Ghostbusters: The Video Game

Overview

The Ghostbusters are back for an all new adventure. With Manhattan overrun again by supernatural creatures, gamers take the role of a new recruit joining the famous Ghostbusters team. Equipped with a variety of unique equipment and gadgets, players hunt, fight and wrangle a wide range of ghosts in an all-new battle to save New York City from its latest paranormal plague. Delivering a special gaming experience to the tremendous Ghostbusters fan base around the world, Ghostbusters: The Video Game features the original cast from Columbia Pictures' classic Ghostbusters films, including Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, Harold Ramis and Ernie Hudson - together again for the first time in over 20 years. Supporting the original Ghostbusters crew are the talents of Annie Potts, Brian Doyle Murray and William Atherton. Like the films before it, Ghostbusters: The Video Game is all-new classic adventure with Dan Aykroyd and Harold Ramis returning to the helm to script and create a new storyline that leads gamers through the trials and tribulations of the world's leading paranormal ghost busting team. Players experience a variety of frightening new ghosts, even some based on ideas from Aykroyd and Ramis that never made it into the original feature films.

Developed by

Threewave Software, Terminal Reality

Published by

Sony Computer Entertainment, Atari, Inc.

Facts

Game modes

Single player, Multiplayer

Player perspectives

Third person

Themes

Action, Science fiction, Horror, Comedy

Franchise

Ghostbusters

Series

Ghostbusters

Game engine

Infernal Engine

Release dates

• PC (Microsoft Windows): Jun 16, 2009
• PlayStation 3: Jun 16, 2009
• Xbox 360: Jun 16, 2009