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To head up these plans is former Facebook, Oculus, and EA Mobile executive Mike Verdu. The report claims that Verdu has now been hired at Netflix to spearhead thಌe new initiative from the streaming company, and additionally, the video game offerings from Netflix will apparently be added as an🌊other genre alongside the TV sub-genres.
Finally, the Bloomberg report claims that the addition of video games to Netflix won't come at an ext🐬ra cost to subscribers. Thankfully, it would appear that Netflix has no current plans to charge extra for people l🦩ooking to take advantage of its video game offerings, which is surely welcome news to those highly anticipating Netflix's new venture.
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At the time, a Net🅠flix spokesperson said in a statement to Gamesradar+ that "we’re excited to do more with interactive entertainment." The spokesperson pointed to interactive adventures like Black Mirror: Bandersnatch and Wild Vs. You as allowin💧g viewers to more directly engage with the stories that they like, and it certainly did look like those shows could pave the way for Netflix to expand into the games space.
It's a pretty exciting time for Netflix, in all. While the company has more blockbusters than ever on the film and TV streaming side of things, like 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Zack Snyder's Army of the Dead and Bridgerton, the thought of Netflix taking up game streami✃ng can potentially open up games to a massive audience at no extra charge.
For a complete look at all the games coming to consoles over the coming year, head over to our 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:new games 2021 guide for more.
Hirun Cryer is a freelance reporter and writer with Gamesradar+ based out of U.K. After earning a degree in American History specializing in journalism, cinema, literature, and history, he stepped into the games writing world, with a focus on shooters, indie games, and RPGs, and has since been the recipient of the MCV 30 Under 30 award for 2021. In his spare time he freelances with other outlets around the industry, practices Japanes🌞e, and enjoys contemporary manga and anime.
