Holy shit. This game was announced in November or so through an exclusive with GameInformer Magazine. I’ve been following the news for this game rather closely. Here’s what I can tell you so far:

• Harold Ramis and Dan Akroyd are returning to write the script for this game.
• Everyone is returning to voice the Ghostbusters, even Janine.
• This game is being treated as Ghostbusters 3. It will follow a few years after Ghostbusters 2.
• You will play as the new hire. Basically the intern that gets to test all the new equipment Egon and Ray are too afraid to try. The Slime Gun is some of the new gear (featured in the video below).

On Friday GameTrailers.com did an episode dedicated to the new game. A lot of new information was released, including an Ecto H20. It sounds like the basic plot will follow the lost script for Ghostbusters 3. Whether that’s good or bad, I don’t know. In a nut shell, this is what I know about the Script:

There is no vacancy in Hell. All the ghosts that would be sent to purgatory or Hell are spilling back onto Earth. Somehow the containment unit fails (possibly because of Walter Peck, since the actor is returning to voice him) and all our favorite ghosts return. The timing couldn’t possibly be worse, because the boys in khaki are trying to turn Ghostbusting into a franchise. But they have Walter Peck watching their every step as New York’s designated dick less wonder.

The first level of the game is a recap of the first movie. Stay Puft and Slimer return to haunt the same places you had originally busted them. Apparently Gozer makes a return as well. Later in the plot, the Ghostbusters will be entering another dimension, and possibly Hell.

The video below is 5 minutes of game play, previously unseen. For more information on the game, check out Proton Charging for all of your bustin’ news. I’ll continue to do updates on BSR! as I get them.