Netflix has announced the establishment of an in-house game development studio in Helsinki, Finland. The studio will be led by Zynga Vice President Marko Lastikka as Director.
“This is another step in our vision of building a world-class game studio, offering hundreds of millions of members worldwide a wide variety of fun, engaging, and original games without ads or in-app purchases. ,” said Netflix. statement on that website.
Netflix explains that Helsinki has some of the best game development talent in the world and this will be the first studio built from the ground up. The company also has another studio, Next Games, based in Helsinki.
“We’re just getting started and we have a lot of work to do to deliver a great gaming experience on Netflix,” the company continues. “A game can take years to make, so I am proud to say that we are steadily building the foundation of a game studio in our first year. I look forward to what I can do.”
Netflix has a total of four game development studios, including Night School Studio and Boss Fight Entertainment.Night School Studio’s Oxenfree has a Netflix edition on platforms where subscribers can now play. Oxenfree II: Lost Signals has also been postponed to 2023 to add more localizations.
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