Sony Pictures dates Ghostbusters game for Jun. 16

by Randy Nelson { Jan 7th 2009 at 8:00PM }

Amid a slew of press releases it shot out in the hours leading up to CES 2009, Sony Pictures Home Entertainment may have stepped on Atari PR's toes. In announcing a June 19 release date for the Blu-ray Disc release of Ghostbusters (the movie), it also confirmed a day-and-date launch of Ghostbusters: The Video Game.

The release is long on details concerning the film's HD debut, but short on specifics concerning the game. No platforms are mentioned, although it stands to reason that the highest-profile versions -- Xbox 360, PS3, PC -- will be first out the door. Atari has yet to issue a release of its own concerning the game's street date(s), but we've contacted it for comment on Sony's announcement in the meantime.

Tags: atari, blu-ray, ghostbusters, red-fly, sony-pictures, terminal-reality

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Obie @ Jan 7th 2009 8:05PM

IT'S MILLER TIME!

AwesomeTown @ Jan 7th 2009 8:08PM

Mother pus bucket! I can't wait!

Bucket @ Jan 7th 2009 8:20PM

IS THIS TRUE?!?

xGeneral DEATHx @ Jan 8th 2009 8:14AM

It's true, Your Honor...this man has no dick.

HitNRun @ Jan 7th 2009 8:26PM

I'm glad, but... Halloween? You'd think?

I want the game soon, but I also want it to clean up at retail. An October 15ish release would equal major bank for the Halloween and then the normal holiday seasons. If this game is as good as it sounds, I think it will have major non-gamer appeal. Even family members who completely despise videogames were intrigued when I told them about this.

Ihavepants @ Jan 7th 2009 8:41PM

Yes, let's release more games in October.

Good plan.

Courtney @ Jan 7th 2009 8:43PM

Yeah, if this is even remotely good, all us geeks will snap it up in the summer when there's nothing else to play and they can still pick up some more sales when the holidays roll around.

Vegeta (aka Ska Oreo) @ Jan 7th 2009 8:44PM

You do realize that would mean that the game would be running against some of the biggest titles of the year?

I love Ghostbusters, but I'm not going to kid myself into thinking that it could go toe to toe with some high profiled games.

DBuck_Eye @ Jan 7th 2009 8:32PM

"highest-profile versions -- Xbox 360, PS3, PC"!!! Dems fightin' words!

John @ Jan 7th 2009 8:35PM

I normally only buy games if they're on Steam, but for Ghostbusters I'll hustle my ass out to the store and fight over the last copy.

ChooChooCharlie @ Jan 7th 2009 8:35PM

The 16th? That's next week!

So is Atari's plan to release it without any advertising whatsoever and hope for the best? I dunno, I think if I were to spend months and lots of money developing a game, I'd want to, you know, tell people about it.