Kotaku: Paramount

Oct. 26 is the Invasion Date for The War of the Worlds

Owen Good — Fri, 21 Oct 2011 17:40:00 EDT

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When I saw it at E3, The War of the Worlds didn't wow me. On second thought, maybe I saw the wrong level. Arriving on Xbox Live Arcade next Wednesday, The War of the Worlds looks to be a serious platformer, not just something whose stylized presentation of 1953 London is pretty to look at. More »

The War of the Worlds Takes a Novel's Approach to a Game

Owen Good — Mon, 13 Jun 2011 20:00:00 EDT

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If there's a star of The War of the Worlds, the upcoming downloadable title for the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3, it's someone working behind the scenes or above the action. It's the score by Chris Hülsbeck, or the writing by Chris Fowler or, not least, the narration by Patrick Stewart. More »

Don The Iron Man 2 Armor In PlayStation Home

Mike Fahey — Mon, 26 Apr 2010 12:55:21 EDT

Iron Man 2 is coming to theaters next week, but he's making a pit stop in Europe's PlayStation Home this Thursday, with the service's first movie-themed mini-game and your chance to win your own set of virtual Iron Man armor. More »

Mean Girls Game Capitalizes on Film's Popularity, Lohan's Career

Owen Good — Mon, 12 Apr 2010 19:20:00 EDT

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Six years, three arrests and three rehab stints after Lindsay Lohan starred in Mean Girls, its video game adaptation is being released. Without LiLo on the box. This, folks, is what the suits call "leveraging a hot property." More »

Star Trek D-A-C Still Coming To PSN, PC (Promise!)

Michael McWhertor — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 20:00:00 EDT

PlayStation 3 owners and PC gamers jealous of the Xbox Live Arcade timed exclusivity of Star Trek D-A-C will be able to put that pain and suffering behind them soon. And by "soon," publisher Paramount Digital Entertainment means November. More »

Star Trek D-A-C Micro-Review

Mike Fahey — Wed, 20 May 2009 15:20:00 EDT

Riding the warp trail of the smash hit J.J. Abrams movie comes Star Trek D-A-C, a top-down space shooter for Xbox Live Arcade. More »

Top Gun iPhone Preview: Bringing Back The Cold War

AJ Glasser — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 21:40:00 EDT

Remember when Russians were the staple bad guy of good films? If not, you may be too young to own an iPhone. More »

Star Trek D-A-C Boldly Goes Official

Mike Fahey — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 14:00:00 EDT

Paramount Digital Entertainment officially announced Star Trek D-A-C for the PlayStation Network, Xbox Live Arcade, and PC today, delivering new screenshots of the movie-themed space shooter to the masses. More »

TimeGate And Paramount Reach Section 8 Agreement

Mike Fahey — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 11:30:00 EDT

TimeGate Studios once again successfully defends the name of their game, reaching an agreement with Paramount in the lawsuit over the name Section 8. More »

First Details On Star Trek: DAC

Michael McWhertor — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 19:20:00 EDT

We can tell you what Paramount and Bad Robot's new downloadable Star Trek game for Xbox Live and PlayStation Network is—it's a top-down, space combat arcade title—but we can't tell you what that "DAC" means. More »

Watch The Watchmen Invade PlayStation Home

Mike Fahey — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 15:00:00 EST

Paramount Pictures is readying a major marketing push into Sony's PlayStation Home service for the upcoming film Watchmen, with exclusive footage, a filmmaker Q&A session, and of course, Watchmen costumes for your avatar. More »

There Are Finally Clueless, Mean Girls & Pretty In Pink Games In Development

Luke Plunkett — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 07:30:00 EDT

Seriously. If you remember, back in March Paramount movie studios announced they were getting into the gaming business. Today, they've announced their first three titles. To be developed in conjunction with Legacy Interactive, the first three games (all adaptations of films, obviously) will be...yes, Mean Girls, Clueless and Pretty in Pink. No word on target platforms or anything of the sort, but Legacy are in the business of cheap, disposable/casual titles, so anyone hoping for a sprawling, 100+ hour adventure based on the busy social life of Cher Horowitz will most likely be sorely disappointed. More »

Godfather Creator's Son Sues Over Game Royalties

Luke Plunkett — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 07:30:00 EDT

Anthony Puzo - son of Mario Puzo, author and creator of the Godfather - has begun legal proceedings against Paramount Pictures, accusing them of stiffing him over royalty payments he's owed in connection with the recent Godfather game. Puzo says that a deal was struck between his father and Paramount in 1992, whereby the now-deceased series creator (and by succession, his kids) would receive a "significant share of the revenue of any audio-visual products" associated with the Godfather, but then accuses Paramount of failing to "pay the Puzo Estate the sums due it in respect of the Godfather game". I don't know what Paramount are getting at, but if I was dealing with the family of the guy who created the Godfather, I would not mess with their money, and I would not mess with their respect. More »

Paramount Planning Cloverfield Game?

Mark Wilson — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 14:40:00 EDT

It appears that Paramount has unofficially announced the official Cloverfield video game to the world. It all started when Paramount's lawyers asked the owner of CloverfieldGame.com for permission to take over the site for their upcoming game. And then...well...that's pretty much the whole story I guess. More »

Paramount Pictures Getting Into Gaming

Brian Ashcraft — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 01:00:00 EDT

These days, all those Hollywood types so want to get into gaming. Next up to enter the fray? Movie studio Paramount Pictures! The studio is starting up its own interactive department to finance games and more directly oversee development. While the new upstart is keen on investing in all games, it's especially interested in casual, handheld and mobile games because those types of titles cost only a few million — way cheaper than AAA Xbox 360 and PS3 games! More and more Hollywood types are starting to think that getting involved with games will help ensure quality game adaptation of their films. Says Paramount's Sandi Isaacs: More »

Paramount Keen On Entering The Games Market

Luke Plunkett — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 09:20:00 EST

If you couldn't tell when MTV bought into Rock Band and Activision and Blizzard were smooshed together by Vivendi, you should be aware: the entertainment industry's big sharks are circling gaming's shallow, krill-stuffed waters, mouths agape, jaws at the ready. And boy do they hunger. The latest to express interest in the industry are movie giants Paramount, whose Alex Carloss is both keen on gaming and also not afraid of referring to his own company in the third-person:

Paramount is very, very excited about the growth in the interactive entertainment market. I'm sure you're going to see an awful lot more from Paramount in this space.

I think he actually means we're going to see an awful lot of Paramount's money being thrown at existing developers/publishers. But whatever. More »

Everyone's Dumping UMD Movies

brownlee — Thu, 30 Mar 2006 10:40:20 EST

Looks like watching movies on your PSP will soon be going the way of the dodo. Next-Generation is reporting that the UMD movie format is a complete dud. Everyone from major Hollywood studios to Wal-Mart are dropping the format like turds into a toilet. More »