First the good news -- according to Zootfly CEO Bostjan Troja, the
Ghostbusters game footage clips that we
reported on Sunday were very much real.
"What you've seen is indeed in-game footage of early prototypes on the Xbox 360, running on ZootFly's proprietary engine," he told us via e-mail this morning.
So there you go -- not the Source engine. Not a fan mod. Someone, somewhere was working on what would become a legitimate
Ghostbusters title. But not so fast.
As suspected, licensing issues reared their ugly heads, putting a stop to work on the
Ghostbusters title. While Bostjan tells us that Zootfly is actively working to resolve the issues with the owners of the
Ghostbusters IP, part of the Zootfly team have begun work on another title.
"[We're] currently working on an original game called
TimeO, which is closely related to Ghostbusters," he explains. "The game follows the adventures of two die-hard New Yorkers. They get trapped deep in the shadow world of a parallel New York. The city itself is a war machine threatening to wipe out our world and they have three days to stop it.
Don't get your panties in a bunch,
Ghostbusters fans; there's still a shimmer of hope for the
title.
"As soon as the
Ghostbusters IP issue is resolved, the whole team will go back to Ghostbusters."
In the meantime, hit the jump for some footage of Zootfly's
TimeO.
Contest:
11:17 AM on 01.16.2007
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I wonder if TimeO will have PeopleBusters in it! :D
Then give them the license.
Does it start with applying an "I ♥ NY" bumper sticker to your car, or is there more red tape to it than that?
The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask
Dead rising
and now TimeO
Human: That episode is an awesome real ghostbusters' episode. It's called Flip Side (season4) or season 2 depending on the guide you go by.