Paramount 'very, very, excited' about games space

30 Comments by Alexander Sliwinski Mar 4th 2008 7:55PM
Filed under: Business

Paramount tells MCV that the studio would like to increase its presence in video games and even establish a publishing division. Paramount Digital's General Manager of Worldwide Distribution, Alex Carloss, says being part of Viacom gives Paramount inroads into many worlds and the studio is "very, very excited" about growth into the "interactive entertainment market." He concludes, "You're going to see an awful lot more from Paramount in the space."

When asked if Paramount would follow Warner Brothers into third-party games publishing, Carloss replied it would be "imprudent" to give "guidance" on that. Being a part of a behemoth like Viacom certainly has its advantages. Another Viacom child, MTV, is set to spend $500 million over the next two years, and initial investments seem to be paying off.

[Via GameDaily]

Tags: alex-carloss, carloss, mtv, paramount, viacom

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puddle: Mar 4th 2008; 8:15PM

first

ApolloIV: Mar 4th 2008; 8:17PM

Snake? SNAKEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!

Mr.ESC: Mar 4th 2008; 9:33PM

Do a barrel roll.

I hope you have "E-Mail me when someone replies to this comment" option checked.

Let's spam his mailbox.

THE WICKER MAN (BWF) (GT: Dalek Prime): Mar 4th 2008; 10:09PM

We can do with out that first stuff here. :) Paramount being excited about the gamespace is very new and exciting.

Tiptup300: Mar 4th 2008; 10:23PM

WooHoo for puddle!

finnith: Mar 4th 2008; 10:53PM

RIP Gary Gygax

Korova: Mar 4th 2008; 11:15PM

culo

flYY: Mar 4th 2008; 11:21PM

HEY!
Link!
Hey!

DangerMouse: Mar 4th 2008; 11:47PM

First dickhead of the thread? Yes! You win!

Shmil: Mar 4th 2008; 11:57PM

rofl... new and exciting

Leonidas: Mar 5th 2008; 1:41AM

Who was the last guy that we spammed? Oh well, this is new and exciting.

Laggy: Mar 5th 2008; 6:58AM

Ye olde spamfest cometh to his mailbox

SID SPACE: Mar 5th 2008; 9:58AM

Perhaps we could set a new record?

Then he would be the first ... to have 300 replies.

hvnlysoldr: Mar 9th 2008; 9:10PM

Did somebody say reply spamming?

hvnlysoldr: Mar 9th 2008; 9:10PM

Did somebody say reply spamming?

hvnlysoldr: Mar 9th 2008; 9:10PM

Did somebody say reply spamming?

DefDealer: Mar 4th 2008; 8:17PM

Hmm...we all know what happened to Fox Interactive...Warner Brother Interactive...Sony Imageworks Games...DreamWorks Games...you get the picture.

ManekiNeko: Mar 4th 2008; 8:19PM

And don't forget Viacom New Media! Everyone else has.

DangerMouse: Mar 4th 2008; 11:48PM

mmm, fox interactive. Reminds me of a little intro cut scene to Alien Trilogy. That's as far as the game ever got before it crashed.

ApolloIV: Mar 4th 2008; 8:18PM

Meh, movie games are always pretty poor. If Paramount did something other than movie titles then it could be pretty exciting.

Brentiger: Mar 4th 2008; 9:37PM

"Paramount is 'very, very excited"

Paramount is climaxing

Lone Starr: Mar 4th 2008; 10:38PM

I want to Paramount your comment like Tenzing Norgay Paramounted Everest.

ManekiNeko: Mar 4th 2008; 11:48PM

That's going to be the most disgusting volcano ever.

Ranko: Mar 4th 2008; 10:08PM

They just want to milk the cash cow utters.
So they may drink it with multi-million dollar cookies.

Dave: Mar 4th 2008; 10:21PM

For a second I thought the headline said, "Paramount very, very excited about space games"--which got me excited. But then I realized I'm dyslexic.

Korova: Mar 4th 2008; 11:14PM

"You're going to see an awful lot more from Paramount in the space."

"Awful" being the operative word.

I am sure Alexander was fishing for this comment so here it is.

Korova: Mar 4th 2008; 11:18PM

This is off topic but does anyone else find the picture of Peter Molyneux in the highlight bar creepy and a little disturbing?

Fernando Rocker: Mar 4th 2008; 11:59PM

Yes =s

zero: Mar 5th 2008; 9:58AM

Yes. He looks like the Heaven's Gate guy.

Korova: Mar 5th 2008; 2:24PM

Ok, now they moved him off center, so he is not the first thing staring at you when landing on the page.

jopojelly: Mar 5th 2008; 2:18AM

"You're going to see an lot more awful from Paramount in the space."

Fixed, someone put the word awful a couple words to early.

OTAM: Mar 5th 2008; 10:46AM

Very,very excited about money,not any worthwhile games.

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