Netflix Games Seems to Be Gearing Up for Something
When it comes to streaming services, Netflix is still very much the king of the industry. While big-name competitors like Amazon and Disney have tried to wrestle the crown from the 15-year-old streaming service, no one has been successful just yet, with Netflix having a phenomenally high subscriber count of around 220 million at the time of writing. With money like that, it only makes sense that the company would want to expand its platform, find new ways to monetize its service, and give its users new experiences.
In July 2021, Netflix announced that it was expanding its platform into the video game market, with a plan to focus on mobile games at first. Just one month later, Netflix trialed the service in some parts of Europe, offering subscribers a handful of solid mobile titles to play for no extra charge. Though just five games were available at launch, it was a nice free addition to the service and proved that there was some real potential behind this idea. Flash forward a good few months and Netflix Games seems to be setting itself up for a big announcement.
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Over the last six months, Netflix has acquired three separate game studios, the first being Night School Studio. Acquired in September 2021, this developer is likely best known for its title Oxenfree, a graphic adventure that received favorable reviews upon its release in 2016.
Aside from Oxenfree, Night School Studio hasn't done too much. The developer has some experience in the mobile game market, with two adventure titles releasing in 2016 and 2020, the first of which being Mr. Robot:1.51exfiltrati0n, a game based on the Mr. Robot show that was published by Telltale Games. The developer's second adventure
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