Netflix’s interest in video games continues, as the company has released a dedicated game controller app for iOS devices. Simply called “Netflix Game Controller”, the app allows you to use your phone or tablet as a game controller when you pair the device with your TV.
The release of this app signals that Netflix will soon bring the games to TVs as well. Thanks to the application, you will be able to play the games offered through Netflix’s service on TV and control them from mobile devices.
While the app is already available for download, other details are not yet known. For example, we don’t know which games it will support or any details about the matchmaking process. The app’s description states that only game controller functionality will be coming to Netflix soon.
Given the company’s growth as an independent game publisher, this isn’t a big surprise. Netflix Games has released around 70 games in the last two years; some of them can be accessed through the regular Netflix streaming app, while others are accessible on mobile devices and game consoles. Critically acclaimed games like Oxenfree II: Lost Signals are not one-off games. That’s because Night School, the developer of Oxenfree, has become Netflix’s first in-house studio.
Other games coming to the Netflix platform in the coming months include independent productions such as Storytellers, Paper Trail, and the Monument Valley series. There is also an Assassin’s Creed game and a port of the mobile game LEGO: Legacy Heroes Unboxed. We think you can use the recently released controller app to play some of these games.
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