Netflix is working on 90 new games, including Squid Game
The streaming huge Netflix continues to expand into the gaming industry with 86 games on offer to its subscribers by the end of the year.
December 27, 2023 19:02
A blog post on the subject announced that 40 of the games are coming this year including The Grand Theft Auto Trilogy. And with over 90 games still in development The company is "just beginning to get going".
The article continues to mention Cosy Grove: Camp Spirit, FashionVerse, Game Dev Tycoon, as well as Sonic Mania Plus as its four most anticipated titles in the near future.
The biggest problem Netflix has had to contend with is the capability to play the entire games on mobile devices, but the company has now announced that it has, "Taken the first step toward our long-term goal to ensure that games are playable across all devices by rolling out a test of games on computers and TVs across the US, UK and Canada. We'll continue rolling this test out to other countries, and we'll add more games for testing as we move.
New games are coming soon to Netflix
The blog offers a brief listing of games we can look forward to within the next few months. The games include:
Braid the Braid, Anniversary Edition (April 30)
Chicken Run: Eggstraction
The Dragon Prince: Xadia
Unskillful Strategies to Survive
Hades
Harmonium: The Musical
Katana Zero
Money Heist: Ultimate Choice (Jan 4)
Monument Valley 1 & 2
Netflix Stories: Virgin River
Paper Trail
The Rising Of The Golden Idol
Of these, Braid, Hades, and Monument Valley 1 and 2 are the most notable as worth downloading.
Squid Game continues to be an instant hit, thanks to the popularity of the show, and the reality TV competition that is based on it going very well. There isn't much information provided by Netflix regarding the show right moment, however the announcement is titled, "A game set in the world that is Squid Game, in which you will compete against other players on the popular series."
The second season of this reality television version was just ordered according to Brandon Rigg, Netflix VP of nonfiction. He stated "There was no red flag in our decision to approve season 2 of Squid Game: The Challenge The most ambitious scripted show that we've aired on Netflix."
The company also announced in the last month that it plans to enter the live streaming market.
