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Without any sort of forewarning, a VR game based on the Ghostbusters franchise has suddenly landed on PlayStation VR. The game is called Ghostbusters VR: Now Hiring and will be released episodically. Its official site carries a link to the PSVR title and carries PSVR branding. However, the game also …
Read More »Ghostbusters dev Fireforge files for bankruptcy
Fireforge Games has declared bankruptcy three days after releasing its Ghostbusters spin-off title. Founded five years ago by former Blizzard dev Tim Campbell, the studio’s first (and, now, presumably last) full in-house release wasGhostbusters – although the studio worked on multiple MOBA projects with partners including Razer and Tencent. As …
Read More »Fireforge Games, studio behind Ghostbusters tie-in, files for bankruptcy
Outlet founder by former Blizzard dev reportedly suffers financial and legal woes over unreleased MOBA projects
Read More »Activision announces Ghostbusters game without female film cast
There will be a Ghostbusters game for consoles and PC releasing around the same time as the upcoming film. However, while Amy Pascal and Ivan Reitman’s movie will feature four female ‘busters, Activision’s game will not follow suit. Nor will it feature the original cast from the 1984 film. In …
Read More »Activision publishing new Ghostbusters game, report claims
This year’s female-led Ghostbusters reboot will be accompanied by an Activision-published console title, it has been reported. Retail Merchandiser claims, in an interview with Sony Pictures Consumer Products senior VP Mark Caplan, that a ‘full-fledged’ Ghostbusters game is on the way to PS4 and Xbox One with an expected release …
Read More »Developer Beeline to tone down sexualised Ghostbusters mobile game
Studio and publisher Capcom promise to revise character art for Ghostbusters Puzzle Fighter
Read More »Capcom reveals Ghostbusters Puzzle Fighter for iOS
The latest Ghostbusters game is coming to iOS in the form of a puzzle-card game-RPG mashup. Ghostbusters Puzzle Fighter, due out in June, will be developed by Beeline, the studio behind the freemium Ghostbusters mobile game released back in 2013. Despite embracing the moniker of Capcom’s popular Street Fighter-tile-matching hybrid …
Read More »Infernal Engine creator Terminal Reality closes doors – report
Reports suggest the Texas-based developer has shut down
Read More »The top 14 game engines: Infernal Engine
From Ghostbusters to Star Wars and the Walking Dead, big-name projects are this engine's forte
Read More »Who’s Capcom gonna call? Ghostbusters!
Capcom has tasked studio Beeline Interactive with making a brand new Ghostbusters game, which is due out in early 2013. The Ghostbusters brand was chosen in particular as Capcom hopes it will appeal to a male audience – an ideal counter to Smurf’s Village’s female heavy user base. Beeline has …
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