- Most well-liked streaming service, Netflix, has made an offer for acquisition of Next Games, a developer based in Finland.
- The news regarding purchasing Next Games came as Netflix is developing a mobile gaming facility into its routine subscription facility.
- As of now, various titles on Netflix’s gaming facilities have been built by external collaborators.
Another World Class Collaboration
Netflix has made an offer regarding acquisition of Next Games, based in Finland and the publisher of Role-Playing mobile puzzle game, Stranger Things: Puzzle Tales.
As per a blog post, Mike Verdu, vice president of games in Netflix, stated that, this taking over of Next Games was to assist the organization in developing a library of awesome games for the folks to enjoy. Next Games has also built a pair of Walking Dead games for mobile.
The news regarding acquisition comes as Netflix is developing a mobile gaming facility into its usual subscription facility. Netflix Games got released on iOS as well as Android devices previous year, and includes a handful of mobile-based games accessible for the Netflix subscribers for free without any advertisements and in-app purchases.
As per Netflix VP, while the organization has only stepped into games, he thinks that the collaboration will assist in developing a portfolio of top-notch games, which the folks can enjoy easily all over the globe.
As of now, several of the titles on Netflix’s gaming facility have been built by external collaborators. Its couple of Stranger Things-s based games, Stranger Things 3: The Game and Stranger Things: 1984 — both enlists BonusXP based in Texas as their developer.
Is Netflix Eyeing For Metaverse?
Recently, Microsoft acquired Activision Blizzard, and Sony Took possession of Bungie. The acquisitions were linked to the possible development of Metaverse by the acquirers. It is possible that Netflix might be working on such a project and may reveal it later.
Apart from metaverse, Play To Earn games are spiking in numbers, where folks are able to generate income through playing the game. Although this possibility looks small, it would be interesting to see if Netflix develops such a notion, how it will play out in future.