Netflix's Cloud Plans Include Co-Op and Party Games

Netflix plans to expand its cloud gaming offerings to include couch co-op and party games, according to co-CEO Greg Peters. The company will also continue developing narrative games based on its IP, despite recent leadership changes and the closure of its AAA game studio. The Verge reports: In the blog post, Netflix notes that it's a "limited" beta test, so it seems like this won't be available to too many people to start. (Netflix used that same "limited" language with the initial launch in Canada and the UK.) Like with the original test, the only two games available to stream are Oxenfree from Netflix's own Night School Studio and another game titled Molehew's Mining Adventure.

If you have access to the service, you'll need to download Netflix's special controller app for your iPhone or Android device to play the game on your TV. (Netflix says the streamed games work on "select devices," including Amazon Fire TV devices, Chromecast with Google TV, Roku devices and TVs, and more.) On the web, you'll be able to play games with a mouse and keyboard.

Just cancelled

[devslash0]

Literally minutes ago. I also bought a piano. In a few months I'll be playing tunes and singing with your girlfriends at a local pub while you're staring at the screen, choosing what to watch for hours at the time, on a platform that is getting more desolate, more PC and less entertaining every day.

Phones as a controller is good idea!

[atomicalgebra]

About a decade ago I built a couple of demos using iPhones and an Apple TV. The idea was to use your own phone as the controller. I thought it would work well for board games and card games. Contractual obligations at the time prevented me from pursuing it further, so I am glad someone is taking advantage of the idea.

Tried it, nope. Games as a Service suck.

[tlhIngan]

I'm a fan of Monument Valley, so I saw Monument Valley 3 was out. Now, usually those games are on mobile, so it's free with ads or you can pay for ad-free. Well, it was free.

Upon launching it, it wanted my Netflix login. Noped out of that - I don't have a Netflix log in, and I don't use streaming enough to pay for it. It got deleted.

Now, if it was available without a subscription? I'd probably have bought it.

But given Netflix owns ustwo games, well, guess I'm never playing the followup game.

Games as a Subsc

This is why your sub prices are going up!

[Anonymous Coward]

More dreck that many people just don't want. Give us good movies and TV programes at a decent quality for a reasonable price. Wrestling? Meh! Video games from Netflix? Meh!