Welcome to this week’s edition of The Game Business Micro.
Last week was jam-packed with industry news. There was new hardware from Steam, Netflix revealed its new-look games line-up, GDC’s latest salary survey arrived, Jagex removed its unpopular RuneScape monetization, Rockstar’s union row intensified and Arc Raiders did very well.
Better get on with it!
Red Dead Redemption leads Netflix games reboot
In Brief: Netflix has revealed its latest slate of games, including a mobile version of Rockstar classic Red Dead Redemption.
The firm also revealed its first TV-based party games. These included LEGO Party, Boggle Party, Party Crashers, Pictionary: Game Night and Tetris Time Warp. These games can be played on TV using a mobile phone as the controller, although they do require modern TVs to work. Other announced titles included live game show app Best Guess Live.
The firm also announced projects that tie-in with Netflix shows. These include Dead Man’s Party: A Knives Out Game (based on the Knives Out movie series) and Netflix Puzzled, which ties with numerous Netflix shows including Stranger Things.
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