A few months back, we had made our readers aware that OTT giant Netflix had hired former Electronic Arts and Facebook executive Mike Verdu as Vice President of game development and subsequent acquisition of gaming developer Night School Studios.
The streaming platform had further launched five games in three countries in its effort to diversify its existing portfolio beyond its staple programming that primarily includes movies and television shows, by venturing into the gaming world.
A week back, Netflix had launched the same five games for Android phone users in other parts of the world. These five games were “Stranger Things: 1984” (Role-Playing), “Stranger Things 3: The Game” (Role-Playing), “Card Blast” (Casino), “Teeter Up” (Arcade), and “Shooting Hoops” (Sports). These games can be currently accessed and played on Android phones through a recently added games menu on the Netflix Android app.
A week after its Android launch, Netflix has now made available these aforementioned five games for Apple phone users across the world as well. At the time of writing this article, we had tested Netflix games access on the updated Netflix app on an iPhone device.
Although, unlike Android, the Netflix games menu was currently not visible on the iPhone’s Netflix app’s homepage, we were able to conveniently download it directly from the Apple store. After downloading a game title, we were asked to enter our Netflix user details in order to play the game.
The above-mentioned five Netflix game titles launched by the eminent OTT platform can purportedly be played by Netflix subscribers through Android and iOS apps without incurring any additional cost and without any ads or in-app purchases.
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