Netflix adds more games, including Riot Games’ otherwise paid title ‘Hextech Mayhem’

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Streaming service Netflix is expanding its gaming lineup once again with the launch of two more titles, which will begin to roll out globally starting today at 5 PM ET. Among the new addition is Riot Games’ “Hextech Mayhem,” a League of Legends story, which is also available through other gaming platforms and marketplaces, including Nintendo Switch, Steam, the Epic Games Store, and GOG.com, where it’s offered as a paid download of $9.99. The other new title, “Dungeon Dwarves,” comes from Canadian developer Hyper Hippo, a company founded by Club Penguin co-founder Lance Priebe in 2012.

Both of the titles launching today represent new gaming partnerships for Netflix.

Netflix notes that “Hextech Mayhem,” a fast-paced rhythm runner, had already soft-launched in test markets Poland, Italy, Spain and Brazil, but is now launching to global subscribers. Notably, this is a fairly new game that just became available to other gaming platforms in November 2021. It also represents the first major gaming franchise to come to the Netflix games collection. However, it’s not the first Netflix game that’s sold elsewhere. Recently added “Arcanium: Rise of Akhan” is also a premium title available on other platforms.

The dungeon crawler “Dungeon Dwarves,” meanwhile, is just now becoming available to Netflix members. It’s the first and only idle game to launch on the Netflix service.

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Like its other games, Netflix users will be directed to the new titles through the company’s apps on iOS and Android. On Android, users can find games in multiple places, including on a dedicated gaming tab in the app’s main navigation. On iOS, however, games are instead featured in a dedicated row. The games themselves are hosted on the