Nickelodeon to launch 1,600 games

The children's TV channel's brood of Web sites will be getting tons of new games, including one where you can make Paris Hilton fat.

By Emma Boyes, GameSpot UK

Posted Mar 19, 2008 4:54 am PT

In July 2007, the Nickelodeon television network announced that it would be investing about $100 million into online casual games over the following two years. Now the company has revealed that around 1,600 games will be coming before the end of 2008.

These will include 600 original titles, which will be exclusive to Nickelodeon's sites, with 1,000 bought in from outside publishers to "expand the variety of offerings." These 1,600 games will join the 5,000 or so already playable across the various Nickelodeon sites.

The games will include numerous multiplayer titles, cooperative 3D Slimeball, Spin Art (which allows kids to create art online), Diego's Snowball Rescue, and the Wonder Pets Storybook.

Neopets will also expand into multiplayer and will "converge into retail" with Key Quest--presumably meaning that toys bought from stores will also enable advancement in the game.

Nickelodeon will be launching an Avatar multiplayer game in autumn, where gamers can choose to play as characters such as Aang and Zuko and battle each other online to unlock new Avatar content. Launching in August will be Avatar University, the sequel to Avatar High, a simulation game where gamers control a college full of students.

AddictingGames will be expanding its news and celebrity games products across the sites, such as by allowing the usage of a title called Paris Oh Paris where, according to the AddictingGames site, people have to "throw greasy meat" at Paris Hilton to "fatten her up."

The-N.com, a Nickelodeon site aimed at girls aged 12-17, will be launching a teenage-girl-focused game site, N-Games.com. According to the press release, "N-Games.com endeavours to address the underserved demographic of teen girls with games like Slasher!"

There are also three virtual worlds in development, along with expansion plans for the group's current projects within that the burgeoning space.

In addition, tools will become available to allow kids to build their own games, and there will be more downloadable games, following on from the SpongeBob SquarePants UnderPants Slam game on Xbox Live Arcade.

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superdance14

Help me!

Posted Mar 21, 2008 8:52 am PT
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Giratina667

Yeah.....I smell death on this project.o_O I can't stand cross-media companies,especially ones as cheap as Nickelodeon.

Posted Mar 20, 2008 9:42 am PT
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ThickFreak

Oh joy! 1,600 more P.O.S.'s that 5 people will buy.

Posted Mar 20, 2008 8:35 am PT
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Kfoss

wow what a complete waste of money, time and energy...i liked it when i was a kid...you turn on the tv ...and watch butt head head bang out to the latest Soundgarden track...and then subsequently light the neighbors couch on fire...that was grate stuff man..!!! that with a side of Aeon Flux..some Ren and Stimpy...and hey maybe some early Daria...throw in some Street Sharks...Sonic..TMNT...and GI-JOE and hell yea man..NOW THATS a Saturday morning!! *dreams of the good old days*

Posted Mar 19, 2008 4:02 pm PT
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sykonfc

ryan_bow_100 is my hero.

Posted Mar 19, 2008 3:39 pm PT
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KingSigy

For a second I thought they meant 1,600 more games for XBLA. What a waste of time that would be.

Posted Mar 19, 2008 2:21 pm PT
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frogiggy323

Joy, 1600 more games that I will never care about.

Posted Mar 19, 2008 12:26 pm PT
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ryan_bow_100

Wow, you'd think they'd spend the money on a decent writer rather than this garbage.

Posted Mar 19, 2008 10:54 am PT
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RaiKageRyu

Another pile of garbage forms.

Posted Mar 19, 2008 10:41 am PT
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VenomRitual

i'd rather have an awesome show then a crappy game. nickelodeon has sold out. =(

Posted Mar 19, 2008 10:12 am PT
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brothersinarmsb

noooooo go back Nickelodean no one wants you.

Posted Mar 19, 2008 10:06 am PT
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EazyD91

Half of them is going to be on the Wii and the other half on the DS.........

Posted Mar 19, 2008 9:02 am PT
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Priest57

Wow. Not real news, but an incredible simulation.

Posted Mar 19, 2008 8:57 am PT
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Deathwing13

Still a waste of resources, I say. Nickelodeon isn't going to be making much profit considering the vast majority of flash-based online games. That still costs money to program, design and pay for the workers. Throwing their money away.

Posted Mar 19, 2008 7:47 am PT
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berkner_ram77

That's a lot of games, even if most of them may only last about 5 minutes.

Posted Mar 19, 2008 7:43 am PT
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k4natehalo

"N-Games.com endeavours to address the underserved demographic of teen girls with games like Slasher!"

lmao wonder what that games about

Posted Mar 19, 2008 7:15 am PT
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planetpib

Who is going to be playing these games???

Posted Mar 19, 2008 7:00 am PT
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zgreenwell

I love how many people leave comments without even reading the article. The games are going to be online games, like the ones you play on Neopets for free. They're more like minigames than actual games. They'll all be flash based and free.

Posted Mar 19, 2008 6:35 am PT
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ddayhawk

do companies really love throwing their money away?

Posted Mar 19, 2008 6:33 am PT
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Tokyo90

Nickelodeon SUCKS

Posted Mar 19, 2008 6:28 am PT
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diablobasher

Nickelodean died the day Vasquez walked out of Invader Zim.

Posted Mar 19, 2008 6:18 am PT
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ele975

ugh... 1600 new games on the net? no thank you, something tells me these games are gonna be "funny as it was" type of games

Posted Mar 19, 2008 6:13 am PT
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Lab392

The-N is aimed at girls?!? >_> I... I knew that...

Posted Mar 19, 2008 6:08 am PT
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Witchsight

I swear, Nickelodeon used to be cool

Posted Mar 19, 2008 5:51 am PT
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dmish82

1600 games?!?! Are you #*!@ing serious?!?!

Posted Mar 19, 2008 5:50 am PT
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mjc0961

Can Nickelodeon say "Atari 2600"?

Posted Mar 19, 2008 5:47 am PT
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DoctorQ

Nickelodeon ceased being fun with the end of The Ren and Stimpy Show

Posted Mar 19, 2008 5:44 am PT
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OfficialBed

ugh...

Posted Mar 19, 2008 5:33 am PT
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sun_spirit

Oh god, some kids are gonna have veeeeery lame birthday presents this year...

Posted Mar 19, 2008 5:16 am PT
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feryl06

great, more E rated crap. The least they can do is make these games decent and not the rushed out crap we see with all the Nick games. Even my kids think they're crap.

Posted Mar 19, 2008 5:10 am PT
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sandoz313

Oh, I can't wait!

Posted Mar 19, 2008 5:02 am PT
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