Ghostbusters and Studios Pack Bring Movie Magic to Planet Coaster: Console Edition

We’re delighted to be sharing thrilling information on the Planet Coaster: Console Version‘s upcoming DLC. We’re bringing not one, however two unbelievable packs to Planet Coaster, each match to burst with superb new rides, gorgeous new surroundings, blueprints, props, sound results, and a lot extra.

Ghostbusters is our love letter to the 1984 hit film, and the Studios Pack is a spectacular tribute to the silver display screen. Forward of their launch later this week throughout Xbox Sequence X|S and Xbox One, we’re right here to offer you all of the should know particulars.

First, let’s speak Ghostbusters. We’ve put all of our love, information, and enthusiasm for the franchise into this pack, and we actually assume it exhibits. Put merely, that is completely genuine Ghostbusters motion anybody can get pleasure from. Whether or not you’re conversant in the exploits of Raymond “Ray” Stantz and co., or fully new to the spectre-sucking thrills, you’re in for a deal with.

Ghostbusters options one new flat experience, one new coaster, and an array of building items and decorations so that you can construct your very personal official Ghostbusters-themed areas. We’re notably happy with the Ghostbusters Expertise, a singular darkish experience through which company fairly actually bust ghosts utilizing their very personal Proton Packs. Rating factors and purpose for the excessive rating desk on this interactive expertise as you or your company experience the ECTO-1, clearing haunted places.

The model new coaster is equally unmissable. It’s referred to as the RollerGhoster, a kiddie coaster helmed by Slimer himself. The goo-green ghost leads practice carts round a reasonably high-speed observe that twists and turns – good for a few of your park’s youthful company. After all, you’ll need to make the areas round these rides as eye-catching as potential, and for that we’ve bought simply the factor: tons of of surroundings items and sounds straight from the film, together with the Ghostbusters HQ, Spook Central, and ECTO-1.

Construct haunted motels the place colourfully translucent spirits lurk; introduce a towering Keep Puft Marshmallow Man to greet guests; and even play by a model new narrative marketing campaign. The marketing campaign employs the skills of Dan Aykroyd and William Atherton, who voice their roles as iconic Ghostbusters’ co-founder, Raymond Stantz, and Particular Agent Walter Peck. Spearhead heroic efforts to free your points of interest from ghosts and defend company from paranormal phenomena.  So be able to reply the decision – the Ghostbusters want your assist.

Subsequent, let’s speak the Studios Pack. It accommodates every part you have to construct epic units, blockbuster set-pieces, and superior excursions your company will adore. We’ve encompassed a number of genres right here, so we’ve bought Wild West props that can assist you design old-school shootouts, zombie animatronics for intense horror vibes, and rigged automobiles that flip and crash so you may make chaotic downtown areas. My private favorite is the practice we’ve designed to careen straight off its tracks – that’ll shock everybody on the meals courtroom.

In addition to serving up film vibes, we’ve additionally bought an array of things good for establishing behind-the-scenes stuff: inexperienced screens, cameras, clapperboards, and even crew members in a wide range of poses. These are nice on their very own, however they’re even higher when used together with Huge Display Tour, certainly one of three theatrical new rides within the Studios Pack. Huge Display Tour is the Hollywood backlot tour expertise dropped at life, as powered buses with adjustable lengths convey company nose to nose with parts from the silver display screen. This could be an excellent place to make use of our new big shark animatronic…

And let’s not overlook our different two rides. Re-Movement is a complicated simulator that seats company in pods managed by an adjustable robotic arm. This allows you to tilt and switch them in any route, giving them 360 levels of film mayhem.

Lastly, there’s Horror Heights, a traditional drop tower experience that’s designed to work inside buildings, plunging company a number of storeys in seconds. What’s even higher is, you possibly can arrange a number of drops – simply once they assume the experience’s over, drop them once more! The blueprint included with the pack is about inside an workplace block overrun with undead. Right here, riders are located in an out-of-control elevator that takes them from the rooftop fireplace escape to a zombie-filled underground automobile park. You’ll be able to select to make use of this template wholesale, or create your customized riffs on the format utilizing the entire fast and straightforward constructing instruments out there to you in Planet Coaster: Console Version.

As an added bonus, we’re thrilled to announce that for a restricted time solely to rejoice the launch of those new packs, if you are going to buy any Planet Coaster: Console Version DLC and a “Ghostbusters” film between 4/29 and 5/12 from the Microsoft Retailer you’ll obtain a $5 Xbox Reward Card! (US/CA Solely).

Each the Studios Pack and Planet Coaster: Ghostbusters arrive April 29 on the Microsoft Retailer.