Sony Pictures is certainly looking into.
With all the press surrounding this game, and now the chance of a hype-worthy anniversary release, things are sure to look up for the Ghostbusters game soon. One can't imagine this title will be without a publisher soon -- a good thing too, with so much excitement for the troubled IP.
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2:58 PM on 08.04.2008
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Just asking. If SCEA or whoever took up rights would that remove its multi-plat status? or do you think that Sony would make money publishing a multi-plat game for the 360?
I'm just curious how that hypothetical scenario would play out.
*commences eye rolling to the nth degree*
It looks like Acti-Blizzard is dropping a lot of their new IP. I'm really liking the new path that EA is taking by straying away from licensed games/milking franchises. I guess I'm rooting for EA to pick these up, because it would be a bitchslap to the face of Activision, who really look like a bunch of greedy bastards at the moment.
I second that motion casualweaponry. Someone should definatly pick this up, the sooner the better hopefully. There are a ton of ghostbuster fans, myself included, that are seriously jonesing over some new ghostbuster action.
If you have any brains, pick up the games Activision dropped.
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Everyone ever