By Michael Knox, mknox@modernfilmzine.com

A video game featuring a new “Ghostbusters” story is slated to be released by Atari on June 16 in North America with a worldwide release on June 19.

The video game is a tie-in to the 25th anniversary of the “Ghostbusters” movie. The game is also a precursor to the announced “Ghostbusters 3″ movie, which has a scheduled 2010 release date, according to the Internet Movie Database. Lee Eisenberg and Gene Stupnitsky wrote the screenplay for the planned third installment in the popular franchise.

Dan Aykroyd and Harold Ramis wrote the scripts for “Ghostbusters,” and “Ghostbusters II,”  and provided the story for the new video game. …continue reading “Ghostbusters” video game slated for June release