Netflix, one of the largest broadcasting platforms in the world, announced that they have established a new game studio in Helsinki with an announcement made today.
Last year, Netflix stepped into the world of mobile gaming and introduced the first 5 games. These games, which attracted a lot of attention at first, were forgotten by many after a few months. However, Netflix officials announced that they will continue until the end of 2022. that they will release 26 more games had explained.
consistently over the past few months. user lost and constantly laying off employees Netflix announced in a statement today that they have established a new game studio. The head of the studio was a manager at Zynga and Electronic Arts, one of the largest mobile game studios in the world. Marko Lastikka.
Will work in partnership with previous studios
When Netflix first entered the mobile game world, it signed an agreement with two game studios named Night School Studio and Boss Fight Entertainment, and brought these two companies together under the name of Netflix Games Studio. But the studio that the company announced today It is the first game studio to be fully owned by Netflix..
Marko Lastikka, who had been a senior manager at Zynga and Electronic Arts Mobile, was appointed as the head of the game studio established in Helsinki, the capital of Finland. Lastikka, while working at Zynga of Farmville 2 and 3during the time he worked at EA Played critical roles in the making of SimCity BuidIt. He is also the head of the EA Mobile Helsinki studio. one of the founding partners.
Amir Rahimi, the head of Netflix’s games department, explained in a blog post that Helsinki has a critical importance for the mobile gaming world and that’s why the new studio was established there. The games that the studio will introduce will be exclusive to Netflix users only, just like previous games. will not contain ads and in-game purchases Rahimi said that these games will be much more advanced and interesting.
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Rahimi stated that game development takes years and that even though Netflix is in its first year in the game industry, it will take firm steps and achieve much greater things in the future. He also announced that the Helsinki studio’s games could be introduced soon.