Paramount And Warner Bros. Merging Game Divisions Shows A Bigger IP Vault Isn’t A Creative Strategy

The game industry has apparently looked at its ongoing consolidation problem and decided the obvious solution is a larger building with more franchises inside it. Following Skydance’s completion of its acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery, Paramount Games Studio and Warner Bros. Games are being brought together under one combined games operation. According to Video Games Chronicle, the new portfolio includes studios such as Avalanche Software, NetherRealm Studios, Rocksteady Studios, TT Games and Warner Bros. Games teams in Montreal and Boston. Paramount’s side contributes projects and properties connected to Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Avatar, SpongeBob and Star Trek, while Skydance’s existing work includes Marvel 1943: Rise of Hydra. The broader company now controls an extraordinary collection of entertainment properties across film, television, animation, streaming and games...