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Netflix announced its 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:foray into gaming in July 2021, hiring industry veterans like Mike Verdu as VP of game development. Now, it has ac🌊quired its third game studio in a span of six months, and it seems♓ the streaming giant is looking to ramp up effort to fortify its position in the gaming industry.
Netflix began its studio buying spree in November 2021 when it 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:acquired Oxenfree developer Night School Studio. This was the official confirmation that Netflix was betting big on gaming, and not wasting any time doing so. It then acquired a se🙈cond studio earlier this month, Stranger Things: Puzzle Tales developer ‘Next Games’.
With Boss Fight Entertainment, this becomes Netflix’s second studio acquisition in a span of one month (thanks, ). The founders of Boss fight Entertainment, David Rippy, Bill Jacks🎃on, and Scott Winsett “Netflix’s commitment to offer ad-free games as part of members’ subscriptions enables game developers like us to focus on creating delightful gameplay without worrying about monetization. We couldn’t be more excited to join Netflix at this early stage as we continue doing what we love to do while helping to shape t💃he future of games on Netflix together.”
There was a point when the OTT giant’s Poland division 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:quietly released two games to test the waters. The Stranger Things title also made its debut on GOG and Steam but was 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:shortly taken off the storefronts for reasons unknown.
Netflix’s incursion into gaming means that the company possibly plans to make its service offering som🧜ewhat like Google Play Pass and Apple Arcade. Although, it has a long way to go, considering it still doesn’t have a lot of gaming content to offer. It also made the Netflix Games section a🥂vailable on its mobile app where you can see the small list of available games, most of which are quite underwhelming.
Despite not having instan𓂃t success, it may be too early to pass judgement on whether this venture will be successful or not. Netflix is still acq🐼uiring studios and trying to strengthen its portfolio by offering more games - which could be exactly what it needs to succeed.
