New crossover board game, conceived by Sony and IDW, to headline extensive plan to develop games for both franchises in 2019.
San Diego, October 30, 2018: IDW Games and Sony Pictures Consumer Products today announced plans to develop a series of tabletop games for both Men in Black and Ghostbusters franchises including, for the first time, a crossover miniatures board game featuring both Men In Black and Ghostbusters. The multi-year agreement comes ahead of the new Men In Black movie set for June 2019 and Ghostbusters celebrating its 35th Anniversary in June 2019.
Currently under development, Men In Black/Ghostbusters: Ecto-terrestrial Invasion will be a miniatures loaded board game featuring the world’s foremost protectors teaming up to take down a threat unlike any they have faced before. Making up the Ghostbusters team will be Peter Venkman, Egon Spangler, Ray Stanz, and Winston Zeddmore, and the MIB team will consist of Agent J, Agent K, Agent L and Zed. While these two teams have faced unearthly threats before, the strength of the Ecto-terrestrials is nearly overwhelming, but that doesn’t mean there can’t be a little friendly competition.
With all new character designs by fan-favorite artist Derek Laufman and innovative game design by Panda Cult Games (Wander: The Cult of Barnacle Bay), Men In Black/Ghostbusters: Ecto-terrestrial Invasion features a blend of fast action dice-chucking, take-that card play, and highly detailed sculpted miniatures from Ninja Division (Super Dungeon Explore).
Jerry Bennington, IDW Publishing’s VP of New Product Development says “We are excited to bring these two iconic properties together along with an amazing group of development partners. We love the fun story we are telling with this game and hope fans will bring it to the tabletop again and again.”
Men In Black/Ghostbusters: Ecto-terrestrial Invasion miniatures board game will release in late 2019. Additional stand-alone games for each franchise are also currently in development and slated for release next year.
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Re: Men In Black/Ghostbusters: Ecto-terrestrial Invasion Board Game coming late 2019.
Posted: October 30th, 2018, 6:44 pm
by NickFame13
Yep! Setting money aside!
Re: Men In Black/Ghostbusters: Ecto-terrestrial Invasion Board Game coming late 2019.
Posted: November 2nd, 2018, 9:43 pm
by BigTime72
Also, did you notice the line how they mention standalone games coming as well? Maybe Cryptozoic lost the license. Very excited!
Ghostbusters / men in black crossover game
Posted: January 27th, 2019, 12:01 pm
by SSJmole
Just seen this from October 2, 2018 and didnt see a thread
New crossover board game, conceived by Sony and IDW, to headline extensive plan to develop games for both franchises in 2019.
San Diego, October 30, 2018: IDW Games and Sony Pictures Consumer Products today announced plans to develop a series of tabletop games for both Men in Black and Ghostbusters franchises including, for the first time, a crossover miniatures board game featuring both Men In Black and Ghostbusters. The multi-year agreement comes ahead of the new Men In Black movie set for June 2019 and Ghostbusters celebrating its 35th Anniversary in June 2019
No idea how this play but what's interesting is both properties have movies this year. The MIB / jump Street cross over is cancelled but Sony wanted a shared universe. Could both films tease more in future like post credit scenes ect... Or just a nice bit of merchandise? I'm now curious
Love the art though lol
Re: Ghostbusters / men in black crossover game
Posted: January 27th, 2019, 12:48 pm
by philmorgan81
Yeah this is another thing that really took me by suprise when it was announced. I am looking forward to getting this so I can read the story they put together for the game.
The Ghostbusters franchise is really on a role when it comes to announcements from out of left field. This Game the upcoming comic event which may very well lead to a volume 4 and or more spin off comics and to top it off the announcement of a new movie. Wow what a rush!
Re: Ghostbusters / men in black crossover game
Posted: January 27th, 2019, 1:09 pm
by SSJmole
I'm curious about the story as well. Also the expansions. I think it's safe to assume ones based on both of the new movies coming out that year.
Re: Ghostbusters / men in black crossover game
Posted: January 28th, 2019, 6:44 pm
by SSJmole
I watched their batman the animated series one been played on YouTube , it has pop up city ect.... looked really good. I hope we get more info soon
Re: Ghostbusters / men in black crossover game
Posted: January 28th, 2019, 6:53 pm
by mrmichaelt
I made a thread and it's in the same General Discussion area near the bottom of the first page. Starts with "Men in Black/Ghostbusters"
Re: Ghostbusters / men in black crossover game
Posted: January 28th, 2019, 6:58 pm
by SSJmole
mrmichaelt wrote: ↑January 28th, 2019, 6:53 pm I made a thread and it's in the same General Discussion area near the bottom of the first page. Starts with "Men in Black/Ghostbusters"
Ah my bad sorry. Can we get these merged. I genuinely didn't see it.
Re: Ghostbusters / men in black crossover game
Posted: January 28th, 2019, 7:52 pm
by mrmichaelt
SSJmole wrote: ↑January 28th, 2019, 6:58 pm Ah my bad sorry. Can we get these merged. I genuinely didn't see it.
It happens. This Gen. area has become a catch all for a lot of topics besides the 2 original movies so it's easy to miss certain threads. I'll file a report and maybe Kingpin can merge.
Re: Men In Black/Ghostbusters: Ecto-terrestrial Invasion Board Game coming late 2019.
During the preorder initiative, IDW Games will release a prequel story, written by Erik Burnham, that details the arrival and creation of the ecto-terrestrials, and the team-up between the Ghostbusters and Men in Black. This story content will be released piece by piece via IDW Games’ social media channels: Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter.
