{"id":101753,"date":"2022-10-19T13:50:56","date_gmt":"2022-10-19T13:50:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/netflix-launching-new-gaming-studio-led-by-former-overwatch-producer\/"},"modified":"2022-10-19T13:50:56","modified_gmt":"2022-10-19T13:50:56","slug":"netflix-launching-new-gaming-studio-led-by-former-overwatch-producer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/netflix-launching-new-gaming-studio-led-by-former-overwatch-producer\/","title":{"rendered":"Netflix Launching New Gaming Studio Led by Former Overwatch Producer"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"\">\n<p>Netflix is \u200b\u200bcontinuing its expansion into gaming by opening a new development studio in Southern California.<\/p>\n<p>According to TechCrunch, Netflix&#8217;s VP of gaming, Mike Verdu, said this new studio will include former Blizzard vice president and Overwatch boss Chako Sonny at the helm.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe could have done anything, but he chose to come here,\u201d said Verdu.  \u201cYou don&#8217;t get people like that coming to your organization to build the next big thing in gaming unless there&#8217;s a sense that we&#8217;re really in it for the long haul and in it for the right reasons.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><output class=\"article-video-container\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The online streaming giant is looking to increase its foothold in gaming, and might even look to create its own cloud gaming service.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt&#8217;s a value add,\u201d said Verdu.  \u201cWe&#8217;re not asking you to subscribe as a console replacement.  It&#8217;s a completely different business model.  The hope is over time that it just becomes this very natural way to play games wherever you are.\u201d<\/p>\n<section data-transform=\"object-feedback\"\/>\n<p>Of course, Netflix wouldn&#8217;t be the first to try streaming video games.  Google Stadia attempted just that, allowing users access to a library of video games without a PC or games console, using just the Stadia device and service.  Unfortunately, it struggled to survive, and with dwindling numbers, Google announced it will shutter Google Stadia by January 2023.<\/p>\n<p>But Netflix doesn&#8217;t believe Stadia itself failed, just its business model.  \u201cStadia was a technical success,\u201d said Verdu.  \u201cIt was fun to play games on Stadia.  It had some issues with the business model, sure.\u201d  Although Google Stadia used a dedicated controller, Verdu wouldn&#8217;t confirm whether or not this would be the case for Netflix&#8217;s own cloud gaming service. <\/p>\n<p><output class=\"widget-container\"><button type=\"button\" style=\"display:none\" class=\"jsx-3968970857\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"jsx-862123036 slideshow-preview\">\n<p>Netflix&#8217;s High Score Gallery<\/p>\n<div class=\"jsx-862123036 images-container\"><button type=\"button\" aria-label=\"Open Slideshow\" class=\"jsx-862123036 hero-image\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"jsx-55525704 aspect-ratio-container aspect-ratio-16-9\">\n<div class=\"jsx-55525704 aspect-ratio-child\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"High Score \n\n High Score is a documentary series about the golden age of video games, when legends \u2013 from Pac-Man to Doom \u2013 were brought to life.  Through ingenuity and sheer force of will, computer pioneers and visionary artists from around the globe spawned the iconic worlds of Space Invaders, Final Fantasy, Street Fighter II, Mortal Kombat, Sonic the Hedgehog, John Madden Football, and beyond.  Without rules or roadmaps, players and innovators alike pushed the limits of money to be made, rivals to be crushed, and hearts to be won.  This is the story of the brains behind the pixels and how their unmatched innovation built a multi-billion dollar industry &#8211; almost by accident.&#8221; src=&#8221;https:\/\/assets-prd.ignimgs.com\/2020\/08\/04\/highscore-blogroll-1596574724760.jpg?width=888&amp;crop=16%3A9&amp;quality=20&amp;dpr=0.05&#8243; class=&#8221;jsx-2920405963 progressive-image image jsx-2407332289 jsx-3166191823 rounded expand loading&#8221;\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/button><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/output><\/p>\n<p>While Netflix has been experimenting with gaming for some time, it seems that less than one percent of Netflix subscribers actually play their games.<\/p>\n<p>There are currently 35 games available to download via Netflix, with another 55 currently on their way, including those based on original IPs such as Stranger Things, as well as licensed games, such as Spongebob Squarepants.  What game Netflix&#8217;s new studio will produce first remains to be seen.<\/p>\n<p>Want to read more about Netflix?  Check out how Netflix aims to create the best gaming service in the industry and find out more about Netflix&#8217;s other new games studio in Finland.<\/p>\n<p><em>Ryan Leston is an entertainment journalist and film critic for IGN.  You can follow him on <\/em><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RyanLeston\" target=\"_blank\"><em>twitter<\/em><\/a><em>.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Netflix is \u200b\u200bcontinuing its expansion into gaming by opening a new development studio in Southern California. According to TechCrunch, Netflix&#8217;s VP of gaming, Mike Verdu, said this new studio will include former Blizzard vice president and Overwatch boss Chako Sonny at the helm. \u201cHe could have done anything, but he chose to come here,\u201d said &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/netflix-launching-new-gaming-studio-led-by-former-overwatch-producer\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Netflix Launching New Gaming Studio Led by Former Overwatch Producer<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":101301,"url":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/netflix-to-expand-into-cloud-gaming-opens-new-studio-in-southern-california-techcrunch\/","url_meta":{"origin":101753,"position":0},"title":"Netflix to expand into cloud gaming, opens new studio in Southern California \u2022 TechCrunch","date":"October 19, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"At TechCrunch Disrupt, Netflix VP of Gaming Mike Verdu dropped two bits of news about the streaming giant's foray into games. 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