No AAA games for you: Netflix is ​​closing its studio with Halo and God of War veterans

A few years ago, streaming giant Netflix, which had previously relied on movies and TV series for streaming, suddenly turned its attention to the gaming industry. The company had every chance to revolutionize this area by providing players with interesting projects with a new distribution model. However, she failed to realize anything extraordinary. It looks like you shouldn't expect big-budget AAA games from them either. Today it became known that Netflix has closed its practically the only studio that could create such projects.

Netflix has reportedly closed its game studio in Southern California, which existed only two years after its founding and was considered one of the most the company's promising assets in the field of game development. Previously, there were rumors and insiders that this team could create a large-scale game. It included veterans of the development of such series as Halo and God of War. The team also included Overwatch executive producer Chacko Sonny of Blizzard and Joseph Staten, creative director at Bungie and 343 Industries.

Apparently, all of these experienced developers were out of work. As of October 2024, Netflix officials confirmed that the studio had been closed and the contracts of key team executives had been terminated. This means that the company is not simply reorganizing its gaming division to improve efficiency, but is likely abandoning it or significantly reducing its presence in this area.