Vivendi’ Ghostbusters For The Wii
According to our new beloved Ben Fritz of Variety.com Vivendi games is in the talks with Sony about turning The Ghostbusters into a video game franchise, set for release in fall ‘08 from Vivendi’s Sierra label. Rumors surfaced earlier this year which had developer Zootfly working on the game, but was later put “on hold” by the developer.
“We noticed we did well on ‘Scarface’ and were alert for new opportunities to turn iconic film products into games in a way that is a new manifestation of the franchise,” Vivendi Games CEO Bruce Hack said. “‘Ghostbusters’ is unquestionably among the small number of movies in that class.”
Apparently Vivendi did a survey of gamers asking which movie properties they would like to see turned into videogames. “Scarface” and “Ghostbusters” were both in the top five.
So what’s all the buzz about a Ghostbuster Wii videogame? well Vivenvi developer Terminal Reality is making the “Ghostbusters” game for PC, Playstation 3 and Xbox 360 aimed primarily at the core gamer demographic, while Red Fly Studios is making a version for Playstation 2, Wii and DS designed more for families and casual gamers, which you can easily replaced with watered down and less action packed.
Once again big publishers like Vivenvi considers 25+ year old Nintendo players like myself “not a core gamer” and decides to soften the game hoping it won’t give me nightmares or that I won’t get scared by Slimer.
Update: GameInformer’s featuring the Ghostbusters on their upcoming issue.
Leaked videos from the rumors earlier this year:
Another video, this one showing the Ghostbusters driving around.
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Interesting looking game.
I remember a few of the older Ghostbuster games (i ave the one for the NES) and that one game made me cringe! This one looks like it can be a great game in the process!
As long as it has the original theme song, I’ll be okay.
XDD*Can’t stop laughing*
EJ, I’m going to post this again, here in this forum because while the last post you made didn’t mention Ben, this post does. And no, I don’t work for Variety or Sony or anyone affiliated with either company. I’m not even in the vid-game business. If you want to verify it with me, I’ll be happy to relay my personal information to you so you can verify it. I am dismayed that instead of continuing to debate intelligently, you deleted the comments instead. I hope you won’t delete them this time. "I think we need to address having an objective, intelligent debate about topics where people WILL disagree with you. Most people think GODFATHER II is one of the greatest American movies ever made. My wife thinks it’s boring. Guess what? She’s right - because to her, it is boring. And guess again - I’m right. Because to me, I think it’s one of the greatest films ever made. All you can do is put your opinion out there - this isn’t math, there isn’t a single correct solution. Some will like the game, others will dislike it. It happens. Not everyone is going to share your opinion no matter how many times you holler and shout that you’re just plain right. I give you another example - critics cried that ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT was one of the greatest TV shows on air. But no matter how much they shouted, audiences didn’t show up. They didn’t care for it. They weighed arguments for and against the show, they watched it themselves and then made a choice of their own. EJRaven, people are going to disagree with you in this life, even on topics that, to you, are CLEARLY black and white. I applaud Mr. Fritz for not taking personal potshots back at you, because essentially, this is what you’ve done to him - you’ve started a rally cry not around Mr. Fritz’s review, but around his intelligence, his personality and his very being. People on the board have told this complete stranger to "screw off" and that they’ll beat him if they see him. In a world with so many problems, why have you created something with hate…about a video game? And regarding Sony’s logo on the page, I’m perplexed that you don’t understand that Mr. Fritz isn’t associated with Sony in anyway other than the fact that Sony pays for advertisements on the website, just like Audi, just like the other market research groups. You work online, you understand how this works - Mr. Fritz is not part of a vast conspiracy to undermine the Wii. He’s one man, writing an article about how he views this particular video game. You can disagree with him all you want and state your case, but I’d advise you to keep things classy - don’t go after the man on a personal level and don’t rally others to do the same. If you talk about fair journalism, then you must practice it and accept when others voice opinions different from you own. "
Perpespective I sorta agree… Still it unfair the biased gamers get to talk on and on about their opopoins so severly… this time though it sorta a pass since… well I doubt this game will do good in the first place -_-’
Wow i can’t believe you took the time to write a novel just so you could try and make people think you are right perspective…