Report: Netflix Is Pursuing A Potential Executive For Its Video Game Division

In the past couple of years, the video game industry slowly witnessed the numerous amounts of video game-adapted television shows make its way to Netflix or still in the creative pipeline. Alone, we witnessed announcements such as The Witcher, Cyberpunk 2077, Castlevania, Cuphead, Sonic the Hedgehog, Beyond Good & Evil, and Assassin’s Creed just to name a handful.

However, the firm also planned to tackle the video game industry with its own assortment of games. In the past, we saw the dwindling partnership with Telltale Games to make a Stranger Things project. However, it was later revealed that the firm would still pursue a release without the developer’s involvement. In July 2019, Strangers Things 3: The Video Game arrived to major platforms.

But in a report from The Information, Netflix over the course of a few weeks is searching for an executive to lead its video game division. The report cites that Netflix is in search for “people familiar with the situation.” But in long-term, this appears to be Netflix injecting its brand into other entertainment markets rather than becoming another service to play games – best stated by Niko Partners’ David Ahmad on Twitter recently.

However, that is where the story truly ends. Despite large anticipation for Netflix to pursue the larger and more profitable video game market, there is no specific avenues as to how the firm will directly pounce to in terms of its ambitions. Even more, there are no details as to what could be produced from the company if finding a suitable candidate for the project as well.

The most recent news relevant to Netflix and also concerning video games is the upcoming airing for Resident Evil: Infinite Darkness. In that, the CGI series is said to arrive on July 8 later this summer. You can read the full report by heading here.

Are you interested to see what Netflix might provide if entering the video game industry?

Source: The Information