That's Vivactard-ed

So now that the merger of Vivendi, Activision and Blizzard is now complete they're cleaning house and getting things organized, and that means dropping some franchises and titles in development. Two of the titles on the chopping block are Ghostbusters and Tim Schafer's (Psychonauts, Grim Fandango, Full Throttle) Brutal Legend. This doesn't mean that they're halting production, but that they will no longer be publishing them, so I'm sure they'll easily find homes elsewhere. I can understand dropping Tim's title, it's a bit of a gamble, because even though he makes fantastic games they don't really put up huge numbers, but motherfucking Ghostbusters? Are you kidding me?

Sony Pictures, who owns the license, issued a statement saying the game will be released "one way or another," though this would probably push the release back into next year. I fear that they may decide to shuffle it off to Sony Computer Entertainment, a move I'm surprised they didn't make in the first place. If this takes place, the game, especially when Sony's hurting for good exclusives in light of the Final Fantasy XIII fiasco, would almost definitely make it a PS3 exclusive.

-K.