🍿 2022-11-24 15:56:10 – Paris/France.
Promotional image of the service of video games launched by Netflix for iOS and Android
Netflix is betting on the video game industry beyond mobile terminals and has focused on creating a "new triple A game for PC", as he announced on his job platform, Netflix jobs.
The content platform Streaming introduced this service last year, when it released five video games exclusives for Android phones, including two inspired by the series. stranger thingsincluded in its catalog.
Since then, it has added new games to its service, which are you can play for free as long as you have a Netflix subscription. So far, the company had not publicly shown more interest to develop video games for other platforms.
A job posting on Netflix Jobs would indicate otherwise, as the platform has opened an application period for a game director position, who would be responsible for "the creative vision in a AAA PC game", as you can read on this page.
A video game, also known as triple A, is an informal classification that is used to talk about games produced and distributed by a relevant publisher and that have with excellent promotional support and high budget.
From Netflix they assure that the person who fills this vacant position will be responsible for leading the title "from the concept phase to production, launch and other live operations.
They also point out that they are "laying the foundation for a small but ambitious creative team" and that they are looking for a group of professionals inclined "to do and learn, which comes with bold experimentation at an agile rhythm”.
Specifically, the person who holds the position of Director "will be able to build, ship, and run a game without any competitive design restrictions due to monetization" and will be able to implement the initial functionalities of the game in Unreal Engine.
Apart from this announcement, the company did not mention this expansion of its team dedicated to the development of video games which, according to data published last August, would interest an average of only 1,7 million daily active users.
Despite these figures, which mean that only 1% of total subscribers of the platform of video games, the company maintains its commitment to this product and plans to offer a catalog of approximately 50 titles by the end of the year, as announced by the Washington Post in April.
SOURCE: Reviews News
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