The
first
cracks
are
starting
to
show
in
Netflix’s
push
into
gaming.
First
reported
in
Game
File
and
confirmed
by
Netflix,
the
streaming
company
has
quietly
closed
of
one
of
its
studios,
the
first
in
the
three
years
since
the
company
began
its
foray
into
gaming.
According
to
Game
File,
the
shuttered
studio
was
known
as
Blue.
In
2022,
Netflix
announced
it
hired
former
Overwatch
executive
producer
Chacko
Sonny
to
run
the
studio.
Since
then,
Blue
had
brought
on
a
number
of
game
industry
veterans
with
experience
working
on
high
profile
franchises
including
Halo
and
God
of
War.
Reportedly,
Blue
was
developing
a
multi-platform
AAA
game
for
an
original
IP
but
was
closed
before
the
game
could
be
announced
or
released.
Netflix
has
released
a
steady
stream
of
games
on
its
platform
since
the
beginning
of
its
gaming
experiment
in
2021.
Though
it
started
with
a
small
handful
of
hyper-casual
mobile
games,
Netflix’s
offerings
have
expanded
to
include
mobile
exclusive
ports
of
iconic
games
like
Grand
Theft
Auto
and
Hades
its
own
internally
developed
exclusives
like
Cozy
Grove:
Camp
Spirit
and
Oxenfree
II:
Lost
Signals.
Netflix
has
also
acquired
or
spun-up
a
number
of
studios
to
support
its
gaming
pipeline.
The
most
recent
additions
were
a
mobile
game
studio
in
Helsinki,
a
new
studio
in
southern
California,
and
Cozy
Grove
developer
Spry
Fox.
But
with
the
closure
of
Blue,
Netflix’s
trend
of
expansion
may
be
over
as
well
as
its
grander
AAA
ambitions.
(Originally posted by Ash Parrish)
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