Streaming service Netflix has announced the purchase of video game developer Night School Studio. This is stated in the corresponding statement on website Netflix. This is the first such agreement for the service.
Netflix vice president of game development Mike Verdu said the company was “inspired by the company’s bold mission to set a new bar for video game storytelling,” and called the game makers video of “invaluable partners”.
V Blog Night School Studio reports that the studio will continue to work on the previously announced sequel to Oxenfree and other games.
In July, Bloomberg announced that Netflix is set to create a game development team and will also allow users to play video games on its platform in 2022. It was noted that the service does not plan to charge. additional charge for this feature – it will be included in existing subscriptions. The agency did not say what games it might be talking about. It was also reported at the time that Netflix hired former Electronic Arts and Facebook director Mike Verdu, who was working on the mobile versions of The Sims, Plants vs. Zombies and Star Wars series.
Evening school studio
Night School Studio was founded in 2014 by former developers at Telltale Games and Disney Interactive Studios, Sean Krankel and Adam Hines.
He is an independent game developer who released, among others, the famous Oxenfree and Afterparty.
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