Spry Fox, the Seattle developer behind the Cozy Grove video games, has revealed it is joined Netflix to turn out to be the streaming large’s sixth “in-house video games studio”.
Cozy Grove was an Animal Crossing-inspired title launched on the Nintendo Change in April final 12 months, and might be adopted by a second recreation, probably “by the top of 2023”.
For Spry Fox, this new partnership means it could “proceed making the video games” it already was, however with “extra help and sources” to make them higher and launch them to extra folks across the globe.
“We’re a studio that builds authentic, world-class cozy video games. Particularly video games that carry folks collectively. And we’re assured that Netflix goes to assist us try this.”
It additionally takes the stress off having to “generate revenue” and can supposedly permit the group to make its video games as satisfying and fulfilling to gamers as attainable. The developer says will probably be in a position to faucet “artistic folks” inside Netflix, too.
Spry Fox has reassured followers all of its present video games would stay “downloadable and accessible of their present types on their present platforms”. As for its future video games like Cozy Grove 2 – there’s “no change” within the firm’s growth efforts.
Netflix already has video games studios like Subsequent Video games, Night time Faculty Studio and Boss Battle Leisure.