The version of won't be getting a mode, and now we know why, the game's developers apparently having spliced this feature in order to focus on the all-important console releases.

"Multiplayer for the PC version of Ghostbusters is something that Threewave and Terminal Reality always wanted to do," explained Dan Irish, CEO of Threewave (the firm tasked with creating the multiplayer modes). "However, our focus was on making the console version the best that they could be - an experience that allows multiple players to re-live and re-fight many of the themes from the movies.

"When we looked at the resources necessary to pull off multiplayer on the consoles and the PC, it became a question of what could we do and still be excellent in our execution. We couldn't do all versions with multiplayer simultaneously with the resources that we had available - there was simply too much to do. Something would have to suffer.

"Therefore, we kept our focus on making the console versions deliver on the promise of being an integral player on the Ghostbusters team."

It isn't clear whether PC gamers might get a multiplayer mode added later.

By Luke Guttridge