{"id":68179,"date":"2025-10-09T16:57:06","date_gmt":"2025-10-09T16:57:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/68179\/"},"modified":"2025-10-09T16:57:06","modified_gmt":"2025-10-09T16:57:06","slug":"netflix-is-letting-users-play-games-on-their-tv-screens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/68179\/","title":{"rendered":"Netflix is letting users play games on their TV screens"},"content":{"rendered":"<p id=\"speakable-summary\" class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Starting this week, Netflix subscribers can play games on their smart TV \u2014 a feature that has been in the works for some time. Reports about Netflix\u2019s efforts to <a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2023\/03\/30\/netflix-plans-to-bring-games-to-tv-and-let-players-use-their-iphones-as-video-game-controllers\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">bring its mobile games to televisions<\/a> began in early 2023. Later that year, the company <a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2023\/08\/08\/netflix-launches-a-game-controller-app-for-playing-games-on-your-tv\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">launched a game controller app<\/a> for iOS devices. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">However, there hadn\u2019t been much word about gaming on the big screen until now, but it looks like the wait is finally over.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To use the new feature, go to the \u201cGames\u201d tab on the Netflix TV app, then pick a game and use your phone as the controller.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Since launching mobile games four years ago, Netflix\u2019s strategy has been somewhat varied. However, the recent move indicates a more serious commitment to expanding its gaming offerings, helping it compete more directly with major video game companies, beyond just mobile gaming rivals.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Alongside the announcement, Netflix <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/about.netflix.com\/en\/news\/level-up-your-holidays-with-party-games-coming-to-netflix-on-tv\" target=\"_blank\">revealed<\/a> the new slate of games it\u2019s launching, all of which are party titles meant to be played in groups.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">These include: <\/p>\n<p>Boggle Party: Up to eight players are timed to find words in a scrambled letter grid.<\/p>\n<p>LEGO Party!: Four players compete in minigames and challenges to earn gold.<\/p>\n<p>Party Crashers: Fool Your Friends: One person at this party secretly has no idea what everyone else is talking about. Figure out whose clues are fishy to unmask the crasher.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Pictionary: Game Night: Based on the classic group game, friends must guess what you\u2019re drawing before time runs out.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Tetris Time Warp: Compete against friends for the best score.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Launching group-focused games is a smart move for Netflix because it encourages more customers to participate. It also means users will stay engaged with the streaming service, even when they\u2019re not watching a TV series or movie. T<\/p>\n<p>Techcrunch event<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tSan Francisco<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t|<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tOctober 27-29, 2025\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">he addition of the five titles follows Netflix\u2019s recent <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/games\/633481\/netflix-gaming-strategy-alain-tascan-interview\" target=\"_blank\">insight <\/a>into its current gaming strategy, which will now focus on four types of games, including party titles.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The games are currently available on select TV screens in specific countries, and Netflix plans to expand their availability over time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Starting this week, Netflix subscribers can play games on their smart TV \u2014 a feature that has been&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":68180,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[54731,1094,54732,111,139,69,145],"class_list":{"0":"post-68179","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-technology","8":"tag-mobile-games","9":"tag-netflix","10":"tag-netflix-games","11":"tag-new-zealand","12":"tag-newzealand","13":"tag-nz","14":"tag-technology"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68179","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=68179"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68179\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/68180"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=68179"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=68179"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=68179"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}