{"id":6295,"date":"2025-01-24T12:04:40","date_gmt":"2025-01-24T12:04:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/finavestra.com\/index.php\/2025\/01\/24\/netflixs-cloud-plans-include-co-op-and-party-games\/"},"modified":"2025-01-24T12:04:40","modified_gmt":"2025-01-24T12:04:40","slug":"netflixs-cloud-plans-include-co-op-and-party-games","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/finavestra.com\/index.php\/2025\/01\/24\/netflixs-cloud-plans-include-co-op-and-party-games\/","title":{"rendered":"Netflix\u2019s cloud plans include co-op and party games"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\nIllustration by Alex Castro \/ The Verge<\/p>\n<p>Netflix plans to offer couch co-op and party games that it will stream over the cloud to TVs, co-CEO Greg Peters said as part of the company\u2019s Q4 2024 earnings announcements this week. The company has offered cloud gaming as a beta to a \u201csubset\u201d of subscribers <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2023\/10\/16\/23919517\/netflix-game-streaming-beta-tvs-us\">since 2023<\/a>, so this news from Peters indicates that the company is going to continue to invest in it.<\/p>\n<p>Peters didn\u2019t say exactly when the co-op and party games might be available. But he did say that \u201cwe think of this as a successor to family board game night or an evolution of what the game show on TV used to be.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Netflix will also continue to focus on \u201cmore narrative games based on Netflix IP\u201d \u2014 Peters says those games are \u201cconsistent fan favorites and we\u2019ve got a lot in the library to work with there.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-float-left c-float-hang\">\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The company\u2019s gaming division has seen some major changes as of late: former executive Leanne Loombe announced <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2025\/1\/22\/24349338\/annapurna-netflix-exec-leanne-loombe-beleaguered-gaming-label\">she was moving<\/a> to Annapurna Interactive, and last year, the group <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2024\/7\/23\/24204447\/netflix-president-of-games-alain-tascan\">got a new boss<\/a> after the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2024\/6\/12\/24177141\/netflixs-gaming-boss-is-moving-to-another-role-at-netflix-in-gaming\">old boss<\/a> moved to a new role focused on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gamesindustry.biz\/netflixs-mike-verdu-reveals-new-role-as-vp-of-genai-for-games\">generative AI in games<\/a>. Netflix also announced that it would be removing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2024\/11\/4\/24287857\/netflix-removing-interactive-titles-games\">nearly all of its interactive titles<\/a> and that it would be <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2024\/10\/22\/24276700\/netflix-gaming-studio-closure-blue\">closing its AAA studio<\/a> before it ever released a game.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Illustration by Alex Castro \/ The Verge Netflix plans to offer couch co-op and party games that it will stream over the cloud to TVs, co-CEO Greg Peters said as part of the company\u2019s Q4 2024 earnings announcements this week. The company has offered cloud gaming as a beta to a \u201csubset\u201d of subscribers since&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":6296,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6295","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tech-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/finavestra.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6295","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/finavestra.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/finavestra.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/finavestra.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6295"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/finavestra.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6295\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/finavestra.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6296"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/finavestra.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6295"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/finavestra.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6295"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/finavestra.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6295"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}