The release of Ghostbusters: Afterlife has put the paranormal comedy series back in the spotlight, and the increased interest means we're also getting a new video game – with actor Ernie Hudson now backing up previous reports.
Hudson, as we all know, plays the role of Winston Zeddemore in the movie series, and he's been speaking on the Countdown City Geeks YouTube channel about the upcoming game.
The actor contributed his voice and likeness to the 2009 Ghostbusters video game, which was more recently remastered on Switch, and was asked if he would be willing to star in another game:
I just got an e-mail, because we’re doing another video game. They’re scheduling it now to do the recording, and I’m not too sure who going to do it, I know me and Danny (Dan Aykroyd), I think. I’m not sure about Billy (Bill Murray) will do anything on it. So, there will be another video game... When they’ll bring it out, I don’t know, but it’s definitely happening.
He even spoke a little about the issues the developers have been having in getting his likeness right:
They’ve been sending me prototypes of the character to get the image right, which they seem to have a hard time somehow creating my image. It’s so weird to me that they can get Bill Murray, and Dan Aykroyd, and Harold Ramis to look exactly like they look, but I end up looking like Eddie Murphy or somebody.
A few months ago, Ghostbusters News reported that Illfonic's Raphael Saadiq had let the news slip that his studio was "currently working on Ghostbusters", so it's fair to assume that this is the project Hudson is referencing, although there's been no official word about a new game yet. It also remains to be seen if this new game is based on Ghostbusters: Afterlife, or if it's an all-new story.
Illfonic is the team behind the recent Friday the 13th video game, and has also worked on titles such as Predator: Hunting Grounds and Arcadegeddon.
[source ghostbustersnews.com]
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The team working on it worry's me, like alot, and actually kills a lot of my hopes.
But if they make it anything like the wii one, this hell ya!
Can Ernie ask them to stop?
Sincerely someone who doesn't want yet another terrible Ghostbusters game.
Maybe the devs are deliberately recasting Winston in Eddie’s likeness as tribute to the original film’s original casting…
Fool me once, "Ghostbusters" 2016...
Wait, wait... preeminent R&B artist Raphael Saadiq is involved with Illfonic? That's wild. Dude was in Tony! Toni! Toné! and has played bass on or produced tons of songs you've probably heard before. Been a big fan of his for ages and had literally no idea.
I swear, if this is an isometric multiplayer game where some players are ghosts and some players are ghostbusters, I will be so miffed. They're doing a Texas Chainsaw Massacre game which is the exact thing I just mentioned and I'm worried that this is the path that all licenced horror games are going to.
Star Wars is the only franchise I’m more sick of than ghostbusters.
This had my attention up until I saw Illfonic. I'm still upset at how they treated Friday the 13th, it had so much potential. I can't think of any other game that actively got worse with each update, but they managed to do just that.
@XenoShaun The last game was good. It was the true third Ghostbusters story.
The new movie sucked, so I don't exactly have high hopes the game will be any good either.
I liked the new movie, so I will put this in the "cautiously optimistic" box.
The new movie was amazing and I loved it more than I thought I would. Unfortunately I'm not as optimistic about the new game but we'll see.
I can't see what they would make a video game of unless they expanded on the latest movie in some kind of way. Honestly Ghostbusters the video game was more than enough Ghostbusters game for me.
It's clearly gonna be an asymmetrical combat game like Dead by Daylight and Friday the 13th. Four players are Ghostbusters and another player is a ghost. Slimer, Staypuft and the like.
I preordered and played right through the remastered Ghostbusters game a couple of Halloweens ago, and really enjoyed it - with the original cast voicing the characters (even Harold Ramis, before he passed) it felt authentic and I'm glad to have it in my Switch collection if I'm tempted to play again at future Halloweens.
That said, I haven't seen the latest movie so I'm not overly hyped for a new game. Maybe it'll be a multiplayer squad with the new generation 'busters vs. the original crew, vs. the "Real Ghostbusters" or whatever they called themselves from the eighties cartoon.
I love the very first and original Ghostbusters movie and that was it for me. But if they may a good game, I guess I can enjoy it.
The new movie was so tactless and unimaginative, this franchise needs to go away.
Afterlife was frickin' amazing so I can't wait to see whatever game they've got cooking up!!
I don't recognize that developer, so people being worried about that has me a little apprehensive. But, y'know, I'll keep an open mind.
McKenna Grace is a superstar.
There was a VR Ghostbusters game was in the works a couple years ago… maybe that’s this.
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