After purchasing small gaming companies, such as Oxenfree developer Night School Studio, Netflix plans to launch its own video game studio, thus intensifying its efforts to establish itself in the gaming industry. Based in Helsinki, Finland, Netflix's studio will be led by former Zynga and Electronic Arts executive Marko Lastikka.
In this Slogging thread, our community discussed Netflix's move and how that'll impact the gaming industry.
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This Slogging thread by Mónica Freitas, Manas Goel, Valentine Enedah, Teri, Ashish Kushwaha, Hamza, Daniel Yeremiah, Daniela Gerardo, Alokam Chinenye Augusta and Sara Pinto occurred in slogging's official #gaming channel, and has been edited for readability.
"Netflix is setting up its own video game studio, as it intensifies its efforts to establish itself in the gaming industry. Based in Helsinki, Finland, it will be led by former Zynga and Electronic Arts executive Marko Lastikka. Netflix has previously purchased small gaming companies, such as Oxenfree developer Night School Studio. But the streaming giant is now going further and creating a studio from scratch. Lastikka is an established figure in gaming, having co-founded Zynga studio - also in Helsinki - which worked on FarmVille 3 under his leadership."
"Netflix has had a growing interest in the gaming industry in recent years. It has released several series based on games, such as Arcane (based on League of Legends) and Cyberpunk: Edgerunners (based on Cyberpunk: 2077). Netflix is also working closely with Ubisoft, which will see both a live-action Assassin's Creed television series developed, and a Netflix-exclusive mobile game. It is unclear whether the Netflix studio intends to develop games exclusively for mobile, or if it will also target the home console market."
