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Ghostbusters: The Video Game

The Ghostbusters are back for an all new adventure. With Manhattan overrun again by supernatural creatures, gamers take the role of a new recruit joining the famous Ghostbusters team. Equipped with a variety…

70 16 June 2009

Ghostbusters: The Video Game is an adventure developed by Terminal Reality, released 16 June 2009 on PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and PC (Microsoft Windows).

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What Ghostbusters: The Video Game is

Ghostbusters: The Video Game is an adventure game developed by Terminal Reality and released in 2009. It was published by Atari, Inc.. It is available on PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Infernal Engine.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Ghostbusters: The Video Game is a 2009 action-adventure third-person shooter video game based on the Ghostbusters media franchise. Terminal Reality developed the Windows, PlayStation 3, and Xbox 360 versions, while Red Fly Studio developed the PlayStation 2, PlayStation Portable, and Wii versions. The game was released after several delays in development and multiple publisher changes. In North America, all versions of the game were published by Atari Interactive, while in Europe, the PlayStation 2, PlayStation Portable, and PlayStation 3 versions were published by Sony Computer Entertainment Europe. A separate game for the Nintendo DS with the same title was developed by Zen Studios and…
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How it plays

It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are action, comedy, horror and science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Multiplayer and Single player.

Where it sits in the Ghostbusters series

Ghostbusters: The Video Game is the 18th of 33 entries we hold in the Ghostbusters series. It arrived 5 years after Extreme Ghostbusters: The Ultimate Invasion. The next entry was Ghostbusters: The Video Game in 2009. Its critic score of 70 is 21 points above the series average of 49. The highest-rated entry is Ghostbusters at 80.

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How it was received

Ghostbusters: The Video Game holds a critic score of 70 out of 100. That places it above 33% of the 7,527 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2009 averaged 67, so it scored 3 points above the year average. Player ratings track closely with critics at 72, across 68 votes.

What it launched against

Ghostbusters: The Video Game launched on 16 June 2009, within three weeks of The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Game of the Year Edition, Trine Enchanted Edition, Infamous and Trine. All of them reviewed better.

Released around the same time: The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Game of the Year Edition, Trine Enchanted Edition, Infamous, Trine.

Cheats and codes

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When did Ghostbusters: The Video Game come out?
Ghostbusters: The Video Game was released on 16 June 2009 for PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and PC (Microsoft Windows).

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