Dogs and Cats Living Together, MASS HYSTERIA!
July 28th, 2008 by Chad Paulson
There are many rumors swirling around the blogesphere regarding Activision’s latest release schedule and the fact that Ghostbusters: The Video Game is nowhere to be seen. The rumors range from the possibility of Ghostbusters being shopped around to other publishers to the game being canceled for good.
As we reported earlier this month, Activision recently finished their aquisition of Sierra (the original publisher of Ghostbusters: The Video Game) and has stripped their release schedule to “increase efficiency”. We will post more on the topic as new information comes available. Until then, cross your fingers and — whatever you do — don’t cross the streams!
UPDATE: Our friends at Destructoid were able to extract the following quote from a Sierra PR representative.
It is not cancelled and will not be cancelled
Looks like the question is whether or not the game will be delayed. Well, as they say, better late then never.
UPDATE 2: Proton Charging (THE authoritative establishment for Ghostbusters news) cites a CBS Marketwatch article which reveals the possibility that Activision may publish the game after all.
UPDATE 3: What a complete mess of discombobulated information! Thanks to all the ghostheads who wrote in with information tips, etc. If I did not post your article, I apologize. I wanted to get the story straight before I posted another update. So, here it is. Ghostbusters: The Video Game is not and will not be cancelled. That said, it looks like Activision won’t be publishing it. I think I made this clear all along, but I just wanted to reaffirm.
Tags: activision, Ghostbusters, publisher, rumor, sierra, terminal reality, video game
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