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Netflix Eyes Video Games After Hiring Ex-EA and Facebook Executive to Lead Game Development
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Netflix will offer more than just TV shows and movies in the future. Netflix confirmed to IGN that it hired former video game executive Mike Verdu to lead a new game development department at the streaming company.
As reported by Bloomberg, Netflix hired Verdu to be vice president of game development. Verdu was previously in charge of bringing developers and games to the Oculus VR ecosystem at Facebook.
At EA, Verdu oversaw the company’s mobile game studios which operated titles like SimCity, Plants vs. Zombies 2, and more.
Neither Netflix nor Bloomberg specified the full extent of this new video game venture — whether the streaming company will develop its own games or license games from third-party developers. Neither is it clear exactly how the company plans to distribute games on its platform.
If Netflix intends to release fully interactive games will Netflix ask subscribers to download full games, or will it utilize cloud streaming technology like Google, Amazon, and Xbox?
Netflix has flirted in the past with interactive shows. The Black Mirror special Bandersnatch included different choices the audience could choose to change the way events in the series played out. There were also multiple endings viewers could unlock, making it a popular show to rewatch.
Netflix also adapted Minecraft: Story Mode, a video game developed by Telltale that Netflix repurposed to resemble the choose-your-own-adventure format of Bandersnatch.
Aside from confirming that it hired Verdu as its VP of Game Development and providing Verdu’s background, Netflix did not comment further on its gaming aspirations.
Netflix Eyes Video Games After Hiring Ex-EA and Facebook Executive to Lead Game Development - IGN
Netflix will begin offering video games after hiring former EA and Facebook Oculus executive Mike Verdu.
Netflix will offer more than just TV shows and movies in the future. Netflix confirmed to IGN that it hired former video game executive Mike Verdu to lead a new game development department at the streaming company.
As reported by Bloomberg, Netflix hired Verdu to be vice president of game development. Verdu was previously in charge of bringing developers and games to the Oculus VR ecosystem at Facebook.
At EA, Verdu oversaw the company’s mobile game studios which operated titles like SimCity, Plants vs. Zombies 2, and more.
Neither Netflix nor Bloomberg specified the full extent of this new video game venture — whether the streaming company will develop its own games or license games from third-party developers. Neither is it clear exactly how the company plans to distribute games on its platform.
If Netflix intends to release fully interactive games will Netflix ask subscribers to download full games, or will it utilize cloud streaming technology like Google, Amazon, and Xbox?
Netflix has flirted in the past with interactive shows. The Black Mirror special Bandersnatch included different choices the audience could choose to change the way events in the series played out. There were also multiple endings viewers could unlock, making it a popular show to rewatch.
Netflix also adapted Minecraft: Story Mode, a video game developed by Telltale that Netflix repurposed to resemble the choose-your-own-adventure format of Bandersnatch.
Aside from confirming that it hired Verdu as its VP of Game Development and providing Verdu’s background, Netflix did not comment further on its gaming aspirations.
