Activision publishing announces plans for two Ghostbusters games in
collaboration with Sony Pictures to celebrate the film franchise reboot coming
to theaters this summer. Of course one of these is a mobile dealie, which is
called Ghostbusters: Slime City, but the other is a more full featured affair,
simply titled Ghostbusters, which is expected to launch on Windows, Xbox One,
and PlayStation 4 on July 15th, the day of the movie premiere.
This trailer offers
a first look the game, and here's the news:
Activision Publishing, Inc., in collaboration with
Sony Pictures Consumer Products, has announced a pair of new Ghostbusters video
games set in and inspired by the comedic action world of the upcoming
Ghostbusters film, in cinemas on the 15th July. Taking place after the events of
the new movie, both Ghostbusters games introduce new casts of rookies keeping
watch over the station while the now-famous Ghostbusters tour the country
stopping high-profile poltergeists. When paranormal phenomena unleash
apparitions across New York City, these new squads of recruits must don their
proton packs and wrestle those rogue spirits back to the afterlife!
The console game, Ghostbusters, is a third-person action role-playing game
positively charged for thrilling couch co-op with up to four players locally. As
rookie Ghostbusters, players can level up their characters’ gear and abilities
by tackling objectives, defeating ghastly creatures and discovering hidden
collectibles in Manhattan’s most haunted haunts. There are four heroes to choose
from, and each has his or her own unique personality and play style, bringing
special strengths to support the team.
Ghostbusters is expected to arrive on the PlayStation®4 computer entertainment
system, Xbox One and Windows PC via Steam on the 15th July in Europe.
The mobile game, Ghostbusters: Slime City, lets players be a Ghostbuster and
save New York City from a new wave of threats. Team up with other players in
asynchronous co-op, and collect powerful ghosts to rise to the top of the
leaderboards. Players can also craft their own proton packs from any number of
combinations of components, as well as upgrade their own headquarters and
complete jobs around the city for new weapons and rewards.
Ghostbusters: Slime City is expected to launch in July on select iPhone, iPad
and iPod touch devices via the App Store, select Android devices via Google Play
and select Kindle devices through the Amazon Appstore.