The Greatest Games Netflix Never Made

What happens when you put the creators of Overwatch, Halo, and God of War in one room? In Netflix’s case, we’ll never know. The streaming giant has closed its star-studded game studio before a single release.

Can throwing money and talent at game development guarantee success?

The Netflix game franchise failed even with some of the industry’s best minds on board.

Team Blue, Netflix’s ambitious gaming project, brought together some of the industry’s biggest names.

Overwatch’s Chacko Sonny, Halo’s Joseph Staten, and God of War’s Rafael Grassetti in what many hoped would be the next big thing. But the mysterious project never saw the light of day.

The company will continue offering mobile games to subscribers, including impressive titles like the Grand Theft Auto Trilogy and the upcoming dungeon-crawler Hades. Plus, games based on hit shows like Squid Game and Rebel Moon are in development.

Netflix is not alone in finding high-budget

Netflix is not alone in finding high-budget, high-production video game development tricky. The so-called “AAA” products often feature season passes and expansion packs.

In 2020, Amazon’s big-budget game Crucible flopped. And just this year, Disney, with all its Marvel and Star Wars success, bombed with Star Wars Outlaws.

The Netflix game franchise failed even with some of the industry’s best minds on board.

Team Blue, Netflix’s ambitious gaming project, brought together some of the industry’s biggest names. Overwatch’s Chacko Sonny, Halo’s Joseph Staten, and God of War’s Rafael Grassetti

In what many hoped would be the next big thing

But the mysterious project never saw the light of day.

The company will continue offering mobile games to subscribers, including impressive titles like Grand Theft Auto Trilogy and the upcoming dungeon-crawler Hades. Plus, games based on hit shows like Squid Game and Rebel Moon are in development.