Netflix is buying Spry Fox, the indie developer of “cozy” video games like Cozy Grove and Alphabear, Netflix announced on Monday. The acquisition signifies that Spry Fox will turn out to be Netflix’s sixth in-house gaming studio.
For Spry Fox, the acquisition gained’t imply any adjustments for now. The studio’s present video games will stay accessible for obtain “of their present kinds on their present platforms,” co-founder and CEO David Edery stated in a post on Spry Fox’s blog, and the studio is already engaged on making Cozy Grove 2 and “a bigger, non-violent MMO.” Due to the acquisition, “we are able to cease stressing about how our video games generate revenue on our video games and as an alternative focus completely on making them as satisfying and fulfilling to our gamers as attainable,” Edery stated.
Netflix formally launched its cell video games providing nearly one year ago, letting subscribers play a group of Android and iOS titles for no extra cost. As a part of its earnings announcement this month, Netflix stated its assortment has 35 titles accessible for subscribers and that there are 55 more games in development. Whereas knowledge signifies that the majority subscribers haven’t tried the games yet, Netflix’s dedication to extra video games, its acquisitions of studios like Spry Fox, and vocal interest in cloud gaming all counsel that the corporate is taking gaming severely.