Netflix’s gaming enlargement begins with cellular

Netflix revealed that its preliminary efforts in gaming will probably be targeted on cellular video games and that the video games will probably be included with customers’ Netflix subscriptions, the corporate introduced as a part of its second-quarter earnings report on Tuesday. The information comes simply days after the corporate stated it employed former EA and Oculus exec Mike Verdu to go up its gaming work.

Here is strictly what Netflix stated about gaming, from its letter to investors:

We’re additionally within the early levels of additional increasing into video games, constructing on our earlier efforts round interactivity (eg, Black Mirror Bandersnatch) and our Stranger Things video games. We view gaming as one other new content material class for us, just like our enlargement into authentic movies, animation and unscripted TV. Games will probably be included in members’ Netflix subscription at no extra value just like movies and collection. Initially, we’ll be primarily targeted on video games for cellular units. We’re excited as ever about our films and TV collection providing and we count on an extended runway of accelerating funding and development throughout all of our present content material classes, however since we’re practically a decade into our push into authentic programming, we expect the time is true to study extra about how our members worth video games.

There are nonetheless no particulars on what forms of video games will truly be accessible, although Netflix just lately prolonged its TV cope with Shonda Rhimes to include feature films and gaming content. There’s additionally no phrase on how video games will probably be delivered to Netflix subscribers.