Does theannouncement of the novel Ghostbusters moviekill the previously - announced Ghostbusters television game ? That ’s a hearsay that ’s going around following Thursday ’s intelligence that the silver CRT screen will , once again , be filled by humankind who ai n’t afraid of no ectoplasmic incarnation of the latterly - and - otherwise deceased . But is the movie really the reason the game has disappeared and , if we ’re dependable , would n’t we rather have a movie than a game?Newsarama reports that all orders for the secret plan – in the first place due out at Hallowe’en this twelvemonth , and then report to be pushed back to mid-2009 – have been cancelled by retailer Gamestop , along with all mention of the plot disappearing from their “ upcoming waiver ” list . One potential reason why is that the biz ’s manufacturer , Sierra , were purchase earlier this yr , throwing their entire dismission schedule into muddiness – but another is that the new movie is rumour to be a reboot of the franchise , do the secret plan ( which feature participation and part acting from all of the original cast ) akin to a Battlestar Galactica mathematical product starring Dirk Benedict . As Newsarama points out , theofficial internet site for the gameis still up ( and still bearing the Sierra logotype ) , so there ’s every possibility that the projection has n’t become a ghost of its former ego just yet . But as plans for the new movie move forwards , the window for handout gets smaller . Will this game become a casualty of Hollywood ’s desire to make over everything , or will devotee have their daylight in the non - stream - cross Sunday ? Only prison term will tell . Ghostbusters the Game in Jeopardy?[Newsarama ]
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