Netflix New Game Controller App For iOS Released: All You Need To Know – News18

Streaming large Netflix has launched the Netflix Game Controller app, enabling customers to play Netflix video games on their tv screens. According to the Apple App Store description, the Game Controller app will pair with a TV for taking part in Netflix video games utilizing an iPhone.

Currently, Netflix video games are solely accessible on the ‌iPhone‌ and iPad, and so they can’t be performed on Apple TV or different TV platforms. Although the app is inactive in the meanwhile, it signifies that video games for the TV will likely be “coming quickly to Netflix.”

The app includes a directional button on the left side of the ‌iPhone‌’s screen, along with A, X, Y, and B action buttons on the right side. Netflix initially introduced games in 2021, and there are currently over 50 titles accessible.

Access is included in the Netflix membership, with no additional fees or in-app purchases. Some of Netflix’s games include Tomb Raider, Stranger Things, Bloons TD 6, World of Goo, Exploding Kittens, Heads Up, and Cut the Rope.

In October last year, Netflix VP of gaming Mike Verdu had said that the company was “exploring a cloud gaming offering”, experiences TechCrunch. He additionally mentioned the corporate would open a brand new gaming studio in Southern California, led by Chacko Sonny, the previous govt producer on Overwatch at Blizzard Entertainment.

Verdu had additionally claimed that he didn’t see Netflix as a competitor to PlayStation or Xbox. In May, Leanne Loombe, VP of exterior video games at Netflix, had talked in regards to the firm’s plans for cloud gaming. “We do consider that cloud gaming will allow us to offer that quick access to video games on any display. Our total imaginative and prescient is that our members can play video games on any Netflix gadget they’ve.”

In March, the company was spotted working on an iPhone-based game controller.

(with inputs from IANS)