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.

The Shadow Fight Arena game from Nekki and Banzai Games studios was selected by Netflix for integration into the new Jupiter’s Legacy series, which is based on the superhero comic book series of the same name. Nekki Business Development Director Nikita Korzhavin told in his column on App2Top.ru how does the company manage to “appear on TV” and does it have a chance to create its own series based on the Shadow Fight universe.

Apple continues to make arguments why services such as xCloud should not appear in the App Store. Now she stressed that gaming streaming services are fickle, which cannot be said about video platforms like Netflix. The games in them are like separate applications, interactive and constantly changing. Despite the fact that Netflix also has interactive content. For example, the movie “Black Mirror: Bandashmyg”.

The animated series “DOTA: Dragon’s Blood” (DOTA: Dragon’s Blood) almost did not attract new players to Dota 2. However, the main character of the Netflix project has increased the popularity of one of the game’s characters in matches by several points.

Xbox Game Pass is often called “Netflix gaming”. As it turned out, Microsoft does not quite agree with this comparison. The vice president of the gaming ecosystem of the company, Sarah Bond, explained what the key difference is.

At the end of 2018, Netflix entered into negotiations with the CFO of Activision and eventually lured the employee to himself. Now the game publisher has sued the streaming service for interfering in contractual relations. At the same time, Netflix has been seen in similar actions with top managers of other companies before.The reason for the lawsuit was the transition of Activision CFO Spencer Neumann to a similar position at Netflix.

Game content is becoming commonplace for the Netflix audience. Video games have entered the top 3 sources of inspiration for the creators of the streaming giant’s series.

This year, the Emmy Award for the best TV movie was awarded to the non-standard project “Black Mirror: Brandashmyg”. This is an interactive movie — that is, in fact, a game.

It’stime for the Apple giant to expand, according to J.P.Morgan expert Samik Chatterjee. The takeover of some large company — including gaming — will allow Apple to diversify profits.

Netflix’s main competitor is Fortnite, not HBO. Representatives of the streaming service reported this in a letter to shareholders.

The Walking Dead: Season 4 will be the last game made on Telltale Games’ own engine. Sources claim that the company’s new games will be made on Unity.

The publisher of Walking Dead: Road to Survival raised $100 million for future acquisitions and investments in game studios and new IP.