Podcast | Episode 79
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Company Profile
Paramount Digital Entertainment
Website
www.paramount.com/games
About Paramount Digital Entertainment, a division under Paramount Pictures Corporation, develops and distributes movies and video games digitally.
Articles featuring Paramount Digital Entertainment
Week In Views
Legal pressure in the Warner Bros. deal and Umamusume expands to US cinemas | Week in Views
The Pocketgamer.biz team pick their highlights from the headlines this week and deliver the stories behind the stories
Lawsuit
Paramount sues Warner Bros. Discovery over Netflix offer disclosure
The lawsuit follows WBD's rejection of Paramount’s amended tender offer to acquire the company
Best Of 2025
Isa Muhammad's top stories of 2025: Saudi Arabia’s $55bn EA bid, Roblox growth, Netflix’s Warner Bros gamble, and more
PocketGamer.biz MENA reporter Isa Muhammad revisits his top stories from 2025
Rival Bid
Paramount makes $108bn all-cash bid for Warner Bros. Discovery
The offer aims to outbid Netflix’s $82.7bn agreement announced last week
Jobs Roundup
December 2025’s Movers and Shakers: Clash of Clans’ esports manager, Metacore’s new CTO, Ali Farha joins Behold Ventures, and more
Our regular roundup of the mobile games industry's movers and shakers
Sonic Spinoff
Sonic the Hedgehog gets a fifth movie slated for December 2028
The franchise has sped into a multi-title transmedia hit, with Sonic the Hedgehog 4 coming in 2027 and a spinoff in 2028
Epic Crossovers
Galaxy Quest invades Star Trek via Scopely's Fleet Command mobile game
When worlds collide… The long-awaited, fan-pleasing crossover is finally happening - exclusively on mobile
Layoff News
Paramount Global lays off Nickelodeon's entire Noggin team
The company is set to lay off 800 employees, approximately 3% of its total workforce
Live And Learn
Sega and Paramount Pictures reteam for Sonic the Hedgehog film sequel
Jeff Fowler returning to direct the motion picture
Cinemas Closing Indefinitely
Sonic the Hedgehog film stopped in tracks as coronavirus delays China release
New date to be announced at a later time
Still Going Fast
Sonic the Hedgehog movie speeds past $200 million worldwide
Over $100 million made in the US alone.
Sonic Boom
New Sonic movie trailer shows off improved redesign after fan backlash
Shadow of its former self