Netflix has become a notable new leader with its rapidly expanding gaming efforts. the streaming company has announced that it has hired Alain Tascan as its new president of games. Before joining Netflix, Tascan was the executive vice president of game development at a small studio called Epic Games. In this role, he oversaw the development of some of the company’s highly successful titles, such as first-party. Fortnite, Lego Fortnite, Rocket League and Autumn Children.
The company is also recruiting talent on the creative side. Since launching the game project in 2021, Netflix has acquired notable indie studios. Boss Fight, Next Games and , and brought many popular indie games to mobile devices. In its second-quarter earnings call, Netflix executives announced that it was is currently under development, which will nearly double its current library of about 100 books.
Many of these new projects are interactive fiction based on Netflix shows and movies, aiming to give fans new ways to engage with their favorite titles. “I think the opportunity we have here to serve the super fandom with games is really fun and remarkable,” co-CEO Ted Sarandos said on the call. We learned that too Coming to Netflix Games later this year.
Even though Netflix has invested heavily in this gaming division, people still aren’t flocking to its titles. the library has approximately 1.7 million daily users and its games have been downloaded 23.3 million times.
