Cue the news of an Internet leak of an early build of Ghostbusters in 3...2...1...

(not Crecente's copy.. but I am sure we'll be hearing about this soon)

This is awesome, though!! Hope it plays well...

Justin42

@Katorok: As long as Crecente does not come back and say AitD/Haze/Frogger2 are better examples of video games.

Talryyn

@Refused:

I'm sure SCEA would disagree, but they probabaly had little to nothign to do with who got the rights.

It's like spiderman movie games on other platforms. You'd think Sony would have given it tot heir own studio, but they didn't.

It's strange to think of, but Sony's individual parts rarely talk to each other. They might as well be seperate companies altogether in that reguard.

mrantimatter

They must KNOW the game is THAT good..

Katorok

If there's somethin' strange in your neighborhood, who ya gonna call?

Brian Crecente!

If it's somethin' weird an it won't look good, who ya gonna call?

Brian Crecente!

I ain't afraid a no ghost. I ain't afraid a no ghost.

Doo dooo dooo doo do do do dooo doo doo dooo....

NeVeRMoRe666

I seriously hope this game comes out soon. I loved the Ghostbusters as a kid. The game looks very promising.

JustJake

@LittleBigPlaneteer: So, the only exclusives in the industry are the big hardware sellers, yes?

Thank god you don't run one of the big three.

DelSource

I just hope EA does not get its hands on GB.

They would strip it down and sell the removed bits as DLC just to Nickle and Dime us.

Sentaiman

What version is it?

Eddy666

@LittleBigPlaneteer: Sony Pictures and SCE are almost totally separate from what I gather. I doubt Sony will make any money directly from 360 sales. If they wanted to do that they'd let Little Big Planet go multiformat or put LocoRoco on WiiWare.

gdf

Now about that Riddick game...

Twisk

Wow, did not know it fits on a CD-ROM!!!

...

;o)

Talryyn

@DelSource: Ghostbusters wont sell Sony PS3s. Multiplatform games are always going to sell better and they made the correct 'business' choice.

So Brian, you recieve games in the mail? Can I have your job? ;) hahaha

Refused

The fate of Ghostbusters now lies in the hands of a madman. Just don't cross the streams.

Caseus

Can't wait for your update.

MiGo316

@Brian Crecente:
Holy Shit! That's awesome awesome news! I hope you get to post the impressions within the day...Yeah it's doubtful as you just got it just now but one can hope right?

I'm really itching for this game. Is the stages mission-based? Cover mechanics? I think a quick Q&A or FAQ after your impressions are needed. :)

@karasu is my homeboy: Yeah. It seems like they're confident of the game mechanics already to send out an early build. Didn't McWhertor say that the demo he played was nice?

excaliburps

i hope this game finds a publisher. Maybe Microsoft, just for the bitter irony.

Acebuckeye13

That's great! ACTUAL PHYSICAL CONTACT!

jeremyschultz

@Saint Anima: But who are we gonna call?

I'm especially curious how the game is after some extended hands-on time with it. I can't remember if it was here or somewhere else that I read that some of the objectives were kind of unclear, so I'm curious as to whether or not a quieter environment than E3 would help with that.

kylenalepa

@Omnimon: yuh should see my writing!

RubberChickenMX

Not my favorite System of a Down album.

Erwin

There must be something strange in the neighborhood.

Saint Anima

@dead_red_eyes: It looks like Activision is no longer intent on publishing it, but the development studio is still intent on completing it, and thus might shop it out to another publisher, like Ubisoft or EA.

I Think We're Property

god i wish i worked for Kotaku lol

NDC

be sure to scan it for viruses and ghosts.

lbthai76

You lucky SOB, have fun!

And post screens!

geoffcbassett

So then what the hell are you doing writing? PLAY IT

DeadDuck

Maybe the red letters read "Please do not neglect posting screenshots and previews for your dedicated and down right awesome readers"

KillerBee

@DelSource:

Uh, I doubt many people are going to buy a PS3 solely for Ghostbusters. Making it go multiplatform means more money for Sony. If you don't think that's a good business decision, then I guess you suck at business. Think about it. This isn't Final Fantasy or something. It's Ghostbusters. It's no AAA IP here.

LittleBigPlaneteer

Awesome! Ich swap for an early copy of BiA: Hell's Highway. Deal?

Send me a mail.

Do it. Do it. C`mon, do it,

"KE"

Yes!! The flowers are still standing!!

Lazlo

Proton and Cercente living together! Mass Hysteria!

WhitePoop

You lucky bastard.

Sanspants

What really amazes me is that Sony own the Ghostbusters IP. But instead of handing it over to their own studios for a PlayStation brand exclusive, Sony Pictures sold the gaming license to Vivendi! And now the multi-platform game is looking for a publisher!

WTF is wrong with them? Why worry about MS stealing your exclusives when you give the chance of others away yourself?!

Sony really are the architects of their own troubles. Say Sir Howard, how is that "improved communication/cooperation between Sony divisions project" going......?

DelSource

That should be fun :)

Wolfers

@dead_red_eyes: me too
:)

Brian Crecente

It looks like a 4 year old wrote on the disc. :p

Omnimon

@Shocky-: No just typical, don't pull your own screens verbiage. Very common with early builds and previews.

Brian Crecente

thats great and all but seriously where is brutal legend?

Milkzhakes

Wait, so Activision IS going to publish this then?

*so confused*

dead_red_eyes

It's just Dan Akroyd messing with people's minds, that's all.

mva5580

Wow, that's very odd indeed.

And yes, 'mon the Brutal Legend, Ghostbusters is a nice surprise, but that would be immense. When you get a chance, tell us what you think of the game Crecente.

gdf

Oooooh, I'm jealous.

What's the BIG RED LETTERING read?

Aex

The game's codename was Proton? Cool...

thebetamax

I like how it's written in pen and not a label.

It makes me feel like they're cool.

Happy to see they're confident.

Let us know how it plays!

karasu is my homeboy

Woah. Behind it, does it say in red - please do not provide screenshots?

Shocky-

Just be sure to not cross the streams.

shroomasaur

@Evil Tortie's Mom: And I saw it in the theater with my GRANDCHILDREN. BOOYAH!

(I'm lying, of course. I just wanted my moment in the sun. *cries a little*)

ShaggE

Why does it look like that disk was obtained in a somewhat illegal manner?

Pi-face

@Brian Crecente:

Well at least in your confusion you can sit down and enjoy a level of Ghostbusters. Enjoy!

dead_red_eyes

Between this and Hakuna Matata this day just got interesting.

Is that for 360 or PS3? And do you need a dev kit to play?

liquid_kore

@KillerBee: No, you are not old. I saw the first movie in the theater with my HUSBAND. That's old.

Evil Tortie's Mom

You lucky bastage. I simultaneously hate and love you right now.

ShaggE

Surely beats my mailbox, it looks like I've been approved for a CC again.

I await hands on preview.

PsycheE

@I Think We're Property:

Well I know that, it's just that it was Activision Blizzard who sent Crecente the game ... and that doesn't make much sense since they were seemingly going to pass on it. That's why Crecente, myself, and I'm sure others are confused.

dead_red_eyes

@Brian Crecente: I'm both excited to see such an oddity and totally jealous at the same time. You must play it and post impressions - ASAP!

AngryEddy

@KEELr: Damn right. I saw the first movie in the theater.....when I was fucking 12. God I am old.

KillerBee

Awesome, I think we have nothing to complain about, I was certain I wouldn't get to play this game before the end of the year or even early next year. YAY

behrens14

Crecente, PC, 360 or PS3 version?
Either way, for all us 80s kids, you should write about Ghostbusters every single day!
Then maybe we can all get our copy!

KEELr

Well I can't wait to see what you think about it.

Payne_IV

I miss slimer...is he gonna be back?

Did any of us know what the fuck he was saying?

Wouldn't it be awesome if there was a secret unlockable game of Ghostbusters from the Sega Master System? No? Oh...ok

s0nlxaftrsh0ck

Ignore what it says on the disk. REPLICATE!

Quicksilver4648

Haha. So far as press manipulation goes, this is pretty classy. Clearly, they reckon the game is a good one, else they wouldn't be taking the risk of sending a copy to a reputable journalist like our man Crecente...

Guess whoever sents it is hoping that the (likely) positive press that will result from this (and has a bit, already) will cause Activision to think twice. Clever!

freakout

So close, yet so far...

Shiryu

It's kinda cool that they included a disguised weapon instruction manual as a check list. Looks like they went to at least a little trouble putting that pack together.

Bcoolbyte

"Ghostbuster The Video Game" - Singular buster huh? Is that sad confirmation of a lack of co-op?

Can't wait to hear your opinions on the game Crecente.

Meldy

Lucky Crecente! I'm totally jealous. Have fun!

HaydenTenno

@Aex: Looks like it states not to take screenshots or videos of it...

Gravnar

@Brian Crecente: Well, when was it postmarked? The date on the disc is July 16, so it's possible that they sent it out before the decision was made to not publish the game, right?

kylenalepa

@DelSource:
Sony owns many franchises that they could make PlayStation elusive, but Iink tthlike to keep their Computer Entertainment and their movies and whatnot seperate.

Hiro-of-Shadows

You got it for free,what. (X_x)

zkotaku

Can anyone point me to the .torrent?
:^)

Wireless Joe

You lucky bastard. :) That's most excellent.

Fortyseven

@Brian Crecente:

Just make sure you play it while wearing a ghost busters t-shirt with ghost busters action figures on top or around your television while humming the theme song, you know to get in the mood :3

ichiban1081

@DelSource:
At the end of the day all these companies just see money and profit and it's not hard to believe that the Vivendi paid them could be more than the profit that the game will make and carries none of the risk associated in developing a current gen game. Seems like a good business decision to me.

FredThePanda

@Meldy: The paper under the disk says "Ghostbusters The Video Game".

Kymeira

I don't care if this sounds like blasphemy, I want answers about Brutal Legend! Nobody keeps me from Tim Schaefery goodness!

Rebochan

All of the interest in this game honestly confuses me.

I definitely see the potential in the license, but the videos I've seen so far of the actual game have looked terrible, like a buggy original xbox game.

=/

Trym

I WANT ONE! Damn it, why can't I get a cool job like that? I'm stuck getting vomited, peed, and bled on all the time. Occasionally, I get spit on too.

Meanwhile, Crecente & Co. get to go to E3, get preview codes of my childhood... I mean, a very cool looking game, and get the inside dirt on all the latest video game news.

Seriously, where's the justice. At least go up to a crazy homeless man and get peed on once, just to make me feel better.

I guess I should also mention that I'm an EMT, for those not in the know. All the mention of bodily fluids all over my person without some sort of context might lead you guys to believe that I am some sort of REALLY weird fetishist.

PapaBear434

What was that? Something about Kotaku needing to replicate the disk a few hundred times for all us lowly Kotakuans to get to enjoy? Uh... okay, yeah, not going to happen, but I could hope one day that it might. Or that Crecente rapidly writes up a hands-on. Ooooh anticipation!

Salen

"Evil PR Ninja Monkey (that's actually his title)"

That's cool. How awesome would it be to walk around handing out business cards that declare that you are not a marketing exec but instead Evil PR Ninja Monkey.

This makes me want to start my own company so I can give myself funny titles like 'head omnipotent evil overlord'.

Father-Time

@Father-Time:

I was once "Head Manager of Projection Equipment and Big Heavy Expensive Stuff." They even made me about ten joke business cards.

PapaBear434

@Maximus Paynicus: I do, Activision said that they don't want to publish the game, and yet, here it is on Mr. Crecente's desk, if thats not odd, I don't know what is.

Ashkihyena

@Trym: You're probably the only one then, and honestly, this is not a Brutal Legend thread people, wait till they post on that to reply for that.

Ashkihyena

You lucky son of a bitch....maybe this means Activision will publish it after all? I can only hope, and maybe this means that the Fall deal remains, that would be fucking awesome.

Ashkihyena

I don't see how this is that odd, considering most sites just blew a press release out of proportion.

Maximus Paynicus

Yum.
I am reassured.

Sullyville

Pleeeeeeas be true. I already had my Halloween planned this year. An I never have my Halloween planned.

The_Space_Pope

I love the other sheet with it, the "Experimental Equipment Checklist.

Crippl3

@Blah8: Hopefully its as good as it looks, cause if thats the case, I would like to see it published, so badly.

Ashkihyena

@Brian Crecente:
Maybe they haven't decided whether they want to publish it yet. They could be sending it out to get impressions or to build up hype to see whether it would be worth it.

Blah8

Do want, very much. I would have srsly cried had the shitcanned this game, especially after all the work of getting the original actors in on it.

Rajolae

now play it and tell us all about it :)

Shad0X

...can you share it via BitTorrent!?

Yeah I'm joking. :)

Rammy

@Rammy:

You would need a Dev kit to play it anyways.

dead_red_eyes

That PR Ninja Monkey owes me drinks and/or a hooker.

NinjaGoesWhaa