Dec 17 : Netflix on Wednesday stated it can add a soccer simulation title to its gaming portfolio, because the streaming big seems to be to leverage the FIFA World Cup 2026 match to deepen its online game push.
The soccer title will probably be developed and printed by Delphi Interactive, which can be serving to create a premium James Bond sport known as “007 First Light,” and in affiliation with the game’s governing physique, FIFA.
Netflix stated the sport will launch in time for the world’s most-watched sporting occasion, scheduled to begin June subsequent yr within the U.S.
The firm can be presently the front-runner for purchasing a number of of Warner Bros Discovery’s belongings, together with its extremely reputed online game studios, for $72 billion.
Heavy investments to spice up Netflix’s gaming ambitions haven’t been extremely profitable amid shifts in management and technique. The agency has prioritized celebration video games and recognizable franchises together with Rockstar Games’ “GTA: San Andreas” and “Red Dead Redemption.”
Buying Warner Bros’ gaming studios, which embody the makers of fashionable franchises equivalent to “Mortal Kombat,” “Batman Arkham” and “Hogwarts Legacy” would permit the streaming pioneer entry into the extremely profitable, big-budget video games market.
The FIFA sport joins a collection of video games playable on televisions, together with celebration video games equivalent to “LEGO Party!” and “Pictionary: Game Night,” wherein telephones are used as controllers.