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Ghostbusters: The Video Game (2009)

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Ghostbusters Remastered (Metacritic 66%)

Remastered version
A remastered version of the game, developed by Saber Interactive and published by Mad Dog Games, was released for Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, and Microsoft Windows on October 4, 2019, marking the game's 10th anniversary and the franchise's 35th anniversary. It is dedicated to Harold Ramis, who died five years before the game was remastered. The game's remastered version is based on the PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, and Microsoft Windows versions of the original game. While online features were said to be in development before its release, there have been no further details since.[citation needed] The remastered version of Ghostbusters: The Video Game only has English audio files, while the first edition has multiple audio files (English, German, French, Italian, and Spanish) recorded by the original voice actors.

Legacy
Ghostbusters: The Video Game was developed while Dan Aykroyd and Harold Ramis were trying to write a script for a second sequel following Ghostbusters II; this was principally related to the uncertainty on Bill Murray's participation in filming. Around 2005, the script accounted for Murray's potential absence by replacing him with Ben Stiller, leading to initial discussions for how the project would go forward.

Terminal Reality's game was developed with some input from Aykroyd and Ramis, incorporating elements of the Ghostbusters 3 script that they had been working on; Aykroyd considered the game to be "essentially the third movie". They were successful in getting all four actors—Murray, Aykroyd, Ramis, and Hudson—to voice their characters in-game. The project's ability to overcome Murray's prior reluctance led Sony to put more effort behind a new Ghostbusters film. In September 2008, Sony announced that work on a new Ghostbusters film was in full production, even if they could not get all four actors involved. The film went under many conflicts and eventually morphed into the 2016 Ghostbusters reboot. The strong interest in Ghostbusters caused by the video game led Sony to establish Ghost Corps, a studio with plans to expand the Ghostbusters franchise into a narrative universe similar to the Marvel Cinematic Universe.Ghost Corps is producing a sequel to Ghostbusters II, titled Ghostbusters: Afterlife. The film is set 28 years after the game's events and is scheduled for release in 2021.[74]

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