Atari announces the release of
Ghostbusters: The Video Game in North America:
NEW YORK, NY -
June 16, 2009 - Atari, one of the world's most recognized video game publishers,
today announced that the highly anticipated, summer blockbuster title,
Ghostbusters®: The Video Game is now available at retailers across North
America.
Working closely with Sony Pictures Consumer Products and acclaimed development
studios Terminal Reality and RedFly, Atari brings this completely all-new
chapter of the blockbuster Ghostbusters saga to advanced gaming platforms
coinciding with the 25th Anniversary celebration of the film's original
theatrical release. Ghostbusters: The Video Game, based on the smash hit motion
picture franchise, is penned by original Ghostbusters writers and stars Harold
Ramis and Dan Aykroyd and reunites many of the original cast members. In
addition, the game also launches today along with Sony Pictures Home
Entertainment's worldwide debut of the original motional picture on Blu-ray
Disc™.
Featuring the unique blend of humor and fright that established Ghostbusters as
a pop culture sensation, this new chapter of the blockbuster franchise is
available at retailers across North America for the Xbox 360® video game and
entertainment system from Microsoft ($59.99), Windows PC ($29.99), PLAYSTATION®3
computer entertainment system ($59.99), PlayStation®2 computer entertainment
system ($19.99), Wii™ ($39.99) and Nintendo DS™ ($29.99).
In addition to Aykroyd and Ramis, original Ghostbusters Bill Murray, and Ernie
Hudson, and new love interest, Alyssa Milano, lend their voices and in-game
likenesses to the original story set two years after Ghostbusters 2, with
Manhattan once again overrun by ghosts and supernatural forces. The player joins
up as a new recruit with the original team, testing a variety of unique
equipment and gadgets, to track, wrangle and trap a wide range of awe-inspiring
phantasms in an all-new, funny and frightening battle to save New York City from
its latest paranormal plague.