Netflix games go beyond mobile devices. The company has started a beta test of playing games from the “cloud” on TVs.

Developer Steve Moser noticed a hint in the Netflix code about the company’s plans to release games on televisions. Now they can only be run on mobile devices.

This figure was called by the portal MobileGamer.biz , who studied the data of the AppMagic service.

Microsoft is planning another major purchase. According to Reuters, next year it may announce the purchase of Netflix for $ 190 billion.

This was stated by the co-founder of the platform Reed Hastings (Reed Hastings), speaking at the DealBook Summit event.

This became known from the job description of the company. Judging by them, the game is being handled by the Los Angeles studio Netflix, which is headed by Chacko Sonny, a former executive producer of Overwatch.

American developer Spry Fox has joined Netflix. Now the serial colossus has six internal game studios.

Mike Verdu, vice president of the Netflix gaming division, spoke about the “cloud” plans at the TechCrunch Disrupt conference.

This is the fifth studio in Netflix and the second that the company founded from scratch.

The new studio will be located in Helsinki. It will be led by Marko Lastikka, former vice president of the Finnish branch of Zynga.

Last year, Netflix started adding mobile games to its platform. According to Sensor Tower analysts, at the moment their total downloads have exceeded 13 million.

The novelty is called Relic Hunter: Rebels. This is the first mobile game of the Brazilian Rogue Snail. It’s hard to call the studio famous, but the authors of the cult Knights of Pen work in it & Paper.

Netflix continues to expand into the gaming industry. The company has agreed to purchase Finnish Next Games, which is responsible for the development of mobile games based on the TV series “The Walking Dead” and “Very Strange Things”. The takeover will cost Netflix €65 million.

Since November, a little more than a dozen mobile games have appeared in the Netflix catalog. According to the Apptopia analytical platform, during this time their total downloads reached only 8.1 million.The most popular game for Netflix was the physical puzzle Teeter (Up), in which you need to control the platform and bring the ball into the hole in this way.

Netflix bought its first game studio. She became the Night School Studio, known primarily for the mystical adventure game Oxenfree. The amount and terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

With the help of video games, Netflix will fight for the attention and free time of users. However, the company will inevitably face a number of challenges along the way. Venture capitalist Matthew Ball analyzed Netflix’s strategy in detail, and also talked about possible pitfalls and competition with other services. We present the key points from the material.

Netflix has started testing gaming features on its platform. The first mobile titles really appeared on the streaming service. However, so far only subscribers from Poland can play them.Starting from August 26, two titles became available to Polish users — Stranger Things: 1984 and Stranger Things 3. You can play them through the Netflix app for Android.

During a conversation with investors, Netflix spoke in more detail about its gaming ambitions. The company will really add games to the service and will focus on mobile projects first. Netflix calls Epic Games one of its main competitors.The company’s executives shared information after the publication of the financial report for the second quarter (ended June 30).

Netflix goes beyond movies and TV shows. According to Bloomberg, the streaming service is launching a gaming direction. The first games on the platform may appear as early as 2022.