In November last year, OTT giant Netflix had diversified beyond its staple programming of movies and TV shows portfolio to the largely untapped gaming territory. For executing the vision, the streaming service had hired former Electronic Arts and Facebook executive Mike Verdu as Vice President of game development and had acquired gaming developer Night School Studios.
In the initial phase of its gaming segment launch, Netflix had released five games namely “Stranger Things: 1984” (Role-Playing), “Stranger Things 3: The Game” (Role-Playing), “Card Blast” (Casino), “Teeter Up” (Arcade), and “Shooting Hoops” (Sports).
A few weeks later, more games namely ‘Asphalt Xtreme’ (Racing), ‘Bowling Ballers’ (Sports), ‘Wonderputt Forever’ (Sports), ‘Dominoes Café’ (Tabletop), and ‘Knittens’ (Puzzle) were added to the Netflix OTT platform. This was followed by two more games called ‘Arcanium: Rise of Akhan’ (strategy game) and the webcomic based ‘Krispee Street’.
And now, Netflix India has recently added two more new games to its gaming library which may also be played (free for Netflix subscribers) through the Netflix India mobile app. The first one is ‘Shatter Remastered’ and, as the name suggests, it’s a brick-breaking game. While the second game title is an educational role-playing game ‘This is a True Story’ which is based on real-life interviews. The latter is derived from a true story of an African woman’s efforts to get water for her family on a daily basis.
Besides the two aforementioned new games for iPhone and Android users, next on the line for Netflix is an exciting game called ‘Into the Dead 2: Unleashed’. You might have already guessed by the title that it’s a zombie-based game. The game is set in a first-person runner-shooter dual format and would be a first of its kind on the Netflix gaming portfolio.
So, currently, the number of game titles on the Netflix OTT app has increased to 16 compared to just 5 at the time of its gaming segment launch. This implies that Netflix is steadily increasing its gaming portfolio. Stay tuned to Binged for the latest updates on new Netflix games launched on the OTT app.
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