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Post by t0xin_ven0m on Jan 16, 2007 8:32:12 GMT -5
From IGN:
Yesterday, our Aussie-bound IGN colleagues feverishly reported on several mysterious, leaked videos showing an Xbox 360 game based on the Ghostbusters franchise. Today however, we've gone one step further and contacted developer ZootFly to see exactly what the hell is going on.
Excitingly, we can confirm that yes(!) ZootFly has been working on a Ghostbusters game and the videos that appeared on YouTube are indeed 100% legitimate. However, the bad news is that the game is currently on hold.
Bostjan Troha, CEO of ZootFly, told IGN UK: "We are very glad to see the overwhelming response to the Ghostbusters prototype movies. What you've seen is indeed in-game footage of early prototypes on the Xbox 360, running on ZootFly's proprietary engine. Due to licensing issues, further development of the Ghostbusters game hit a bump on the road. But everybody here at ZootFly is working actively on resolving the challenges with the owners of the Ghostbusters IP.
"Not to lose the momentum, a part the ZootFly team is currently working on an original game called TimeO, which is closely related to Ghostbusters. 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. As soon as the Ghostbusters IP issue is resolved, the whole team will go back to Ghostbusters."
Fingers crossed that ZootFly manages to surmount those licensing obstacles so it can continue making our 80s movie dreams come true.
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Post by comicfreak on Jan 16, 2007 17:19:21 GMT -5
ghostbusters as a game? they won't pull it off.
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Post by t0xin_ven0m on Jan 16, 2007 18:55:34 GMT -5
I dont know, my opinion is, if they took Gears Of War and added ghosts and changed the weapons to the Ghostbuster weapons, it'd be a classic! lol.
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Post by comicfreak on Jan 16, 2007 21:27:02 GMT -5
maybe. we'll see how the trailers and demos go first.
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Post by WANDERINGJD on Jan 17, 2007 0:25:12 GMT -5
as in the movie? or the cartoon?
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Post by comicfreak on Jan 17, 2007 6:28:17 GMT -5
i think cartoon.
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Post by t0xin_ven0m on Jan 17, 2007 8:27:31 GMT -5
No, they're supposed to be making a new Ghostbusters movie, so I would assume that this game would go along with that movie.
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Post by WANDERINGJD on Jan 17, 2007 20:36:03 GMT -5
whose going to be in it?
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Post by t0xin_ven0m on Jan 17, 2007 21:16:51 GMT -5
I'm not sure, they haven't announced the cast (not that I remember anyways).
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Post by comicfreak on Jan 17, 2007 21:26:09 GMT -5
man they just make remakes of everything don't they.
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Post by t0xin_ven0m on Jan 17, 2007 21:29:48 GMT -5
Yeah, it seems like they are going back and making everything triolgies.
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Post by Carnage on Jan 17, 2007 21:48:04 GMT -5
Not a remake it's a sequel.
Harold Ramis(Egon) reportedly wants franchise vets Dan Aykroyd(Ray) and Rick Moranis(Louis) to reprise their respective roles in the sequel, which the report claims will be called Ghostbusters in Hell, but he has his eye on A-lister Ben Stiller to star as a new Ghostbuster to replace Bill Murray(Peter) who refuses to do another film. The script, written by Aykroyd, is said to feature a hell that looks a lot like New York City. The Ghostbusters are able to be transported into hell via a portal in a New York warehouse.
So Aykroyd and Ramis are definitely on board, while it's still unknown if Moranis will repraise his role and Murray being in it is highly unlikely. I think they'll do good with it but too bad about Murray, he was my favorite.
So has anyone else seen the videos? Looks pretty cool, if I must say so myself. One video shows what appears to be a custimizable(sp?) Ghostbusters car or whatever which I'm looking foward to. ;D
P.S. UPDATE: They just released 2 teaser trailers for the other game mentioned, Time0. You can find them at gametrailers.com. Don't see much, so it's nothing spectacular.
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Post by Carnage on Jan 18, 2007 15:06:48 GMT -5
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Post by t0xin_ven0m on Feb 3, 2007 11:48:45 GMT -5
From Gamespot.com
For a comedy that's 23 years old, Ghostbusters is sure getting a lot of attention. The newfound interest came courtesy of several clips that surfaced on YouTube in January which appeared to show an impressive-looking game based on the comedy classic. Later that same week, Slovenian developer Zootfly admitted it had a prototype Ghostbusters game running on an Xbox 360 but warned that development "had hit a snag" in terms of the IP.
"We hoped the publisher would sort out the IP issue in a jiffy and we'd be recharging proton packs in no time," ZootFly CEO Bostjan Troha told GameSpot. "Unfortunately, they didn't push to untangle the IP hard enough and the whole thing stalled a bit." Though Troha wouldn't name the IP holder, some speculated that Sony, which owns the Ghostbusters film rights, might scuttle development of the game rather than see it go to the 360.
Today, new information on the Ghostbusters project surfaced--courtesy of a member of the Ghostbusters cast. Touring in his native Canada as one half of the Blues Brothers, Dan Aykroyd revealed to the Edmonton Sun that he will be appearing in the game. He also revealed who holds the game rights to the film.
"Universal [Studios] purchased the rights from Sony for a game," Aykroyd told the Sun. "I'm actually going to have to perform and do some motion capture for them. That will be next year."
If correct, Aykroyd's comments have two implications: First, a Ghostbusters game won't appear until 2008--at the earliest. It also appears to debunk the Sony-as-spoiler rumor, although the blank YouTube pages which bore the game footage now read, "This video has been removed at the request of copyright owner Sony Pictures Entertainment because its content was used without permission."
One question the Aykroyd interview didn't answer was which company is publishing Ghostbusters. Given French media company Vivendi SA still has a major stake in its former subsidiary Universal, which is now part of NBC Universal, some assumed Vivendi Games would be distributing Ghostbusters.
However, a VG spokesman said his company has announced no such deal. "I can't comment," he told GameSpot. "This is a rumor and we do not comment on rumors."
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Post by Carnage on Feb 3, 2007 13:59:50 GMT -5
I love Dan Aykroyd! He was awesome in Blues Brothes, Coneheads, Ghostbusters (of course) and who can forget his work on Saturday Night Live. I'm happy he still belives there's enough juice left in Ghostbusters to be acting in a game & a sequel.
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Post by WANDERINGJD on Feb 7, 2007 1:37:50 GMT -5
I REMEMBER THE CARTOON SEQUEL WITH AN ALL NEW CAST EXCEPT FOR EGON AND THE SECRETARY IT WAS COOL
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