Provenance Record

Well-structured News piece (579 words, within the 400-1200 News range). Clear sectioning (Overview / What We Know / The First Project / Strategy / What We Don't Know) and consistent attribution on every claim. Appropriately separates confirmed facts from open questions (no release date, console/PC only).

All 4 source snapshots read from disk and verified (all HTTP 200, no archive fallback, all allowlisted: variety.com x3, gamesradar.com x1). source-0 (Variety studio formation): confirms 'Paramount Games Studio', the consolidation of Skydance Interactive and Skydance New Media, Tony Driscoll as president and 'head of corporate strategy and development' (verbatim), Dan Prigg as EVP head of games, Shawn Kittelsen as SVP head of creative & production, Amy Hennig moving from co-president of Skydance New Media to studio creative director, plus the Marvel 1943: Rise of Hydra and untitled Star Wars slate and Dolby Theatre. source-1 (Variety TMNT trailer): confirms 'Developed by Platinum Games and published by Paramount Games Studio', 'AAA action-adventure game', 'the last surviving Ninja Turtle as he embarks on a desperate mission for vengeance', 'available for both console and PC', no release date, Dolby Theater in Los Angeles. source-2 (Variety Star Trek/strategy): confirms the Driscoll quote ('Games are no longer an extension of the business...'), the Kittelsen 'bottom of the flywheel'/'afterthought' quote, the 'Shadow Frontier' Star Trek title, the 'dark academia' RPG, and the Prigg quotes ('set in a fantasy high school kind of moment', 'a mechanic that we're getting excited about that plays into relationships') -- all verbatim. source-3 (GamesRadar+): confirms PlatinumGames as the 'Nier Automata and Bayonetta maker'.

Every specific, name, studio, title and direct quote traces verbatim to a cited source. Person/studio names verified spelling: Tony Driscoll, Dan Prigg, Shawn Kittelsen, Amy Hennig, Skydance Interactive, Skydance New Media, Paramount Games Studio, Platinum Games / PlatinumGames. Rule 7 (verbatim names/titles) satisfied. The previously-dropped GameSpot-only claim (THQ Nordic / Black Forest Games developer history -- GameSpot 403'd) is confirmed genuinely ABSENT from the body; none of GameSpot, THQ, Black Forest, or Nordic appear. No headline or lead claim rests on a bot-blocked or unreachable source.

Clean, accurate, well-sourced News article. All four sources personally read and every claim/quote verified verbatim against them. APPROVE.