Motionized Ghostbusters coming to Wii June 16
Friday, January 9th, 2009 at 12:27pm by Press Release
NEW YORK, Jan. 9 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Atari, one of the world’s most recognized video game publishers, announced today that the highly anticipated Ghostbusters: The Video Game is set to release across North America on June 16, 2009 followed by the worldwide release on June 19th. Working closely with Sony Pictures Consumer Products and acclaimed development studios Terminal Reality and RedFly, Atari will bring this completely all-new chapter of the blockbuster Ghostbusters saga to advanced gaming platforms coinciding with the 25th anniversary celebration of the film’s original theatrical release. Ghostbusters: The Video Game, based on the smash hit motion picture franchise, is penned by original Ghostbusters writers and stars Harold Ramis and Dan Aykroyd and reunites many of the original cast members to recapture the unique blend of humor and fright that established Ghostbusters as a pop culture sensation. In addition, the game will also launch Tuesday, June 16, 2009 with Sony Pictures Home Entertainment’s worldwide debut of the original motional picture on Blu-ray Disc(TM).
In addition to Aykroyd and Ramis, original Ghostbusters Bill Murray, and Ernie Hudson lend their voices and in-game likenesses to the original story set two years after Ghostbusters II, with Manhattan once again overrun by ghosts and supernatural forces. The player joins up as a new recruit with the original team, testing a variety of unique equipment and gadgets, to track, wrangle and trap this wide range of awe-inspiring phantasms in an all new funny and frightening battle to save New York City from its latest paranormal plague.
Atari will release Ghostbusters: The Video Game for the PLAYSTATION(R)3 computer entertainment system, PlayStation(R)2 system, the Xbox 360(R) video game and entertainment system from Microsoft, Games For Windows(R), Wii(TM) and Nintendo DS(TM). The launch will also leverage Atari’s worldwide distribution network to maximize the presence of Ghostbusters: The Video Game around the globe as Sony marks the film’s upcoming 25th anniversary. For more information on Atari’s entire line up visit www.atari.com.
Ghostbusters and Ghostbusters II combined to gross over $500 million world-wide at the box office. The film spawned some of the most memorable comedic catch-phrases and scenes in motion picture history. To further celebrate the film’s 25th anniversary milestone this year, Sony Pictures Consumer Products has licensed the property for several new commemorative products including: toys, t-shirts, comic books, prop replicas, and a theme park attraction. In addition, the original Ghostbusters car (Ecto-1) has been fully restored with plans for special promotional appearances throughout the US and additional replicas touring across Europe. The Blu-ray Disc release of Ghostbusters will see unsurpassed picture and audio quality and advanced new bonus features including Slimer Mode, a picture-in-picture graphical viewing experience, a featurette on the refurbishing of Ecto-1, and more.
January 9th, 2009 at 2:17 pm
i can’t wait for the game, except for the fact that i am hoping that is not supposed to be peter in the background. he went from a balding bill murray to a full head of blonde hair wtf? my fears that the original actors didn’t do the voice work for the wii have also subsided.
January 9th, 2009 at 2:30 pm
hey! does this pole still work?
January 9th, 2009 at 2:54 pm
I’m pretty sure that the blonde guy is the player character.
January 9th, 2009 at 4:24 pm
“he went from a balding bill murray to a full head of blonde hair wtf?”
Wow, sexy toupee!
I’m really looking forward to this game. It might not be great, but the license alone has me interested.
January 11th, 2009 at 9:56 am
Great to know the release date. Now we can all hope that the Wii version is much like Shaun White Snowboarding and comes out the best version of the bunch.
We’ll see how much they bother to advertise the game.
January 12th, 2009 at 10:36 am
The blonde character in the background is the player character. The PS2 and Wii versions also seem to be going with the style that ‘The Real Ghostbusters’ cartoon had. Plus their basing Peter Venkman’s (Bill Murray’s character) off of the Ghostbusters 2 look, not on his real look, no one wants to see a fat ass for Ray, or a bald Peter. So the game has to go back to the original styles to make it seem like it is two years after the second movie.
I can’t wait to get this game. I’ll probably end up with three versions the Wii one (different gameplay), the 360 one (for the cinematic style) and the DS one for on the road bustin’.
and also please note that if busting doesn’t make you feel good, then don’t play this game.