See what seems to be first footage of Ghostbusters game

by Justin McElroy { Nov 16th 2007 at 11:20AM }

So we're not sure what to tell you about this supposed clip of the recently-announced Ghostbusters game from Dutch site Game1. It looks really good to us, but so did the Zootfly version we saw a few months ago, and that turned out to be a side project some company was putting together for laughs, so it's hard to say. Speaking of which, this video has a similarity to those first YouTube clips we saw of the Zootfly game, though this is way more polished.

So, we present the above video to you as is, with no guarantees as to its authenticity, other than logic and our own gut instinct. Of course, it would probably be easier to tell what was going on if, you know, the whole thing wasn't in Dutch. Side note: If you want to see something that we know is official, check out this teaser for the game.

Tags: game1, ghostbusters, zootfly

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Zsavior @ Nov 16th 2007 11:32AM

I can't seem to get the video to play for some reason.

Dennis @ Nov 16th 2007 11:33AM

It loads a commercial first, disable adblock :)

I'll see if I can translate some bits

Zsavior @ Nov 16th 2007 12:00PM

Thanks for telling to cut off Ad block saw the video.

Dapper Dan @ Nov 16th 2007 11:37AM

when it finally got past the movie scenes i was impressed. looks fun to me

Tom @ Nov 16th 2007 11:42AM

Video seems to be working ok. I Don't speak dutch but I heard "Zootfly" and "gears of War" - I think it's acknowledging that Zootfly were working on GB as a side project using the gears engine, this is almost definitely using a different engine if Sierra have the liscense.

estomped @ Nov 16th 2007 11:46AM

From what I recall, they were using their own next-gen engine. Not unreal 3

FrankTheCrank @ Nov 16th 2007 11:46AM

People really give a shit about a cheezy movie from the 80's? Holy crap people...the end IS near.

samfish @ Nov 16th 2007 11:49AM

So you love the PS3 and hate Ghostbusters?

Oh frank...that really does say it all about your tastes.

WiNG @ Nov 16th 2007 11:49AM

Wow you are gonna be flamed worse than a 50 foot marshmallow man.

FrankTheCrank @ Nov 16th 2007 11:54AM

I'm not trying to spread the hate...I'm just saying.

I remember this movie. It was, well, ok...

That damn song still haunts me, ringing away in my head..."who you gonna call?....Ghostbusters!!"

Make it stop!!!

gonk @ Nov 16th 2007 11:55AM

i guess frank is only like 15 years old. well that explains his personality at least

FrankTheCrank @ Nov 16th 2007 11:55AM

I love my PCPSWii...get it right.

Obie @ Nov 16th 2007 12:37PM

"This bitch is toast!"
I love this movie! And the game looks great too.

organic_shadow @ Nov 16th 2007 12:01PM

@Justin McElroy:

Again, zootfly's ghostbusters game has evolved into a new project. It's called TimeO. It will be mostly the same of what we saw in their ghostbusters video, but with any ghostbusters stuff taken out that they could get in trouble for, such as the car and logos etc. I believe the beam guns are still in though, but won't be used for ghosts.

http://www.zootfly.com/index2.html
TimeO

Dennis @ Nov 16th 2007 12:06PM

Excuse my grammar...

It's almost weekend and most of us are mostly finished with games, that is until sierra/vivendi announces the new ghost busters game.

[movie scenes]

Person: Youri its Friday, the end of the week, weekend is inbound
Youri: Yes
Person: You'll probably want to go on untill 6/7 then on your way home.
But then vivendi and sierra announce a game which makes me and you quite enthusiastic
Youri: It really makes me happy, they have a ghost busters game. it really is a high-profile ghost busters game, one I have been waiting for. Developer zootfly already made us interested a while back with some sort of tech demo with the ghost busters, it looked real good had a good engine behind it but they didn't have a license. I think that's the reason why we didn't hear from them. Then sierra thought, hey we can do that too, could be a good idea.
Person: Now we don't know if there is a ghost busters movie on its way
Youri: I suspect not because i recognise a lot from the first movie, especially that scene with slimer where slimer needs to get caught in a real expensive hotel where they blow everything up to smithereens because the creature keeps outrunning them. you see that returning. I also saw other things like marshmallow man walking through the streets. you see that too in these screens but a bit different. where you hang from a rope.
Person: Yes that is quite different.
Youri:What we do know is that Bill Murray and the rest of the team are working closely together with the creators for scriptwriting purposes and to have them completely integrated in the game. if you look at the screens we have showing now, new screens [1:32] it looks fantastic
, the detail is incredible, just look at the weapons on their back. Its brightly coloured, the way it should be. It isn't your ordinary grey action movie, it's your action comedy movie with many one liners. It looks like the game captured the atmosphere rather well.
Person: Well it's planned for end of 2008
Youri: on all the platforms,
Person:almost also on the commodore 64
Youri: It was a close call
Person: it will be on playstation 2 and will be an action game like Luigi's mansion, gears of war.
Youri: Yea something like that. And I hope there will be an awesome coop mode because the ghost busters are a team. and should be played with 2, hopefully 4 players.
Person: we were assured new info would be announced soon.
Youri: this will be a game I'll be looking forward too;
Person: it will, now lets celebrate the weekend.
Youri: Let's have beers

[movie scenes]

Jerk Face @ Nov 16th 2007 12:43PM

I... You... What IS this?

WiNG @ Nov 16th 2007 12:44PM

It's obviously a translation of the Dutch guy's comments in the video.

WiNG @ Nov 16th 2007 12:12PM

Looks pretty good. Hopefully the Wii version, if truly developed seperately, won't suck ass. Nunchuck trap throw ftw.

Also there doesn't appear to be any kind of health gauge, so I guess you are probably on a timer or... just need to reduce property damage, lol.

Also I thought this was a continuation of the story, not a remake. Why are we fighting Stay Puft and Slimer?

SharpOne @ Nov 16th 2007 12:51PM

Seriously, do you guys just scan Kotaku all day long and cut and paste their stories on your site? Everything that appears on Kotaku shows up here almost verbatim roughly 1-24 hours later. It's embarassing.

Burritoclock @ Nov 16th 2007 1:11PM

you... you're... your face is embarassing

Matt @ Nov 16th 2007 12:40PM

It's HOT!

Turn my headphones up, I can't hear!!!

LOLs @ Nov 16th 2007 1:09PM

Any bets on how long until Justin pulls down the above comment? It's true but the information police are about to descend...

UltimateQ @ Nov 16th 2007 1:12PM

Slow video. not worth my time watching.

Vellocet @ Nov 16th 2007 1:17PM

I really thought Zoofly's video was neat. I liked the way it was set up, lighting and everything. Even if it was just a reskinned Gears.

Speaking of which, if anyone has a link to that video, that works, I'd love to go rewatch it.

But, as for this new video.. I dunno. Sure, it looks nice, or atleast the Ghostbuster does, but everything else... not so much. I know it's no where near final, I just hope they polish it up a helluva lot.

I loves me some Ghostbusters. Always have, always will. I just hope the game doesn't get fucked.

Po0py @ Nov 16th 2007 3:28PM

I seem to recall, about a year ago, there was this leaked footage of a shooter game that had some dude shooting what looked like one of those ectoplasm shooter thingamajigs that the Ghostbusters used. It may well have been on Joystiq. People were speculating weather or not a Ghostbusters game was in the works.

Wiizull @ Nov 16th 2007 6:12PM

This looks amazing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Hearing from the translation in the comments above:

"Bill Murray and the rest of the team are working closely together with the creators for scriptwriting purposes and to have them completely integrated in the game"

nearly made me cry tears of joy. Ermmmm I'm not kidding. This game is looking to be my childhood dream come true. Yes I wanted to be a Ghostbuster!! I had the toy proton pack and trap. Good times :)

P.S - Thanks for translating :)