Inside Paramount's New Gaming Division

Paramount’s newly formed Games Group, created after the 2025 merger with Skydance Media, positions itself as a core content pillar alongside film and television. The division focuses on leveraging Paramount’s extensive intellectual property portfolio, prioritizing franchises such as Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (TMNT), SpongeBob Squarepants, Star Trek, and Avatar: The Last Airbender, while also eyeing titles from Mission Impossible, Top Gun, South Park, and others. The strategy emphasizes selecting IPs that translate naturally into games and resonate with existing fan bases, rather than pursuing a broad slate of high‑budget studios.

Key projects announced include TMNT: The Last Ronin, a third‑person action‑adventure developed by PlatinumGames under the oversight of former Tekken producer Yohei Shimbori. The game promises a fresh narrative focus on themes and character growth, diverging from previous TMNT titles. Avatar Legends: The Fighting Game marks the first title to carry the Paramount Games Group label, while an earlier Avatar RPG with Saber Interactive has been shelved. Marvel 1943: Rise of Hydra, a World War II adventure featuring Captain America and Black Panther, is in development under Skydance’s Amy Hennig‑led team, with release pushed beyond early 2026. An untitled Star Wars game and a non‑VR title from Skydance’s VR team are also in the pipeline.

The division adopts a conservative growth model, avoiding rapid studio expansion and focusing resources on a limited number of high‑potential IPs. While Paramount’s potential acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery could introduce additional studios such as TT Games and Rocksteady, current leadership maintains that the Paramount Games Group will remain the primary focus until any merger closes.