Atari to Ship Ghostbusters: The Video Game on June 16

January 9, 2009

Atari to Ship Ghostbusters: The
Video Game on June 16

Videogame part of major 25th
Anniversary Ghostbusters Celebration

Atari announced today that the
highly anticipated Ghostbusters: The Video Game is set to release across North
America on June 16, 2009 and later in the same week for other worldwide
releases. Working closely with Sony Pictures Consumer Products and acclaimed
development studios Terminal Reality and RedFly, Atari will bring 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 to recapture the unique blend of humor and fright that established
Ghostbusters as a pop culture sensation. In addition, the game will also launch
Tuesday, June 16, 2009 with Sony Pictures Home Entertainment’s worldwide debut
of the original motional picture on Blu-ray Disc.

In addition to Aykroyd and Ramis,
original Ghostbusters Bill Murray, and Ernie Hudson lend their voices and
in-game likenesses to the original story set two years after Ghostbusters II,
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 this wide range of
awe-inspiring phantasms in an all new funny and frightening battle to save New
York City from its latest paranormal plague.

Atari will release Ghostbusters: The
Video Game for the PLAYSTATION 3, PlayStation 2 system, the Xbox 360, Games For
Windows, Wii and Nintendo DS. The launch will also leverage Atari’s worldwide
distribution network to maximize the presence of Ghostbusters: The Video Game
around the globe as Sony marks the film’s upcoming 25th anniversary.