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Ghostwire officially delayed, seeking publisher

Alexander Sliwinski — Wed, 20 Oct 2010 17:00:00 EST

Ghostwire, the augmented reality game for DSi, has officially been delayed by developer A Different Game. The company tells Joystiq it is now seeking a new "worldwide publisher" for the game after losing publisher Majesco, and a release date for the title is now "unknown."

Showing that it's not ready to give up the ghost just yet, A Different Game has a new website for the title, and its Twitter and Facebook accounts have sprung back to life after a significant hiatus.

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Ghostwire no longer being published by Majesco, fate uncertain

Alexander Sliwinski — Tue, 12 Oct 2010 14:50:00 EST

Filed under: Weird But True, Opinions, New In Pop Culture

DSi augmented reality game Ghostwire will no longer be published by Majesco. A representative for the publisher informed Joystiq that the game, which was supposed to be out this quarter, was removed from the release schedule over the summer; though apparently, Ghostwire wasn't publicly dropped until recently, as GameFly just sent out notices that the title was "canceled by its publisher."

The game's website still notes Majesco as the publisher, and there hasn't been an update to the game's Twitter or Facebook account in quite some time. We're currently following up with developer A Different Game to find out if it's found a new publisher for the title, and if and when Ghostwire is now expected for release.

[Thanks, Sam C.]

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Developer Tom Soderlund explains the frights of Ghostwire

Kevin Kelly — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 05:00:00 EST

Bumps in the night. Unexplained sounds. A chill up your spine. Extreme terror. These things aren't associated with the Nintendo DSi, unless you unexpectedly leave yours behind in a taxi. But A Different Game CEO Tom Soderlund wants to bring all of that augmented paranormal activity to your DSi with Ghostwire and turn you into a ghostbuster (minus the proton packs). Now you're armed with a stylus and the power of Nintendo.

Originally conceived four years ago for Symbian-powered smartphones, the idea is to turn your handheld into a tool for communicating with the paranormal world. The built-in camera, sound meters, light meters are all a part of the experience, providing a combination of real-world and computer-generated data. Soderlund's team built an adventure game around it -- you talk to ghosts, find out what's troubling them, and either capture them or attempt to ease their pain.

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Ghostwire might haunt iPhone, Android

Kevin Kelly — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 04:00:00 EST

Ghostwire lead developer Tom Soderlund told us at GDC that his upcoming DSi-exclusive Nintendo DS game might be coming to Apple's iPhone and Google's Android. The DSi version, published by Majesco, is set to come out near Halloween this year, and it's possible that other flavors might join it at that time.

"With the DSi we have location to some extent using the wifi chip, because we can kind of recognize when the user is in a new location, or where they are somewhere they've been before." Soderlund said, "But, we're thinking of taking to the iPhone or the Android which have more emphasis on location-based gameplay.

We hope Elvis' grave is first on the list.

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Majesco publishing DSi augmented reality game 'Ghostwire' in late 2010

JC Fletcher — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 13:30:00 EST

Ghostwire, A Different Game's DSi-only title that uses the camera to fill players' real surroundings with virtual ghosts, looked quite promising when it was unveiled. The only problem: without a publisher, it was nothing but an apparition of a game. Today, Majesco announced that it is publishing the augmented reality title (which was originally intended for Nokia phones) with a projected late 2010 release date, under the title Ghostwire: Link to the Paranormal.

Using the mic and camera on the DSi, as well as in-game tools like the "EMF tuner," players search around them for hidden ghosts, and then attempt to give them peace by solving puzzles. Some ghosts will require items before they appear and interact with you, and some will apparently be malevolent and less receptive to your efforts. At which point, we assume, you have to solve their problems despite their lack of help, instead of just leaving them to go about their ghostly business.

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See dead people in this Ghostwire trailer

JC Fletcher — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 16:15:00 EST

A Different Game released a new video for Ghostwire, showing example gameplay of the "augmented reality" DSiWare title. In this game, reality is "augmented" in a way that makes you look more like a person who freaks out randomly on the street, as you are constantly surrounded by ghosts even in the daytime. Constantly. The use of the DSi's secondary camera to provide a rear view of more ghosts seems especially cruel.

We wonder if people who play this a lot start to feel like there are already ghosts all over the place, and we just don't see them without our DSi systems.

[YouTube video via NintendoRaw]

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Hunt ghosts on your Nintendo DSi with Ghostwire

David Hinkle — Mon, 25 May 2009 11:00:00 EST

Sweden-based development studio A Different Game has been watching too much Ghost Hunters, it would seem, as the company is preparing Ghostwire, Kotaku reports. Ghostwire is a game where you use your Nintendo DSi to hunt down ghastly ghouls in real life. We're not joking; through use of the Nintendo DSi's camera, microphone, and touch-screen, players will locate ghosts in real-world locales and figure out what they need to be at peace.

Ghostwire currently has no scheduled release date.

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