The Ghostbusters universe already has lots of cool characters and a huge interdimensional lore. However, here at Behavior Santiago, we still wanted to add something new to the brand that would lure new people to the world of Ghostbusters and also excite the fans of the old.

One of the goals when writing the story was to keep true to the world of Ghostbusters. Make it funny yet smart and sarcastic. To do this we had the help of someone with some experience on this. The story script was written by Tom Waltz, scriptwriter of the Ghostbusters comics by IDW. He took our story line and turned it into an amazing comic sequence that flows between the levels to tell the player what is happening in NYC and to introduce them to the new rookies’ personalities.

This new chapter in the Ghostbusters’ story not only introduces the new rookie team, but links them to some of the classic characters, like Janosz Poha for example, the wacky curator of the Museum in Ghostbusters 2.

Other iconic characters like Slimer and Stay Puft have their own cameos, but the core of the story is focused on the first adventures of the rookie team dealing with a strange menace overcoming New York City.

The story starts 4000 years ago, with a strange cult mourning the death of Dumazu, an ancient demon of death and destruction. Fast forward to 1989, poor old Janosz is sent to a mental institution after the events at the museum. There he meets Ismael, a self-claimed last member of the cult of Dumazu. Ismael tells Janosz that if he gets a Shard of the Relic of Nilhe (needed to bring back Dumazu to life), he would make sure that he would get his fair reward: Dana.

Some years later, around the time when Janosz was released from the mental institution, a wave of unusual paranormal manifestations start appearing all over NYC. The Ghostbusters can’t handle all the heat so they decided to hire a young group of paranormal studies enthusiasts to help them out.

And here is where you come into play, guiding the rookie team into their first adventure to find the truth behind Ismael, the Relic of Nilhe and Dumazu the Destroyer!

Ghostbusters: Sanctum of Slime will be available from PlayStation Store on 30 March for £6.99/€7.99.

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If you hear strange noises in the dark, or if a strange figure roams your house. Who you gonna call?

Exactly! However, don’t be surprised if a whole new team of Ghostbusters rings your bell. The old crew is a bit tired of carrying around their heavy proton packs all over NYC, so they decided to hire a group of rookies to help them out, especially now that a huge wave of paranormal activity has been hitting the city in the last few weeks.

Introducing Allan, Bridget, Samuel and Gabriel, the new ghost bustin’ team here to clear the overwhelmed city of New York from the ectoplasmic infestation. They have a whole new arsenal of cool prototype weapons that Egon has been designing over the past decade. Egon’s and Ray’s studies on paranormal entities have revealed that ectoplasm can be charged with different sub-atomic charges, making ghosts weaker to different energy frequencies. To keep it simple, there are 3 different weapons each stronger against a particular kind of enemy. You will identify them by their color. Match the color of the weapon’s beam with the color of the enemy and you’ll get a sure bust. Also these new weapons together with the enhanced Proton Stream completely disintegrate minor entities so you don’t have to worry about tossing your trap every 2 minutes. However, when facing larger menaces, the trap will be your only sure solution.

Disintegrated ghosts will usually leave a small trail of ectoplasmic residue that can be absorbed by the team’s proton pack built-in Energy Syphon.

In some situations, the energy left behind by the ghosts will be so powerful that they can power up some of the other energy consuming features of the Proton Pack, like the Ectoplasmic Shield, the Power Enhancer or Nano-massage Health Recovery system.

Now it’s time for you to jump in and take control of one of these rookies and start clearing New York from these hideous ghosts and horrific specters. Face the threats by yourself with the help of an A.I. controlled squad, or team up with up to three friends to blast your way on either local or online multiplayer and find out who is the best Ghostbuster. Because we all know, bustin’ makes us feel good.

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