Ghostbusters Game Confirmed

After some uncertainty about the very cool looking, yet unconfirmed Ghostbusters videos, developer ZootFly confirmed to IGN that the videos are real and that the game is in development. ZootFly CEO Bostjan Troha told IGN UK:

“We are very glad to see the overwhelming response to the Ghostbusters prototype movies. What you’ve seen is indeed in-game footage of early prototypes on the Xbox 360, running on ZootFly’s proprietary engine.”

Troha added that while the game is real, it’s on hold at the moment due to licensing issues. To make sure their work doesn’t get wasted, or not to “lose momentum”, they’re doing project called TimeO, which is apparently very similar to Ghostbusters in both story, gameplay and design.

“Not to lose the momentum, a part the ZootFly team is currently working on an original game called TimeO, which is closely related to Ghostbusters. The game follows the adventures of two die-hard New Yorkers. They get trapped deep in the shadow world of a parallel New York. The city itself is a war machine threatening to wipe out our world and they have three days to stop it. As soon as the Ghostbusters IP issue is resolved, the whole team will go back to Ghostbusters.”

Hopefully the license issues will get resolved and we can see a real Ghostbusters game. Even without the original name an characters, the video looked good enough to attract attention from gamers.