"While the upcoming Ghostbusters game will star many of the real film’s principal characters – including, crucially, all four Ghostbusters, William Peck and the Stay Puft marshmallow man – not everyone thought signing on was a good idea. Sigourney Weaver, for one. And Rick Moranis is another. But why’d Rick say no? Not like he’s exactly busy at the moment. Sierra's Ben Borth:

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He made so much money off of Honey I Shrunk The Kids that he retired. He just doesn’t want to work anymore.

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"Our intent was to combine the action of ‘Gears of War‘ and the comedy [of the films],” Brendan Gross, development director at Terminal Reality, at a Sierra demo earlier this wee. “We tried to have something funny or scary every 15 feet.”

Gross told me that his studio is trying to take greater care making a movie game than gamers would normally expect. “We’re really moving more down that direction, especially with the generation three platforms,” he said. For “Ghostbusters” specifically, he..."

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Ah, this is a nice blast from the past. A batch of Ghostbusters concept art has been released, and they show some familiar ghosts that players will have to defeat as well as the good ol' Ectomobile.

With Ghostbusters getting positive previews already, it certainly looks like fans won't be disappointed.

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"First we were shown a little sample of what the Infernal Engine is capable of. The setting was the New York Public Library reading room which should be familiar to any Ghostbusters fan. The fully rendered backgrounds were gorgeous and we watched as a thousand boxes were moved about the room simultaneously, objects were sliced using the Proton Pack and slime tethers were used to link objects together and hang them from the ceiling.

I will say that the crowd technology in Ghostbusters is th..."

"With this year's gaming harvest already played and beaten and filed away into memory like so many saves, it is time now to look on.

Past the bulbous shores of 2007, far off in the distant recesses of release schedules, lies the gone-golden bounty of untapped potential. And while many may slip their surly bonds and give flight to the year 2009, more still will cement their crusted plastic into delighted hands. Here we mark the prophecy of the PC legacy, a concrete, yet tumultuous hour of re..."