Netflix is acquiring cozy game developer Spry Fox

Netflix is buying Spry Fox, the indie developer of “cozy” video games like Cozy Grove and Alphabear, Netflix introduced on Monday. The acquisition signifies that Spry Fox will grow to be Netflix’s sixth in-house gaming studio.

For Spry Fox, the acquisition gained’t imply any adjustments for now. The studio’s present video games will stay obtainable for obtain “of their present types on their present platforms,” co-founder and CEO David Edery stated in a publish on Spry Fox’s weblog, and the studio is already engaged on making Cozy Grove 2 and “a bigger, non-violent MMO.” Because of the acquisition, “we will cease stressing about how our video games generate revenue on our video games and as an alternative focus completely on making them as pleasant and fulfilling to our gamers as attainable,” Edery stated.

Netflix formally launched its cellular video games providing practically one 12 months in the past, letting subscribers play a set of Android and iOS titles for no extra cost. As a part of its earnings announcement this month, Netflix stated its assortment has 35 titles obtainable for subscribers and that there are 55 extra video games in growth. Whereas knowledge signifies that the majority subscribers haven’t tried the video games but, Netflix’s dedication to extra video games, its acquisitions of studios like Spry Fox, and vocal curiosity in cloud gaming all counsel that the corporate is taking gaming critically.