Sony Pictures VR officially announced the official title and release window for its upcoming Ghostbusters VR game.
Ghostbusters: Rise of the Ghost Lord is slated to launch in 2023 for the Meta Quest 2 and PlayStation VR2. The game was initially announced back in April during Meta’s Gaming Showcase as a surprise announcement to wrap up the show.
Set in San Francisco, players run their own ghost-busting business. As noted in the press release, players will have the chance to play solo or with up to three friends as they try and “stop the powerful Ghost Lord and his band of malevolent ghosts from causing chaos” through San Francisco.
Sony Pictures VR confirmed to IGN that the upcoming Ghostbusters game will not be a direct sequel to the 2021 film Ghostbusters: Afterlife. Instead, the publisher explained that it was “really important” for the game’s developer, nDreams, to “move forward and create a whole storyline.”
While nothing firm outside of a 2023 release window has been announced, the game will release the same year Sony’s second generation VR headset, PlayStation VR2, will release.
In August, Sony confirmed that it will launch the PSVR2 in early 2023. While the Meta Quest 2 is showing its age, we do know that the newly-announced (and costly) Quest Pro was announced a few weeks back. While it is designed to focus on work and productivity, it is compatible with the Meta Quest 2 library.
Meta has also confirmed that the gamer-focused Quest 3 will release next year and might also include backward compatibility for Quest 2 games.
Taylor is the Associate Tech Editor at IGN. You can follow her on Twitter @TayNixster.
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