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‘Ghostbusters: The Video Game Remastered’ a Classic Past the Point of Rational Thought

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Bustin’ makes us feel good, y’all. We get it. Ghostbusters and its theme song are a gift among gifts in the world of cinema. Easily one of the best films ever made, Ghostbusters still holds everlasting amounts of re-watchability. Ghostbusters: The Video Game Remastered, is a slight polish up of the 2009 title and is still the best thing to come out of the world of Ghostbusters since Slimer popped out of a hotdog vendor cart.

Originally released in 2009, Ghostbusters The Video Game did a legit job of bringing the original cast and writers back to the fold. Murray, Akroyd, Ramis and Hudson all came back to voice their iconic characters. A true dream team and probably the closest we will ever get to a complete original cast film, since the unfortunate passing of the late, great Harold Ramis.

The story takes place two years after Ghostbusters II, and sees the guys adopting a rookie into their crew just in time for a major supernatural cataclysmic event that grips New York City. You play as the rookie and the guy that the Ghostbusters decide to test out new equipment on, essentially becoming the Ghostbustin’ guinea pig.

While, it is difficult to complain about any situation where you are able to strap on a proton pack and hang with the boys, it is a little bit disheartening that you don’t get to play as one of the main guys. Playing as the rookie sort of disconnects you from the group, especially since your character doesn’t speak. Leaving you with no words in the midst of all the banter of your fellow Ghostbusters.

In the game you will visit sites new and old, while solving small puzzles and leveling up your proton pack and each of its abilities. In addition to the usual stream throwing, you are also able to utilize new proton pack modes like blast and slime. Each weapon mode can be used to capture certain types of ghosts that you identify with your PKE meter.

The PKE meter is joy to use. It allows you to track down ghosts and hidden items. Scanning these adds them to your journal and is a good way of digging deeper into the types of specters that exist in the Ghostbusters universe.

While, I would give Ghostbusters: The Video Game a high, near perfect score. It’s hard to give the remaster as much praise. Living in a current age of 4K and upscaling, it’s disappointing that this game doesn’t utilize that. Instead it doesn’t implement any sort of 4K upscaling at all. Instead it smooths graphics and fixes some lighting and stability. Past that there isn’t much in the ‘remastered’ department that you will visibly notice. It’s a real shame cause this game would have looked great updated to current gen specs.

Ghostbusters: The Video Game Remastered, is still a lot of fun. It allows you to live out the dream of hanging and busting ghosts with the guys. It’s also created by a team of devs that obviously cared a great deal about the source material. There are easter eggs, winks, nods and the like throughout the games playtime. Outside of everything else, it’s plain thrilling and a complete nostalgic childhood blast to be able to throw streams, trap ghosts and hang with the guys. If you hadn’t played the 2009 release and are a Ghostbusters fan this is an absolute must.

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‘Immaculate’ Stars Reveal Which Horror Villains They Would “F, Marry, Kill”

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Sydney Sweeney is just coming off the success of her rom-com Anyone But You, but she’s ditching the love story for a horror story in her latest film Immaculate.

Sweeney is taking Hollywood by storm, portraying everything from a love-lusting teenager in Euphoria to an accidental superhero in Madame Web. Although the latter got a lot of hate among theater-goers, Immaculate is getting the polar opposite.

The film was screened at SXSW this past week and was well-received. It also gained a reputation for being extremely gory. Derek Smith of Slant says the, “final act contains some of the most twisted, gory violence this particular subgenre of horror has seen in years…”

Thankfully curious horror movie fans won’t have to wait long to see for themselves what Smith is talking about as Immaculate will hit theaters across the United States on March, 22.

Bloody Disgusting says that the movie’s distributor NEON, in a bit of marketing smarts, had stars Sydney Sweeney and Simona Tabasco play a game of “F, Marry, Kill” in which all their choices had to be horror movie villains.

It’s an interesting question, and you might be surprised at their answers. So colorful are their responses that YouTube slapped an age-restricted rating on the video.

Immaculate is a religious horror movie that NEON says stars Sweeney, “as Cecilia, an American nun of devout faith, embarking on a new journey in a remote convent in the picturesque Italian countryside. Cecilia’s warm welcome quickly devolves into a nightmare as it becomes clear her new home harbors a sinister secret and unspeakable horrors.”

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‘Terminator: Survivors’: Open World Survival Game Releases Trailer And Is Launching This Fall

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This is a game that many gamers will be excited for. It was announced at the Nacon Connect 2024 Event that Terminator: Survivors will be launching early access for PC via Steam on October 24th of this year. It will launch fully on a later date for PC, Xbox, and PlayStation. Check out the trailer and more about the game below.

Official Trailer for Terminator: Survivors

IGN states, “In this original story taking place after the first two Terminator films, you take control of a group of survivors of Judgment Day, in solo or co-op mode, faced with a multitude of lethal hazards in this post-apocalyptic world. But you’re not alone. Skynet’s machines will hound you relentlessly and rival human factions will fight for the same resources you desperately need.”

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In related news to the Terminator world, Linda Hamilton stated I’m done. I’m done. I have nothing more to say. The story’s been told, and it’s been done to death. Why anybody would relaunch it is a mystery to me. She claims she doesn’t want to play Sarah Connor anymore. You can check out more of what she said here.

First Look Image at Terminator: Survivors (2024)
First Look Image at Terminator: Survivors (2024)

An open-world game about surviving against Skynet’s machines sounds like an interesting and fun game. Are you excited about this announcement and trailer release from Nacon? Let us know in the comments below. Also, check out this behind-the-scenes clip from the game below.

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New ‘Paranormal Activity’ Entry Isn’t a Movie, but “It’s Going to Be Intense” [Teaser Video]

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If you were expecting another Paranormal Activity sequel to be a feature film you’d be surprised. Maybe there will be one, but for now, Variety reports that DreadXP co-director and creative director Brian Clarke (DarkStone Digital) are creating a video game based on the series.

“We are thrilled to work with Paramount Game Studios and to have the opportunity to bring the world of ‘Paranormal Activity’ to gamers everywhere,” Epic Pictures CEO and DreadXP producer Patrick Ewald told Variety. “The films are steeped in rich lore and creative scares, and under the stewardship of creative director Brian Clarke, DreadXP’s ‘Paranormal Activity’ video game will honor those core tenets and offer horror fans one of our most terrifying games yet.” 

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Clarke, who worked on the horror video game The Mortuary Assistant said the Paranormal Activity franchise shows just how much reach a genre-specific title can accomplish, “If you thought ‘The Mortuary Assistant’ was scary, we’re taking what we learned during the development of that title and cranking it up with a more reactive and horrifying haunting system. It’s going to be intense!”

The new game is scheduled to be released in 2026.

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