Pre-orders for the upcoming Ghostbusters: The Video Game Remastered are now being accepted. The HD re-release of this action-adventure game is available on Windows PC, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, and Nintendo Switch. The game features the original cast of the classic film.
To hype up the excitement, a pre-order trailer has been released and features Dan Aykroyd himself. You can view the trailer below:
Ghostbusters: The Video Game Remastered offers a unique story from the minds of Dan Aykroyd and Harold Ramis. The game captures the supernatural comedic fun and fright that made fans love the franchise. To increase the nostalgic factor, the release of this remastered version comes at a time when the original film is celebrating its 35th anniversary. Not only that, the game uses the voices of the original cast, including Aykroyd, Ramis, Bill Murray, Ernie Hudson, Annie Potts, Brian Doyle-Murray, William Atherton and Max von Sydow.
In the game, you have just joined the Ghostbusters crew. As the new rookie, you get the chance to team up with your favorite characters.
The story follows events in Manhattan as the city has been overrun once more by ghosts, demons, and other paranormal creatures unleashed by a mysterious force. To save the city, the Ghostbusters need to drive this evil back to whatever dimension it crawled from. You have to hunt and trap a variety of new and infamous ghouls and phantasms, all remastered in HD, while using cool gadgets and upgradeable weapons. You get to experience thrilling boss fights and widely destructible environments along your adventures.
To reach your objectives, you have to scan and analyze targets with the P.K.E. Meter and Paragoggles. Once you detect your target, bring out your Proton Pack and blast and capture streams to wrangle supernatural beasties into submission.
Pre-orders for Ghostbusters: The Video Game Remastered are available through the Microsoft Store, Nintendo eShop, and PlayStation Store at $29.99. You can also pre-order the game via the Epic Games Store for $24.99. Physical copies of the game can also be pre-ordered on consoles exclusively at GameStop in the United States, EB Games in Canada, and a variety of retailers in Europe.
Ghostbusters: The Video Game Remastered releases on October 4.