Paramount Interactive

Paramount Interactive, Inc., formerly Paramount Gaming Studios, was an American video game developer based in Los Angeles, California, and was the video game division of the motion picture production company, Paramount Pictures. The company was founded in 2000 with the growing success of Nickelodeon's video games, and was labeled "The Mountain of Video Games" by CEO Shelly Lansing.

On December 12, 2008, Paramount Interactive merged with Nick Games to form Paramount Digital Entertainment, which was founded on December 15, 2008.

1999-2000; Background
Under construction.

2000-2003; Paramount Gaming Studios
Under construction.

2003-2006; Growing success, re-branding, and Viacom split
In 2003, Paramount Pictures announced a change to Paramount Gaming Studios, that being a re-brand. On April 19, 2003, Paramount Gaming Studios was re-branded as Paramount Interactive, and its new logo was revealed on April 23, 2003.

Following the rebrand, Paramount Interactive produced SpongeBob SquarePants: Battle for Bikini Bottom, a 2003 platform video game based on the Nickelodeon animated series of the same name, developed in collaboration with Heavy Iron Studios and published by THQ for the Xbox, GameCube, and PlayStation 2. Receiving mixed reviews, it was a commercial success.

In 2005, Viacom split into two distinct companies: the second incarnation of CBS Corporation, and the second incarnation of Viacom. Both companies were founded on December 31, 2005.

In 2006, following the release of SpongeBob SquarePants: Lights, Camera, Pants! and SpongeBob SquarePants: The Yellow Avenger, Paramount Interactive's work force was planning to expand the company to international territories, with its first international business planning to be headquartered in Berlin, Germany.

2007-2008; Final productions, merge with Nick Games
In 2007 and 2008, Paramount Interactive produced and developed several other video games in the Nickelodeon sub-category, including Nicktoons Nitro. In August 2008, The Movie of a Teenage Robot, a video game based on the 2008 computer-animated film of the same name by Paramount Pictures, was developed and published by Ubisoft. This would end up being one of Paramount Interactive's final video games.

In September 2008, Paramount Interactive President and CEO Sherry Lansing announced that Paramount Interactive would be merging with Nick Games. The merging was initiated on December 2, 2008, and was completed on December 12, 2008. Paramount Interactive and Nick Games shut down, and was succeeded by Paramount Digital Entertainment.