I Aint Afraid Of No Ghosts

According to GamesIndustry, Activision is “realigning” staff and “reviewing [their] options regarding those titles that [they] will not be publishing”. Basically, Activision-Blizzard has submitted its release schedule without any mention of Ghostbusters, Terminal Reality, 50: Cent’s Blood on the Sandwich (cool) and Brutal Legend.

Staff at High Moon Studios and Radical Entertainment are being realigned, while the good folk at Massive Entertainment and Swordfish are wondering whether their studios will be sold, or worse, closed. Activision’s CEO Mike Griffith also declared Vivendi Games Mobile and Sierra Online as “non-strategic business units”.

“We are focused on improving efficiency across the combined organisation and are concentrating on businesses where we have leadership positions that are aligned with Activision Publishing’s long-term corporate objectives,” he said in a statement.

“We have conducted a thorough review of Vivendi Games’ brand portfolio and are retaining those franchises and titles that are a strong fit with our long-term product strategy. We are reviewing our options regarding those titles that we will not be publishing.”

Thankfully, fluff like Crash Bandicoot and Ice Age are still planned for release, alongside The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor. “We are very excited to add such recognisable and successful brands as Crash Bandicoot, Ice Age and Spyro, which reinforce our leadership position in movie-based and family entertainment video games,” said Griffith.

Update: Destructoid have done the unthinkable and actually asked the Sierra PR team. “It is not cancelled and will not be cancelled,” said Mr PR. We’ll hopefully hear more later today.

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clarkec321 (Staff)
Member since: Forever
Posted on: 29/07/2008 at 08:34

Ghostbusters actually sounded cool for a movie game… disappointing, as I presume The Mummy game will be standard shite
Reaper (22 TSA Points)
Member since: Forever
Posted on: 29/07/2008 at 09:26

Just had a look on activision’s website and they are still showing the game to be dated for October 31st ‘08..

Let’s hope this game hasn’t been shelved or cancelled.. from what I saw it could be a really good move tie-in.
deepmenace (204 TSA Points)
Member since: Forever
Posted on: 29/07/2008 at 09:31

wha! no way that could be canceled surely!!!

too far in development and how much money must they have spent already getting bill murray et al involved?

a quick google shows yet again that saying that a game’s been canceled just cause it hasn’t been mentioned may be a dangerous game. There’s a link i can see straight off that says it Sierra reckons it’s not canceled.
nofi (Editor)
Member since: Forever
Posted on: 29/07/2008 at 09:58

http://uk.gamespot.com/xbox360/action/brutallegend/news.html?sid=6195113

If Activision aren’t publishing Ghostbusters, hopefully someone else will pick it up. Sony?
Gamoc (Content Manager)
Member since: Forever
Posted on: 29/07/2008 at 10:30

Who ya’ gonna call?
Pixl1983 (Staff)
Member since: Forever
Posted on: 29/07/2008 at 12:45

What about Wet? Anyone?
That game looked……moist.
seedaripper1973 (403 TSA Points)
Member since: Forever
Posted on: 29/07/2008 at 21:52

talk about playing it safe (sounds like they’re covered in an old rubber johnny) jeez, grow some balls actiblizz
apologies for any sexual comments that may cause arousal..
and gravatar sucks… ;(

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