Recently, according to foreign media reports, Netflix game vice president Leanne Loombe mentioned in an interview that Netflix aims to develop a variety of games, this year is expected to launch 40 games, 70 are being developed with partners, and 16 are developed by Netflix's game studios.
At the same time, Leanne Loombe also said that Netflix has obtained permission from game developer UstwoGames to introduce the Monument Valley series of games, starting with "Monument Valley" and "Monument Valley 2", which is expected to be introduced in 2024.
Netflix officially launched the Netflix Games game service in November 2021, and entered the mobile game industry with this. At that time, there were only 5 mobile games on Netflix Games, and only supported English Android. In less than a year, Netflix Games has released a number of new games. Among them, there are many well-known IPs such as the League of Legends-themed "Hex" and the "Stranger Things" series.
In the past two years, Netflix has been increasing the game field, on the one hand, it has acquired a number of game studios, including Night school studio, the developer of the horror game "Ossenfri" in the United States, Next Games, the developer of the Finnish "The Walking Dead" series of games, and Boss Fight Entertainment, the developer of the American strategy mobile game "Dungeon Boss"; On the other hand, it has vigorously expanded its streaming game business and built a self-developed game team to reduce its dependence on third-party developers.
As of now, Netflix has released 55 games, including games based on original series such as "Stranger Things" and "Rear Wing Abandonment", and its number of games is expected to increase to 95 by the end of the year.
Leanne Loombe said, "This year we intend to continue to improve our game lineup, which means that there will be new games released every month. Subscribers will find indie darlings, award-winning blockbusters, RPGs, narrative adventures, puzzle games and more. We're working with the world's leading studios to bring these games to everyone. ”
According to reports, Netflix plans to cooperate with Ubisoft to launch a second exclusive game "Mighty Quest: Rogue Palace", which will be released on April 18 this year. This Roguelite action game tells the story of a king who falls into an endless slumber and the kingdom is on the verge of oblivion. To save the kingdom, players need to enter the king's mind palace and fight a bloody path through a twisted nightmare full of goblins, banshees, and bosses.
Previously, Netflix also launched "Braveheart: Homecoming" with Ubisoft. The game went live in January and was developed by the original core team of Ubisoft Montpellier who created the previous game in collaboration with Old Skull Games. In Braveheart: Homecoming, players will be transported back to World War I, telling the story of friendship, survival and sacrifice of four characters in the torrent of war in a twisty narrative game.
At present, the two sides are also developing "Assassin's Creed Mobile Game" and a "Assassin's Creed" film and television series. In addition to this, Netflix also revealed that a sequel to one of its most popular games, Too Hot to Handle: Love is a Game, is being developed by Nanobit and is scheduled to be released later this year.
A few days ago, filmmaker Zack Schneider revealed that his Netflix space sci-fi movie "Rebel Moon" will come with an RPG game, but it is not certain whether it is exclusive to Netflix.
In just two years, Netflix not only launched The Cuphead Show! "Cyberpunk: Edge Runners", "Magic", "Magic", "Splinter", "The Witcher: Bloodborne" and a large number of game adaptation series, but also self-developed game masterpieces. After cooperating with Ubisoft, a number of triple-A games have also been launched. It is clear that Netflix, the brother of today's American streaming media, has gradually been deeply bound to the game industry.