Netflix is taking the first step in making games playable on every device on which its subscribers watch the service.
It rolled out a limited beta test to a small number of subscribers in Canada and the UK on select TVs on Monday, August 14, and on PCs and Macs through Netflix.com on supported browsers in the next few weeks. Two games will be part of this initial test: Oxenfree from Night School Studio, a Netflix Game Studio, and Molehew’s Mining Adventure, a gem-mining arcade game.
To play the games on TV, Netflix has introduced a controller on phones. Meanwhile, subscribers on PCs and Macs can play on Netflix.com with a keyboard and mouse.
The limited beta is meant to test Netflix’s game streaming technology and controller, and to improve the subscribers experience over time. Games on TV will operate on select devices from its initial partners including: Amazon Fire TV Streaming Media Players, Chromecast with Google TV, LG TVs, Nvidia Shield TV, Roku devices and TVs, Samsung Smart TVs, and Walmart ONN.
Additional devices will be added on an ongoing basis.
