{"id":511642,"date":"2023-10-17T16:31:59","date_gmt":"2023-10-17T14:31:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/?p=511642"},"modified":"2023-10-17T16:32:53","modified_gmt":"2023-10-17T14:32:53","slug":"big-netflix-gaming-push","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/gaming\/511642-big-netflix-gaming-push.html","title":{"rendered":"Big Netflix gaming push"},"content":{"rendered":"

Netflix plans on making more mobile games from its hit shows, including Squid Game<\/em> and Wednesday<\/em>, the Wall Street Journal reports<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

The company currently offers 70 games on its platform and plans to expand its catalogue towards the end of 2023.<\/p>\n

It will continue to license non-show-related games like Classic Solitaire<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Mobile gaming isn’t new to Netflix. The company first launched games for Android<\/a><\/strong> and iOS<\/a><\/strong> devices in November 2021.<\/p>\n

Currently, the Netflix app prompts users to download and try games like Exploding Kittens: The Game<\/em> or Ghost Detective<\/em> through their phone’s app store, but the company plans to let customers stream games directly to their TVs and computers.<\/p>\n

In November 2022, a job listing for a director to lead work in PC game development revealed the company’s plan to expand its gaming offering to PCs<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

According to the job post, the game director will lead work on a “brand-new AAA PC game”, and the ideal candidate will have experience in first- and third-person shooters, continuously evolving “live service” games, and rapid prototyping in Unreal Engine.<\/p>\n

They should also have at least ten years of game design experience as a Game Director, Creative Director, or in a similar role.<\/p>\n

In August 2023, the company announced that it was expanding the availability of its games to more devices, including TVs and computers.<\/p>\n

It selected a small number of Netflix users in the UK and Canada for beta testing<\/a><\/strong>. However, the test is quite limited, with only two games available to play from the get-go \u2014 Oxenfree<\/em> and Molehew’s Mining Adventure<\/em>.<\/p>\n

“Today, we’re taking the first step in making games playable on every device where our members enjoy Netflix,” said Mike Verdu, Netflix’s vice president of games.<\/p>\n

Select Fire TV, Chromecast with Google TV, LG TV, Nvidia Shield TV, Roku, Samsung Smart TV, and Walmart ONN users have been chosen for the beta testing phase.<\/p>\n

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Now read: Microsoft acquires Activision Blizzard for R1.3 trillion<\/a><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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