"Sure enough, where a search for 'Ghostbusters' on Gamestop once returned this impressive array[via Google cache] of results, currently the only Ghostbuster-related item to be found on the site is this rather forlorn copy of the original movie on UMD."

"Activision today announced that it will be retaining a handful of Vivendi Games' franchises that are a "strong fit with its long-term strategy". The games that have been confirmed as being added to Activision's stable include the Crash Bandicoot, Spyro The Dragon and Ice Age franchises, as well as Prototype and "a second new IP that has not been announced as of yet."

The downside of this announcement is that other Vivendi Games (namely Ghostbusters: The Video Game, Brütal Legend, WET, 50 C..."

"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..."

"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..."