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Far Cry 3 And The Stranger In A Strange Land Those following the world of cinema today are most likely aware of a slap-fight that broke out between Sony Pictures and New Yorker film critic David Denby, who broke the agreed-upon embargo for his review of the highly anticipated film The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo. He and other critics were allowed to view the film well in advance of its December 21st release date, and in exchange agreed to hold their reviews until a date much closer to the film’s release.
When Sony Pictures asks if you’re releasing your Ghostbusters game in June, you say “Yes!” And yes is what Atari has now said, via an official press release this morning. June 19 is the relevant date for Australia.
So Activision doesn’t want to publish Ghostbuster: The Videogame (silly, Activision). We’ve heard that the game isn’t cancelled, but what exactly does that mean? Is it even coming out or will it just languish? According to Variety, Sony Pictures, who owns the rights to Ghostbuters and who licenced the IP to Vivendi last year, is working Vivendi “to evaluate various options surrounding the release of the ‘Ghostbusters’ video game”. What’s more, Sony adds:
This has presented [Sony Pictures Consumer Products]with an opportunity to reevaluate the game release marketing strategy to potentially coincide with the 25th anniversary of the original film in ’09.
So if the game’s not out until 2009, who’s going to publish? One thing that is for sure is another year in develop should only help not hurt this game.
Ghostbusters game delayed to 2009, but who’s publishing it? [The Cut Scene]
