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    Ghostbusters: The Video Game

    Game » consists of 24 releases. Released Jun 16, 2009

    With a script edited and approved by Dan Aykroyd and Harold Ramis, Ghostbusters: The Video Game is a sequel to the feature length films. Who ya gonna call? GHOSTBUSTERS!

    Aykroyd Wants Ghostbusters Game To Lead Into Third Movie

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    Edited By Brad
    Focus on the vodka.
    Focus on the vodka.
    Dan Aykroyd--perhaps better known in some circles as Dr. Raymond Stantz--really wants to make a new Ghostbusters film. And to hear him tell it, one of the crucial first steps to getting that film made is releasing Ghostbusters: The Video Game in June. Aykroyd hopes the game will spur a new wave of popularity and demand for everyone's favorite '80s paranormal comedy series, which will in turn grease the wheels with the studios who might potentially bankroll the movie. Honestly, you tell me Dan Aykroyd wants to do a new Ghostbusters and I assume that's the sort of thing you call a "done deal," but what do I know? Hollywood is a complex place.

    Atari recently held a Q&A session with Mr. Aykroyd in New York City, where he talked about the ways the new game may help a new Ghostbusters get made. He also held forth on a variety of other topics, including working with Bill "The Murricane" Murray, his Crystal Head vodka, and, yes, working on the forthcoming game. We'll have a video feature from the session for you in the near future, so stay tuned for that.

    I also grabbed a couple of Atari producers to chat about the X360/PS3 and Wii versions of the game, and shot the whole thing with our fancy new handheld HD camera. This is live and uncut, boys and girls! Actually, it's neither of those things, but at least you can see a healthy selection of the title and transition effects the latest version of iMovie has to offer. I made it myself!


      



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    #1  Edited By Brad
    Focus on the vodka.
    Focus on the vodka.
    Dan Aykroyd--perhaps better known in some circles as Dr. Raymond Stantz--really wants to make a new Ghostbusters film. And to hear him tell it, one of the crucial first steps to getting that film made is releasing Ghostbusters: The Video Game in June. Aykroyd hopes the game will spur a new wave of popularity and demand for everyone's favorite '80s paranormal comedy series, which will in turn grease the wheels with the studios who might potentially bankroll the movie. Honestly, you tell me Dan Aykroyd wants to do a new Ghostbusters and I assume that's the sort of thing you call a "done deal," but what do I know? Hollywood is a complex place.

    Atari recently held a Q&A session with Mr. Aykroyd in New York City, where he talked about the ways the new game may help a new Ghostbusters get made. He also held forth on a variety of other topics, including working with Bill "The Murricane" Murray, his Crystal Head vodka, and, yes, working on the forthcoming game. We'll have a video feature from the session for you in the near future, so stay tuned for that.

    I also grabbed a couple of Atari producers to chat about the X360/PS3 and Wii versions of the game, and shot the whole thing with our fancy new handheld HD camera. This is live and uncut, boys and girls! Actually, it's neither of those things, but at least you can see a healthy selection of the title and transition effects the latest version of iMovie has to offer. I made it myself!


      



    Look for more of this less-than-professional video content on Giant Bomb in the near future. There's only so much Vinny to go around, you know? Count your Vinnys, people. A Vinny in the hand is worth two in the bush. A rolling Vinny gathers no moss. A Vinny saved is a Vinny earned.
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    #2  Edited By digital_sin

    Ghostbusters game looks good, I really hope it does well for Atari's sake. Also, VINNY FTW!

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    #3  Edited By StarFoxA

    I want this game to be good sooooo bad.

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    #4  Edited By Superchris129

    Awe, no video of Mr. Aykroyd?

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    #5  Edited By Serker

    Don't fire until you see the whites of their Vinnys

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    #6  Edited By XaiaX
    A Vinny in the hand is worth two in the bush.

    That sentence makes me feel unclean.
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    You gotta toss some Vinny on that yo!

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    #8  Edited By REDRUN

    This could be a good thing, Ghostbusters was a fun movie, the sequel not to bad and the game looks amazing.

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    #9  Edited By williamdeb

    Caught between a Vinny and a hard place....

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    #10  Edited By buzz_killington

    looks better than I expected. might give it a try...

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    #11  Edited By Claude

    Hey, not bad for a rookie. Both those games look like fun.

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    #12  Edited By ZmillA

    The early bird gets the vinny.

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    #13  Edited By AndrewB

    God damn it. If this is one of those "the sales of the video game will dictate whether we make the movie" situations, that's not fair. I would love to see another Ghostbusters movie, but I am terribly skeptical of the upcoming game.

    Besides, I thought the reason they were looking to make a new Ghostbusters game was because all of the actors were too old to really reprise their roles in the first place? Okay, so they're all getting up there, but we've seen older gents do straight up action movies before and live to tell the tale.

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    #14  Edited By Afroman269

    aww I was expecting a video of Aykroyd

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    #15  Edited By Reverseface

    Ghostbusters was on TV the other day. Two points i will make ONE Having seen cartoon ghostbusters so much + action figures i was shocked that egon didn't have blonde hair in the movie. that's how much the toys and cartoon influence my perception of that movie. Point two that movie is WAAAAY dirty than i remembered it, was on TV at like 7 and there is that bit where sigourney weaver is on a bed telling Bill muray to put "IT" inside her.  >.<

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    #16  Edited By TwoOneFive

    wow this game looks polished man. looks like its going to be a lot of fun. shit the name alone had me sold but now i'm really looking forward to it. 

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    #17  Edited By Seijur0

    Character models look nice... however I'm not a Ghostbusters fan at all so I have no interest in this.

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    #18  Edited By hatking

    Vinny is awesome.

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    #19  Edited By papercut

    SLIME DUNK!

    15g

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    #20  Edited By ryanwho

    I really do hope they get another movie. Ernie needs the work. You see him in Dragonball? Poor Ernie. Do it for Ernie Hudson, America.

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    #21  Edited By mackgyver

    I will definitely get this.

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    #22  Edited By HandsomeDead
    Seijur0 said:
    "I'm not a Ghostbusters fan at all so I have no interest in this."
    Get the fuck off the internet. You do not belong here. And by here, I mean the planet Earth.
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    #23  Edited By zityz

    Yo 50! Hit that big ass Vinny!

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    #24  Edited By TehFro

    A Vinny a day keeps the doctor away.

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    #25  Edited By Daniel

    Screw the game, I'm gonna buy some Crystal Head vodka. How sick is that bottle?

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    #26  Edited By BoG
    ZmillA said:
    "The early bird gets the vinny."
    You stole mine!

    Anyways, game looks great. Oh, and love thy Vinny as you love thyself.
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    #27  Edited By Superchris129

    Woah, what's with all the bad puns lately? And by bad puns, I mean bad puns.

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    #28  Edited By tak
    Never bite the vinny that feeds you
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    #29  Edited By sixpin

    Hoorah for Vinny! Also, that last Vinny-ism made me laugh.

    I'd line up for a ticket to the third Ghostbusters film. New entry into the best franchise ever made? Hells yeah.

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    #30  Edited By luce

    lookin sharp Dan

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    #31  Edited By Lolzhacked

    This game smells clean!

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    #32  Edited By imayellowfellow

    u guys should get a shotgun mic for that handheld camera, the onboard mic pics up too much ambient sound


    but still a pretty good job recording brad, u guys are becomign fucking triple threats

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    #33  Edited By cannibeast

    Vinny.

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    #34  Edited By cannibeast

    Giant Bombcast taste-test of Crystal Head Vodka? Huh..? Huuuhh??

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    #35  Edited By oraknabo

    "Dan Aykroyd--perhaps better known in some circles as Doctor Detroit"

    -fixed that for ya'

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    #36  Edited By GreggD

    Total protonic reversal. Awesome.

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    #37  Edited By GioVANNI
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    You make me disgraced to be human.
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    #38  Edited By Landmine

    Nice editing there Brad. The game looks like a lot of fun, now I have to decide which version to get.

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    #39  Edited By meptron

    proton packs look cool

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    #40  Edited By mrfluke

    isnt thats why there is a drewbert around now? to give vinny some time to relax

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    #41  Edited By OmegaPirate

    Yeah but who covers when the Drew man relaxes??

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    #42  Edited By JonathanMoore

    Looks awesome. For the sake of my 18 year old life, I must see a third Ghostbusters Movie. SOON!

    -- God Bless.

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    #43  Edited By OtakuRay

    I want a third movie please!!!

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    #44  Edited By BiggerBomb

    "Traditional Death Match Mode." For the life of me, I cannot understand why people/developers think that every game needs multiplayer.

    /shake head

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    #45  Edited By Superchris129
    BiggerBomb said:
    ""Traditional Death Match Mode." For the life of me, I cannot understand why people/developers think that every game needs multiplayer. /shake head"
    Because people are much more likely to rent single player games.
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    #46  Edited By MeatSim

    Those Vinny-ism's are great, we need more of them.

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    #47  Edited By Gregomasta
    WHO wouldn't want this to lead into a 3rd Ghostbusters movie? 
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    #48  Edited By Mukor

    He hopes the game will lead to the movie? And presumably, Ghostbusters 3: The official game of the movie of the game of the movie series? Ah well, nothing Vintured, nothing gained.

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    #49  Edited By grainger

    too many vinnys spoil the broth? :P

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    #50  Edited By Sunjammer

    Those proton packs are just seriously freaking cool gadgets, period. Ranking as some of the coolest scifi (or is that syfy now, bleh) weapons ever committed to celluloid, at least as far as i'm concerned. They're like brutal uncontrollable arc welders. Love it. I'd play any game with beams like that to throw around

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