Netflix has announced its first mobile game. This is being developed together with an animation series. To this end, Netflix has teamed up with the makers of the popular card game Exploding Kittens.
Netflix is slowly but surely expanding into a new lucrative domain: mobile games. A step in that direction has already been taken with the series “You vs. Wild”; a survival series from Bear Grills, in which the viewer chooses which survival choices to make. Last year, Netflix announced it was taking the next step towards a true mobile game, which is now being unveiled.
For the first mobile game, Netflix has teamed up with the makers of the card game Exploding Kittens, created by cartoonist Matthew Inman (The Oatmeal† This comical game dates from 2015 and is broadly reminiscent of the card game Zwarte Piet. In addition to the mobile game, a series about Exploding Kittens will also be released.
May 2022 and 2023
In a blog post Netflix announced the new series and game† Netflix subscribers can play the game without in-app purchases. Exploding Kittens can be played in both single player and multiplayer. The game will be released in May 2022. The animated series will follow a year later.
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