Archangel was Skydance Interactive's debut VR game.

PWND and Archangel show Skydance is hitting the silly and serious in gaming debut

Skydance Interactive, the game division of film company Skydance Media, is diving into games today with two very different titles: the silly shooter PWND and the serious virtual reality mech combat game Archangel.

The two games represent a big investment by Skydance Media — started in 2010 by David Ellison, son of Oracle founder Larry Ellison — to break into video games at a time when the movie and TV businesses are slowing down. Skydance Media acquired a game studio called The Workshop, and it now has 90 employees working on games.

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