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Kinect Star Wars is Supposed to be a Little Better Now

Stephen Totilo — Fri, 29 Jul 2011 20:00:00 EDT

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We played Kinect Star Wars a couple of times last month at E3. Our own Owen Good wasn't impressed. Neither was Brian Crecente. I got my chance this week and shot some video to give you an extra look at the game. More »

Barely Feeling the Force in Kinect Star Wars

Owen Good — Fri, 10 Jun 2011 18:30:00 EDT

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For as long as brothers have swatted one another with wrapping-paper tubes, Star Wars fans have wanted something, anything, to give them the sensation of wielding a lightsaber, repelling blaster fire and cutting down Stormtroopers in a streak of blue. More »

Review: Def Jam Rapstar

Stephen Totilo — Wed, 13 Oct 2010 14:00:00 EDT

Rap fans need their own Guitar Hero, their own Rock Band, their own great music game. Def Jam Rapstar steps up. Can it be that? More »

Def Jam Rapstar's Complete Track List Revealed

Michael McWhertor — Wed, 29 Sep 2010 19:40:00 EDT

Our best hope for a good rap game, Konami and 4mm Games' Def Jam Rapstar, finally has a complete track list. Not only will we sip on "Gin and Juice" and "Brass Monkey," but we'll score some Rob Base. More »

Nelly, Public Enemy And Diddy To Co-Exist On Def Jam Rapstar's Soundtrack

Stephen Totilo — Thu, 05 Aug 2010 15:00:00 EDT

A bunch of new tracks confirmed for Def Jam Rapstar today guarantee that you'll be able to spend part of your fall rapping along to Public Enemy at their best and Nas at his most obnoxious. More »

High Voltage Traps Ghostbusters Engine

Mike Fahey — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 10:40:00 EDT

High Voltage, the developers behind the Wii-exclusive first-person shooter The Conduit, have signed up for a lifetime license to the Ghostbusters-powering Infernal Engine, gearing up for some Xbox 360 and PC development. More »

Ghostbusters Didn't Do Too Bad!

Luke Plunkett — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 01:30:00 EDT

Some people are already calling the Ghostbusters game a bust, in light of its failure to crack the NPD's Top 10 for June and pricey development budget. Those people may be slightly off the mark. More »

Newspaper Names Budget of Ghostbusters: The Video Game

Stephen Totilo — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 18:00:57 EDT

It's not often that the public gets word of what it costs to make a specific game. But a multi-million-dollar range was given for the latest Ghostbusters game in a Texas newspaper. More »

Ghostbusters: The Video Game Review: Survival Comedy

Owen Good — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 14:30:00 EDT

Ghostbusters: The Video Game comes to us bearing a twin-blockbuster burden: Both as a game, and also as the first true representative of a beloved franchise to come along in 20 years. More »

Rapstar Impressions: "They Sing, We Rap"

Luke Plunkett — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 18:00:00 EDT

While other members of Team Kotaku are busy flying/driving home today, I had one last E3 appointment to attend: spend some time with 4mm Game's hip-hop karaoke title Rapstar. More »

Infernal Engine Offers Glimpse of Next-Gen Nocturne

Brian Crecente — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 11:00:00 EST

Terminal Reality plans to start licensing the technology behind their upcoming title Ghostbusters: The Video Game. More »

Spengler's Hair Is Fabulous In New Ghostbusters Screens

Mike Fahey — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 10:40:00 EST

Anyone can make realistic-acting ectoplasmic goo or tortured undead spirits, but these new Ghostbusters screenshots show that Terminal Reality has managed to overcome the biggest challenge of the film to game translation - Spengler's hair. More »

Your Next Xbox Original Is...Blowout?

Mike Fahey — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 12:40:00 EST

The Xbox Originals program selection process continues to confuse, as the Gamerscore Blog revlelas the next addition to the lineup of downloadable "classics" for the Xbox 360, Terminal Reality's Blowout. More »

Ghostbusters May Be Playtesting Near You

Michael McWhertor — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 22:40:38 EST

Terminal Reality put out the call for playtesters to go hands on with Ghostbusters: The Video Game a few weeks ago, giving local folks a chance to play the game months before its release. More »

New Ghostbusters Trailer: Bring Spare Trousers

Luke Plunkett — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 23:40:00 EST

Ghostbusters Pulled From Gamestop

Stuart Houghton — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 18:30:00 EDT

We are getting reports that Gamestop have pulled Ghostbusters from pre-order. The tips center on an internal email at Gamestop, informing staff that pre-order customers will be entitled to a full refund. More »

"Ghostbusters Will be Published"

Brian Ashcraft — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 23:00:00 EDT

Boy, we were all excited when Ghostbusters: The Game was announced. Then we got all sad when the Activision Blizzard merger pulled the rug out from underneath us. Who was going to publish this game from developer Terminal Reality? Everything was all uncertain, and we were sad. Now Terminal Reality honcho Mark Randel says: More »

Why Rick Moranis Won't Be In The Ghostbusters Game

Luke Plunkett — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 06:30:00 EDT

While the upcoming Ghostbusters game will star many of the real film’s principal characters – including, crucially, all four Ghostbusters, William Peck and the Stay Puft marshmallow man – not everyone thought signing on was a good idea. Sigourney Weaver, for one. And Rick Moranis is another. But why’d Rick say no? Not like he’s exactly busy at the moment. Sierra's Ben Borth: More »

Terminal Reality Credits ZootFly With Ghostbusters Assist

Mike Fahey — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 12:40:00 EDT

ZootFly's proposed Ghostbuster game, first shown in leaked test footage back in January of last year might not have done ZootFly any good in the long run, but according to Terminal Reality president Mark Randel it did at least have a hand in getting their Ghostbusters game made. More »

Early Impressions: Ghostbusters

Leigh Alexander — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 20:00:00 EDT

At Sierra's preview event, I got a chance to take a look at an early build of the upcoming Ghostbusters game, in development by Terminal Reality and slated for a Fall release on PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Wii, PS2, DS and PC. One of the big things I learned was how involved Dan Aykroyd, who played Peter Venkman in the films, was in the game production. More »

Dan Ackroyd Is The Wind Beneath The Ghostbusters Game's Wings

Luke Plunkett — Fri, 16 May 2008 05:00:00 EDT

Terminal Reality are actually making the "main" Ghostbusters game. Sierra got them the rights to it. Bill Murray's involved, Harold Ramis is involved, and so is a lot of money, hope and expectations. That's a lot of stuff. So who's the glue holding the whole project together? Why, Dan Ackroyd, of course. Seems Ray Stanz has done more than just help write the game: he was "a really big facilitator" in getting guys like Murray and Ramis onboard in the first place, and is - get this - even helping the design team come up with the names for the Ghostbuster's new equipment, characters, etc. Say what you will of Ackroyd's recent career (or lack thereof), it's still nice to see a Hollywood name do more for his appearance in a game than just record a few hours of dialogue, take the cheque and run. More »

Ghostbusters Stays True To Ray Parker Jr.

Mike Fahey — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 10:40:00 EDT

Developer Terminal Reality was at one point pondering having a modern band redo the classic Ghostbusters theme for their upcoming game, lovingly previewed earlier today by our own Flynn De Marco, but as executive producer Brendan Goss would soon realize, people don't react well to blasphemy.

"When we were doing the focus group testing, we asked people how they'd feel about a remix done by a current band. We got booed out of the place," Goss said. "People were really against it, going, 'You can't do that, there's only one song for Ghostbusters!' It was incredible. So we were like, okay, we won't mess with the Ray Parker Jr. song then."

Damn straight you won't. Not only will the Ray Parker Jr. classic be in the game, the developers also got their hands on 75 minutes of orchestral soundtrack not used in the original film, which had their sound man nearly wetting his pants with glee. I shall reserve my bladder dysfunction for when they announce the inclusion of "Cleanin Up The Town" by the Bus Boys. More »