Netflix Games: Nothing Netflix-y About It, Yet. OTT Giant Really Needs To Up Its Gaming Ante
3 years ago

Netflix Games: Nothing Netflix-y About It, Yet. OTT Giant Really Needs To Up Its Gaming Ante

ABP News  

By Akriti Rana and Nimish Dubey Netflix is a mammoth of a name in the streaming business and the brand is now hoping to bring a similar sized success in its latest venture — gaming. Netflix recently stepped into the gaming arena and launched Netflix Games, which are basically games one can play on their mobile phones by logging in to one's Netflix account. Now, while the list of Netflix Games is pretty decent, it does not really have a star which can create a buzz that even comes close to the ones that rule the mobile gaming world. ‘No Ads, No-In-App Purchases’ Is Cool, But Not Enough What Netflix Games currently offers is an ad-free and no-in-app purchase gaming experience. This leaves Netflix Games with basically just one more plus point: the fact that one does not have to pay anything “extra” to get their hands on these games.

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Netflix gets NFL Christmas Day games, a fire-breathing shot at its competitors
7 months, 1 week ago

Netflix gets NFL Christmas Day games, a fire-breathing shot at its competitors

New York Times  

“Sports-adjacent.” That was the term we’ve often heard from Netflix’s C-suite whenever the company would address its live sports aspirations. Even Netflix’s recent deal with WWE — paying more than $5 billion for exclusive rights to the long-running “Raw” franchise, along with other rights outside the U.S. — could be tagged as sports-adjacent given WWE falls under sports entertainment. Netflix’s …

Netflix drops new Grand Theft Auto games for mobile users: All details here
1 year ago

Netflix drops new Grand Theft Auto games for mobile users: All details here

India TV News  

Netflix has recently rolled out three classic Grand Theft Auto games – Grand Theft Auto III, GTA Vice City, and GTA San Andreas, all part of the GTA: The Trilogy - The Definitive Edition. Netflix's Gaming Journey So Far Netflix has been diving deep into the gaming world since 2021, launching a total of 86 games, with more in the …

Netflix expands gaming initiative with tests on TVs and computers
1 year, 4 months ago

Netflix expands gaming initiative with tests on TVs and computers

Live Mint  

Netflix is taking its gaming initiative to the next level, with plans to conduct game tests on specific televisions and computers. Having initially entered the gaming sphere by launching games for mobile devices in November 2021, Netflix has been working to broaden its gaming offerings. The preliminary test phase will feature titles like "Oxenfree" from Night School Studio, a Netflix …

Netflix to make its games playable on more devices
1 year, 4 months ago

Netflix to make its games playable on more devices

The Hindu  

Netflix will test games on select TVs and computers in a first step to make them playable on more devices, the company's vice president of Games Mike Verdu wrote in a blog post on Monday. "Oxenfree" from Night School Studio, a Netflix Game Studio, and "Molehew's Mining Adventure", a gem-mining arcade game, will be part of the initial testing. "By …

Netflix launches Game Controller app for TV gaming: Details inside
1 year, 4 months ago

Netflix launches Game Controller app for TV gaming: Details inside

Live Mint  

Netflix is steadily advancing its foray into the gaming arena. In a latest move, Netflix has released the Netflix Game Controller app on the Apple App Store for iPhones and iPads, with an expected rollout to Android phones in the near future. The Netflix Game Controller app functions as a virtual gamepad, facilitating gameplay of Netflix games on TV. This …

Netflix launches game controller app for TV gaming
1 year, 4 months ago

Netflix launches game controller app for TV gaming

India TV News  

Streaming giant Netflix has introduced a new application called 'Netflix Game Controller' on the Apple App Store, enabling users to play games directly on their TV screens. In May, Leanne Loombe, Netflix's VP of external games, outlined the company's vision for cloud gaming, focusing on enabling seamless game access across various devices. Earlier this year, in March, reports emerged about …

Netflix Games Could Work On TV Using iPhone As Controllers
1 year, 8 months ago

Netflix Games Could Work On TV Using iPhone As Controllers

News 18  

Netflix is building its armoury of games which currently stands around 40 titles but the platform has bigger plans to make the service popular. New reports this week suggest Netflix wants to bring games to the big screen and also work out a way to let you play the games using your iPhone. Netflix recently suggested that it wants games …

Netflix Games Is Still Happening. Just Don’t Hold Your Breath
1 year, 9 months ago

Netflix Games Is Still Happening. Just Don’t Hold Your Breath

Wired  

Netflix Games wants to cater to every kind of player. It’s difficult to sample games quickly via Netflix, and some games can't really be enjoyed without working through a learning curve. Netflix games are only available via the mobile app, which requires subscribers to leave Netflix, go to the App Store or Play Store, and download the game before they …

Netflix adds three new mobile games to its catalogue: Know more
2 years ago

Netflix adds three new mobile games to its catalogue: Know more

India TV News  

Netflix has added three new mobile games to its catalogue, named: 'Three Kingdoms' from Devolver Digital, 'Cats & Soup' from Neowiz 'Hello Kitty Happiness Parade' from Rogue Games. The mobile games catalogue comes included with a Netflix membership without ads or in-app purchases. About Hello Kitty Happiness Parade game The 'Hello Kitty Happiness Parade' is a relentlessly cute rhythm game …

Netflix wants to be a player in gaming. Can it succeed?
2 years, 2 months ago

Netflix wants to be a player in gaming. Can it succeed?

LA Times  

Night School’s “Oxenfree” is one of the most recognizable brands now owned by Netflix. Since announcing its mobile gaming plans last year, Netflix has quietly scooped up several small-to-mid-level studios, including mobile developers Boss Fight Entertainment of Texas, Finland-based Next Games, as well as local studio Night School, which had a slow-build, multiplatform hit with “Oxenfree.” Netflix republished the game, …

Netflix Goes On A Hiring Spree To Push Its Cloud Gaming Ambitions
2 years, 4 months ago

Netflix Goes On A Hiring Spree To Push Its Cloud Gaming Ambitions

News 18  

Netflix has ramped up its dream to make it big in Cloud gaming, as the company hunts for professionals to take on Cloud gaming services like Sony PlayStation Now, Google Stadia, Apple Arcade and Amazon Luna. According to Protocol, the streaming service is looking for a security product manager with experience handling “cloud gaming challenges", a rendering engineer who can …

Almost Nobody Plays Games On Netflix, This Report Confirms
2 years, 4 months ago

Almost Nobody Plays Games On Netflix, This Report Confirms

News 18  

Less than 1 per cent of Netflix subscribers are playing games on the platform. But the reality is far away from its expectations, and the figure of less than 1 per cent using its gaming app has been mentioned by an app analytics company called Apptopia. As per the report, Netflix has around 221 million subscribers across the globe, and …

Netflix Games: 99% of Netflix users have not tried its games- Why?
2 years, 4 months ago

Netflix Games: 99% of Netflix users have not tried its games- Why?

India TV News  

Netflix Games: Netflix, a video streaming platform forayed into the gaming business which took a pace to a poor start as a new report says that less than 1% of its subscribers are playing its games. App analytics company Apptopia estimates an average of 1.7 million people are engaging with the games daily, which is less than 1 per cent …

Watch The Show, Play The Game: Netflix Games Will Finally Have Some ‘Netflix’ In It
2 years, 6 months ago

Watch The Show, Play The Game: Netflix Games Will Finally Have Some ‘Netflix’ In It

ABP News  

When OTT giant Netflix announced that it would get into gaming in 2021, people's expectations were high. Titles like “This is a True Story” and “Into the Dead 2: Unleashed” got the service's gaming ball really rolling a few weeks ago, and recently at its Geekend Week event, Netflix finally made the move that many had expected from it at …

Netflix Is Getting Four New Games: Here Are All Names And Launch Date
2 years, 6 months ago

Netflix Is Getting Four New Games: Here Are All Names And Launch Date

News 18  

With an aim to expand its gaming lineup, video-streaming platform Netflix is adding four new games that can be downloaded directly from the Netflix mobile app. The new titles that have been launched include Dragon Up, Moonlighter, Townsmen – A Kingdom Rebuilt, and Exploding Kittens – The Game will be launched on May 31. With the new Dragon Up, users …

Netflix introduces four new games, know more
2 years, 7 months ago

Netflix introduces four new games, know more

India TV News  

With an aim to expand its gaming lineup, the video-streaming platform Netflix is adding four new games that can be downloaded directly from the Netflix mobile app. The new titles that have been launched include Dragon Up, Moonlighter, Townsmen - A Kingdom Rebuilt, and Exploding Kittens - The Game will be launched on May 31. With the new Dragon Up, …

Netflix plans to acquire Next Games in latest move into mobile gaming
2 years, 9 months ago

Netflix plans to acquire Next Games in latest move into mobile gaming

LA Times  

Netflix announced Wednesday that it plans to acquire Finland-based mobile game developer and publisher Next Games for about $72 million. “We are excited for Next Games to join Netflix as a core studio in a strategic region and key talent market, expanding our internal game studio capabilities,” said Michael Verdu, Netflix’s vice president of games, in a statement. “While we’re …

Netflix adds Riot Games- expanding its gaming lineup
2 years, 10 months ago

Netflix adds Riot Games- expanding its gaming lineup

India TV News  

Highlights Netflix is expanding its gaming line-up with the launch of two more titles Netflix noted that Hextech Mayhem, a fast-paced rhythm runner, had already soft-launched The games are also available on Nintendo Switch, Steam, Epic Games Store, and GOG.com Streaming service Netflix is expanding its gaming line-up with the launch of two more titles, which is all set to …

Netflix launches mobile games for Apple iPhone users, how to download and play
3 years, 1 month ago

Netflix launches mobile games for Apple iPhone users, how to download and play

India Today  

Netflix Games are now available on your iPhone about a week after they arrived on Android. Interestingly, Netflix subscribers can access all of them from the main app on the iPhone, unlike previous speculation that suggested the App Store’s strict policies would stop Netflix from unifying the streaming and gaming content. In some internal emails spotted, Apple wanted to give …

Netflix Games For iOS Release Depends On App Store Rules. Here’s Why
3 years, 1 month ago

Netflix Games For iOS Release Depends On App Store Rules. Here’s Why

ABP News  

New Delhi: The future of Netflix gaming services for iOS seems to lie in a limbo and the streaming giant’s games may be available for Android users only in future as Apple’s App Store rules do not allow third parties to set up all-in-one gaming service apps and these set of rules have caused Nvidia GeForce Now and Xbox Cloud …

Netflix Games will likely be available on your iPhone via App Store
3 years, 1 month ago

Netflix Games will likely be available on your iPhone via App Store

India Today  

Netflix now lets you play games in the app, but this feature is only available to Android users at the moment. Now, a new report has said that Netflix Games on iOS will be made available through the App Store, which means the native Netflix app for iOS will not integrate games like its Android counterpart has. Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman …

A breakdown of Netflix’s gaming strategy in terms of content, tech and economics
3 years, 1 month ago

A breakdown of Netflix’s gaming strategy in terms of content, tech and economics

The Hindu  

If you, like us, have been waiting for Netflix to finally drop some video games, then you would be pretty excited that day has arrived. We are pretty happy most of our own predictions made in July were correct: no production of any native gaming hardware, using original titles for games, the Apple Arcade-like subscription model where games are downloaded …

Netflix moves into gaming as five free games launch on its Android app
3 years, 1 month ago

Netflix moves into gaming as five free games launch on its Android app

Daily Mail  

Netflix is trying to break into the game subscription market by offering subscribers five free mobile games to play on Android phones. Expansion: Netflix is trying to break into the game subscription market by offering subscribers five free mobile games to play on Android phones LET THE GAMES BEGIN! HERE ARE NETFLIX'S FIVE GAMES AND HOW YOU CAN PLAY THEM …

Netflix Games Rolling Out For Android Users Globally, Here's How You Can Play
3 years, 1 month ago

Netflix Games Rolling Out For Android Users Globally, Here's How You Can Play

ABP News  

New Delhi: In a big push to its gaming ambitions, streaming giant Netflix announced it has started rolling out mobile games for its users on Android devices globally, after weeks of tests in select markets. Starting today, members everywhere can play five mobile games: Stranger Things: 1984, Stranger Things 3: The Game, Shooting Hoops, Card Blast, and Teeter Up," Mike …

Netflix rolls out mobile games to subscribers on Android
3 years, 1 month ago

Netflix rolls out mobile games to subscribers on Android

The Hindu  

Netflix Inc on Tuesday rolled out its mobile games globally to members with Android devices, exploring new ground as competition stiffens on the video streaming pioneer's home turf. Offering games for free to current subscribers echoes the strategy Netflix used when moving from a business of DVDs-by-mail to streaming movies. Netflix has already introduced its games like "Stranger Things: 1984", …

Netflix Launches Five Games For Android Users: Here Are The Names And How To Download
3 years, 1 month ago

Netflix Launches Five Games For Android Users: Here Are The Names And How To Download

News 18  

Streaming giant Netflix has finally introduced games on its platform. The streaming company announced five games that are available across the globe for Android users. The games have initially been released on Android and users can pick them through the dedicated games row or games tab available on their mobile devices. While the games are only available for Android at …

Today's Cache | Netflix gets ahead of the curve
3 years, 2 months ago

Today's Cache | Netflix gets ahead of the curve

The Hindu  

The streaming giant is coming out of the pandemic with cash and anew idea Netflix is old. Growing smartphone adoption, faster Internet speeds, and a steady decline in physical DVD rentals pushed up Netflix’s reach. In 2014, the ecommerce giant bought LoveFilm, Netflix’s sole competitor at that time in the UK, and folded it into its Prime offering. Netflix has …

Netflix buys first video game studio, rolls out mobile games
3 years, 2 months ago

Netflix buys first video game studio, rolls out mobile games

The Hindu  

Netflix has bought video game creator Night School Studio and rolled out five mobile gaming titles in select European markets, the company said on Tuesday, as it looks to diversify revenue sources amid intensifying competition in the streaming space. Night School Studio, the company's first gaming studio purchase, is best known for its debut game, "Oxenfree", a supernatural teen thriller …

Let the games begin, Netflix
3 years, 5 months ago

Let the games begin, Netflix

The Hindu  

We have to admit, it was not too much of a surprise that Netflix is diving into gaming. We view gaming as another new content category for us, similar to our expansion into original films, animation and unscripted TV.” During a 2021 investor meeting, Greg Peters, Netflix’s Chief Product Officer, explained he is keen for the first phase of games …

Netflix's gaming foray will cost time and money -Wall St
3 years, 5 months ago

Netflix's gaming foray will cost time and money -Wall St

The Hindu  

Wall Street analysts welcomed Netflix's planned plunge into mobile gaming on Wednesday, calling it a sensible move to keep users' eyes on screens while worrying it would take significant time and investment to pay off. Paolo Pescatore, an analyst at research firm PP Foresight said the venture would be "a costly bold move" for the company, requiring significant time and …

Netflix confirms move into video games as its growth slows
3 years, 5 months ago

Netflix confirms move into video games as its growth slows

The Hindu  

Netflix reported its worst slowdown in subscriber growth in eight years as people emerge from their pandemic cocoons. Netflix's net gain of 5.5 million subscribers through the first six months of this year represents its weakest first-half performance since 2013 -- a time when the company was still rolling out more original programming as it branched out from licensing existing …

Netflix confirms move into video games as its growth slows
3 years, 5 months ago

Netflix confirms move into video games as its growth slows

Associated Press  

SAN RAMON, Calif. — Netflix reported its worst slowdown in subscriber growth in eight years as people emerge from their pandemic cocoons. Netflix’s net gain of 5.5 million subscribers through the first six months of this year represents its weakest first-half performance since 2013 -- a time when the company was still rolling out more original programming as it branched …

Netflix Gaming App Will Be Free For All Netflix Users When It Arrives For Your Phone
3 years, 5 months ago

Netflix Gaming App Will Be Free For All Netflix Users When It Arrives For Your Phone

News 18  

We are hearing more about streaming service Netflix and the gaming platform efforts, and now we are getting more information officially from the company. This comes just days after Netflix confirmed the hiring of former EA and Oculus executive Mike Verdu, to lead the company’s new gaming efforts. We view gaming as another new content category for us, similar to …

Video games coming to Netflix? Latest hiring offers a clue
3 years, 5 months ago

Video games coming to Netflix? Latest hiring offers a clue

Associated Press  

SAN RAMON, Calif. — Netflix has hired veteran video game executive Mike Verdu, signaling the video streaming service is poised to expand into another fertile field of entertainment. Verdu’s addition as Netflix’s vice president of game development, confirmed Thursday, comes as the company seeks to sustain the momentum it gathered last year when people turned to the video streaming service …

Netflix is trying to beat competitors by adding video games
3 years, 5 months ago

Netflix is trying to beat competitors by adding video games

CNN  

New York CNN Business — Netflix is the king of streaming with more than 200 million subscribers. Video games may seem like an odd match for Netflix, but with competitors like Disney quickly catching up, Netflix is looking to see if it can do to video games what it did to Hollywood. Video games are not only a multibillion dollar …

Netflix Looking To Venture Into Gaming? Company Looking For Video Game Executive: Report
3 years, 7 months ago

Netflix Looking To Venture Into Gaming? Company Looking For Video Game Executive: Report

News 18  

Netflix may be looking to venture into gaming, if a report is to be believed. According to a report in The Information, Netflix is looking for an executive to head an expansion into video games and has apporoached multiple “veterans” in the gaming industry regarding the position. A Netflix spokesperson was quoted by Polygon as saying that the company is …

Netflix Binge Watching On Your Mind, But Don’t Know What To Watch? Here Is Something You’ll Love
3 years, 7 months ago

Netflix Binge Watching On Your Mind, But Don’t Know What To Watch? Here Is Something You’ll Love

News 18  

How many times have you prepared tasty snacks or what looks like a delicious dinner, settled down to watch something on Netflix and then spent the next 20 minutes scrolling the content list trying to figure out what to watch and just nothing seems to click with the mood? Netflix has a solution, something that had been visible on the …

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