Ghostbusters Cancelled?

Now that Activision has become Activision Blizzard, it has decided to take stock of Vivendi and Sierra's property and decided what it wants to keep and what it wants to throw away.

Activision Blizzard has submitted its latest release schedule with no mention of forthcoming title from Terminal Reality, Ghostbusters, or Double Fine's Brutal Legend.

Additionally the company plans to "realign" staff at High Moon Studios and Radical Entertainment, while Massive Entertainment and Swordfish Studios are both under consideration for sale or closure.

The future is similarly bleak for Vivendi Games Mobile and Sierra Online, both of which have been designated as "non-strategic business units", with Activision publishing CEO Mike Griffith extolling an efficiency drive.

"We are focused on improving efficiency across the combined organization 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."

Currently Prototype, Crash Bandicoot and Ice Age have solid release dates following earlier rumoured cuts involved in the merger between Activision and Vivendi Games.

All of this makes for a saaaad panda. Ghostbusters was shaping up to be really, really cool, so for it to be cancelled sucks large amounts of [censored]. However, with so much money and effort invested into the game, I find it hard to believe that it's just vanished into thin air.

Keep it locked to NZGamer for more on the fate of Ghostbusters as it becomes apparent.

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