So I've done some digging into this because I may be near a Hologate location later this year.
Firstly, the blog post says:
Ghostbusters VR Academy is now available at 450+ HOLOGATE locations across 42 countries worldwide.
VR fans can now enlist at the new, fully-immersive Ghostbusters training academy, learn to be a real Ghostbuster, and fulfill a lifelong dream to operate iconic ghostbusting equipment in two distinct games across two HOLOGATE platforms – the pioneering multiplayer VR platform, HOLOGATE ARENA, and premium VR motion simulator, HOLOGATE BLITZ.
So despite that first sentence, I'm not entirely sure if all 450+ locations actually have the ARENA and BLITZ products?
The Locations page doesn't clarify this, it just lists their locations. It really doesn't help that their website is targeted to buyers, not players (ie businesses that want to buy/license Hologate for their arcades).
The FAQ is not helpful either:
Q: "Is Hologate Arena available in my country?"
A: "Yes, talk to our sales team if you want to buy it..." I checked a few locations here in Australia and from the photos they look like they're Hologate ARENA, the setup looks very similar to the UK Hologate that the Firehouse cast were playing. But I can't tell for sure if it's the same setup.
If the hardware is identical in all ARENA locations, then wouldn't it just be a matter of them downloading Ghostbusters onto the server?
Also, I assume this was supposed to be a link but it doesn't go anywhere...
Hologate Singapore lists it in both ARENA and BLITZ:
https://www.hologate.sg/ghostbusters-vr-academy I guess ARENA is walking around with the proton pack, BLITZ is driving in the ECTO-9? So do all locations have both ARENA and BLITZ, or do some only have one option?
Feel like we need to bombard Hologate with requests for where the game is available, so they start pushing their customers to get the game up and running in their arcades.
That is, if they're not also demanding those customers pay an additional license fee for this specific game? So to summarize, this line:
"Ghostbusters VR Academy is now available at 450+ HOLOGATE locations across 42 countries worldwide." probably wasn't meant for us. It probably should have read:
"Ghostbusters VR Academy is now available for all 450+ HOLOGATE locations across 42 countries worldwide to download if they feel like it."