Netflix plans to launch its own video game studio

Netflix is setting up its own video game studio, as it intensifies its efforts to establish itself in the gaming industry. Netflix has previously purchased small gaming companies, such as Oxenfree developer Night School Studio. Amir Rahimi, Netflix VP of Game Studios, announced the "Vision to build a world-class games studio" in a blog post. At the time, Next Games was described as "a core studio in a strategic region and key talent market", by Netflix VP of Games Michael Verdu. "We have the reputation of doing pretty well for the past decade or two in the game industry, but games are not labelled where they were made."From that perspective, I think that's the reason, they know that talent is based in Finland - Supercell is in Helsinki in the city centre, and Rovio Entertainment and Remedy Entertainment are in Espoo, which borders the city.

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