The Sheridanverse Is Officially Coming to Gaming and ‘Yellowstone’ Is Just the Beginning
Taylor Sheridan’s grip on television has been so total and so sustained that it was only a matter of time before someone started asking what comes next for the world he built. For millions of fans who have lived inside the Dutton family drama, the ranches of Montana, and the gritty street corners of ‘Tulsa King’ and ‘Landman’, that answer may now be taking shape in the form of an entirely new medium. During Summer Game Fest, Paramount announced it was going all-in with video game content through its new gaming division, Paramount Games Studio.
The newly formed Paramount Games Studio brings all of the company’s gaming teams under a single banner, including studios from Paramount and Skydance, with the division aiming to transform the company’s entertainment franchises into larger interactive experiences built around storytelling, immersive gameplay, and long-term fan engagement. The first major project out of the gate is a collaboration with PlatinumGames on a AAA adaptation of ‘Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Last Ronin’, which aims to blend PlatinumGames combat with God of War-style storytelling. The core four properties that will be targeted primarily include Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Star Trek, Avatar: The Last Airbender, and SpongeBob SquarePants.
But the bigger surprise for Sheridan fans came when the studio’s ambitions reached well beyond those flagship titles. During an interview with Polygon, Shawn Kittelsen, Head of Creative and Production at Paramount Games Studio, revealed that the company is actively looking toward ‘Yellowstone‘ and its spin-offs as future gaming opportunities, stating that ‘Yellowstone’ and Yellowstone-adjacent titles such as ‘Landman’ and ‘Tulsa King’ are all priorities for the studio. Kittelsen also flagged ‘Lioness’ as another Sheridan property on his radar, with the spy thriller returning for its third season later this summer.
What makes the declaration feel particularly significant is the care Kittelsen took to frame it. He expressed that Paramount Games Studio is taking extra care in choosing which IPs to work on, saying the studio considers itself not brand managers or IP value extractors but cultural stewards, with a responsibility to honor the relationship fans have built with these stories, characters, and worlds. That language carries real weight in a gaming landscape littered with rushed licensed titles that burned their source material in the process.
Kittelsen went on to stress that Paramount isn’t simply interested in creating games for the sake of capitalizing on recognizable brands, and made clear the studio would rather build pillar by pillar and find the right partners than license willy-nilly to check boxes and fill the coffers, believing that approach is what leads to massive success. He described the studio’s philosophy as wanting missiles, not bullets, a line that signals a very deliberate and patient approach to how these adaptations get made.
The timing of all this adds an interesting layer. Sheridan has now closed a five-year overall deal for film, TV, and streaming with NBCUniversal, set to begin in January 2029 once his current television deal with Paramount runs through 2028. That means Paramount is moving to lock in the gaming legacy of the Sheridanverse while the creator still sits firmly in its orbit, making these early signals feel more like a strategic land grab than a casual long-term wish list.
Whether a ‘Yellowstone’ game eventually becomes an open-world ranch drama, a story-driven character thriller, or something else entirely remains to be seen, but the intent is clearly there. What kind of game do you think the Dutton universe deserves, and is there a specific corner of the Sheridanverse you’d most want to see brought to life on a controller?
