Ghostbusters VR Gets Official Title, and Release Window - IGN

Sony Pictures VR officially announced the authoritative rubric and merchandise model for its upcoming Ghostbusters VR game.

Ghostbusters: Rise of the Ghost Lord is slated to motorboat successful 2023 for the Meta Quest 2 and PlayStation VR2. The crippled was initially announced backmost successful April during Meta's Gaming Showcase arsenic a astonishment announcement to wrapper up the show.

Set successful San Francisco, players tally their ain ghost-busting business. As noted successful the property release, players volition person the accidental to play solo oregon with up to 3 friends arsenic they effort and "stop the almighty Ghost Lord and his set of malevolent ghosts from causing chaos" done San Francisco.

Ghostbusters: Rise of the Ghost Lord's Official Keyart | Image: Sony Pictures VR

Sony Pictures VR confirmed to IGN that the upcoming Ghostbusters crippled will not beryllium a nonstop sequel to the 2021 movie Ghostbusters: Afterlife. Instead, the steadfast explained that it was "really important" for the game's developer, nDreams, to "move guardant and make a full storyline."

While thing steadfast extracurricular of a 2023 merchandise model has been announced, the crippled volition merchandise the aforesaid twelvemonth Sony's 2nd procreation VR headset, PlayStation VR2, volition release.

In August, Sony confirmed that it volition motorboat the PSVR2 successful aboriginal 2023. While the Meta Quest 2 is showing its age, we bash cognize that the newly-announced (and costly) Quest Pro was announced a fewer weeks back. While it is designed to absorption connected enactment and productivity, it is compatible with the Meta Quest 2 library.

Meta has besides confirmed that the gamer-focused Quest 3 volition merchandise adjacent year and mightiness besides see backward compatibility for Quest 2 games.

Taylor is the Associate Tech Editor astatine IGN. You tin travel her connected Twitter @TayNixster.