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   Much like the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Ghostbusters is also one of those once-fun childhood memories that I'd rather not revisit anytime soon. At least that's what I would have said yesterday, before one of our forum members dropped a tip about some new trailers that are currently making the rounds on YouTube. Apparently, they are showing what might as well be the prelude to an upcoming Ghostbusters game, although many other theories are also plausible at this point.

   Based on an early report from Ain't It Cool News, the videos are attributed to developer ZootFly, who was most recently credited with the Panzer Elite Action games (the Dunes of War add-on should be out soon). You can find all the trailers on bostjanzoot's public videos page - a name that can be easily linked to ZootFly's CEO, Bostjan Troha. So for now we're going to assume that this isn't just an elaborate hoax put together by some super-skilled fanboys.

   One thing that's apparent from one of the trailers is that the Gears of War (i.e. Unreal 3) engine could have been used in making this demo, and the final result is pretty impressive. Not entirely jaw-dropping, but it definitely shows some potential.

   Although no official announcement has been made involving the names listed above, one of the comments from Joystiq's report links to a PDF document (in Slovenian or whatever) revealing not just a possible Ghostbusters game (with an accompanying artwork), but also a WW3 game plunging the USA against Europe (!?), aaand... Painkiller 2. Whaddaya know!

   (Thanks brutalistu for the tip)

UPDATE: Yep, the Ghostbusters game is as real as possible. But with a few mentions: the prototype was created on the Xbox 360, it's running on ZootFly's proprietary engine (so no Gears of War / Unreal Engine 3) and, worst of all, the development was temporarily put on hold, due to some licensing issues. But in the meantime, the guys are working on TimeO - a game "where you'll play as a die-hard New Yorker trapped in a parallel world that threatens to wipe out our existence. You've got three days to stop it." [16.01.2007, 17:20]