"Netflix is adding more games. Netflix said its goal is to help the platform become a place you don't need to leave. The company cited an example of a family or friend group gathering for a holiday party to watch something and then transition to playing a game, without having to leave the Netflix platform. It sounds like Netflix is going after the market that the Jackbox games popularized, as those titles are also playable on a TV with phones as input devices."
"In July, Netflix said it would "ramp up" its gaming efforts. Netflix was at one point working on a AAA game and hired big names, including Halo veteran Joseph Staten, but that project has been shut down because it didn't align with what Netflix wanted. In other news, Netflix is now hiring a new generative AI boss to help come up with systems and strategies for using generative AI in its future games."
""We're creating a completely new way to play games--one that's as easy as streaming a show on a Friday night," Netflix said in a blog post."
Netflix is adding party games that are playable directly on a TV using phones as controllers, with five initial titles: Lego Party, Boggle Party, Pictionary: Game Night, Tetris Time Warp, and Party Crashers. All five support multiplayer play at the same time. Netflix aims to make the platform a place users do not need to leave by enabling transitions from watching to playing during gatherings, targeting the same space popularized by Jackbox. Netflix also offers many mobile games and has shifted its internal gaming strategy, canceling a AAA project and hiring a generative AI lead to shape future game systems and strategies.
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