Pictured: Highwater / Rogue Co
Welcome to a model new month-to-month rundown the place for the primary time, we’ll be working you thru the Netflix Games Monthly Roundup for March 2023.
Here’s what we’ll be breaking down in in the present day’s roundup:
- Games Released On Netflix In March 2023
- Games Announced For Netflix In March 2023 (plus dates if dates are given)
- News Around Netflix Games (Mobile, PC, Cloud, and many others.)
- Predictions For Announcements In The Following Month (April 2023)
Games Released On Netflix In March 2023
Netflix Added a complete of two video games to their Netflix Games lineup in March 2023; these video games are:
- Highwater (Date added: March fifteenth, shock launch) – It’s the world’s finish and the ultra-rich are headed to Mars. Explore a flooded planet, uncover islands, and discover allies – are you able to escape in time?
- Terra Nil (Date added: March twenty eighth, arrived as introduced) – Described as a “reverse city builder” the place it’s a must to reclaim the wasteland for the setting.
Games Announced For Netflix In March 2023:
Netflix introduced a number of video games for Netflix Games on the Games Developer Conference (GDC); under is an inventory of all of the video games introduced for Netflix Games in March, dates the place dates are supplied, and who the developer/writer is.
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- Monument Valley 1 & 2 – (developed by Ustwo) (introduced for 2024, so there are 366 doable launch dates). Described as an “indie puzzle game”, the play leads Princess Ida by way of mazes of optical illusions and not possible objects whereas manipulating the world round her to achieve numerous platforms all through the sport.
- Untitled Super Evil Megacorp Game (developed by Super Evil Megacorp). Not a lot is understood about this recreation apart from it being a multiplayer expertise and a “transmedia” recreation primarily based on an upcoming Netflix Original.
- Mighty Quest: Rogue Palace (developed by Ubisoft) (introduced for an April 18th launch). The follow-up recreation to “The Mighty Quest For Epic Loot”.
- Untitled Too Hot To Handle Game Sequel (developed by Nanobit) (launch is for a while in 2023) a follow-up recreation to “Too Hot To Handle: Love Is A Game” which itself relies on the hit Netflix actuality present.
- Untitled Rebel Moon RPG. Announced by Zack Snyder with no details about a launch date or developer introduced so take this as a rumor.
News Around Netflix Games During March 2023
Netflix appeared on the Game Developers Conference (GDC) and introduced a number of new video games scheduled for Netflix Games (see the checklist above). Netflix revealed that there are forty new video games deliberate for launch this 12 months.
Netflix lately up to date its app, which now incorporates a line of code that asks if you wish to use your telephone as a controller, which means that Netflix Games may very well be coming to the Netflix TV app quickly.
Netflix additionally posted a number of job listings for his or her studios Night School Studio and Boss Fight Entertainment; these listings embrace:
- Senior Editor (Night School Studio)
- Senior Operations Manager (Night School Studio)
- Senior QA Analyst (Night School Studio)
- Senior UI/UX Designer (Night School Studio)
- Technical Director (Night School Studio)
- Lead Product Manager (Boss Fight Entertainment)
- These jobs have been posted on Netflix Jobs and LinkedIn,
Netflix Games Predictions For April 2023
Now let’s take a look at a few of my predictions for what I count on will occur for Netflix Games, whether or not that’s new recreation bulletins, recreation releases, and information predictions. These are all my hypothesis, and none of that is confirmed.
My first prediction is that Netflix will develop its studios in order that they aren’t simply primarily based within the United States and Helsinki, Finland. Currently, Night School Studio, Boss Fight Entertainment, Spry Fox, and an Untitled Netflix Game Studio are all unfold throughout the United States. Netflix additionally has Next Games and Moonloot Games in Helsinki, Finland. Netflix is a world leisure large and logically, their subsequent transfer inside their in-house recreation studios would develop to nations like Japan, South Korea, and the United Kingdom.
My second prediction is we are going to get an announcement date for the ultimate recreation in Netlix’s three-game cope with French recreation writer Ubisoft. The remaining recreation in Netflix’s partnership with Ubisoft is yet-to-be-titled in Ubisoft’s long-running Assassin’s Creed franchise.
My remaining prediction is that we are going to get an official announcement that Netflix Games is coming to sensible TVs. The Netflix cell app already has a line of code that acknowledges the perform of utilizing your telephone as a controller, so we are actually simply ready on an official announcement for a date.
Final Thoughts
Netflix Games now has a complete of fifty-six video games as of my scripting this, which remains to be quite a bit smaller than companies like Apple Arcade or Xbox Game Pass. Still, Netflix’s announcement of forty new video games coming this 12 months exhibits Netflix is closely investing in its gaming intuitive. March 2023 had some attention-grabbing bulletins, primarily because of GDC; hopefully, in April 2023, Netflix drops extra video games and extra bulletins.