Netflix releasing a daily word puzzle game for some reason

Key Takeaways

Netflix has closed its gaming studio, Blue. The studio had game industry veterans who worked on Halo and God of War.
The shuttered studio was reportedly working on an AAA multiplatform game.
Now, Netflix has announced a new daily word puzzle game, TED Tumblewords NETFLIX, and its set to launch on November 20th.

Netflix is known for being a giant in the streaming industry, but did you know it was making a push into the gaming industry? Well, if you didn’t, it’s okay, because so far that push has been rocky. Three years ago, Netflix began its journey into the wonderful world of gaming, and now it has closed one of its gaming studios.

According to GameFile, Netflix’s Southern California Game Studio, known as Blue, has been closed. In 2022, Netflix announced it had hired former Overwatch executive producer Chacko Sonny to run the studio. Blue also brought in game industry veterans from popular franchises such as Halo and God of War. Reportedly, the studio was working on a multiplatform AAA game before it was closed.

Since starting its foray into the gaming world, Netflix has released quite a few games on its platform. Including some high-profile mobile exclusive ports of Grand Theft Auto and Hades, as well as games it’s developed internally itself, like Cozy Grove: Camp Spirit and Oxenfree II: Lost Signals.

Now, just after news of Blue’s closure, Netflix has announced a daily word puzzle game, and it looks kinda like Wordle. Because, why not? On the other hand, though, Netflix making mobile games makes more sense to me than AAA games.

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Netflix’s daily word puzzle game is a collaboration with TED

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TED Tumblewords NETFLIX

Developer: Netflix
Release: Nov. 20, 2024
Ads: No
In-app purchases?: No

TED Tumblewords NETFLIX is Netflix’s newest game, created in partnership with TED, the non-profit behind TED Talks. I’m going to be honest, I didn’t have Netflix making a daily word puzzle game on my bingo card. I’m already distracted enough by Wordle and Contexto on a daily basis, and now this Netflix puzzle game intrigues me, especially since I’ve spent countless hours watching TED Talks.

The app’s description says “Slide rows of scrambled letters to spell words in this thought-provoking word puzzle game from TED. Play every day to level up and set new spelling high scores.” The game honestly does look pretty fun. If you’re getting bored with Wordle or whatever daily puzzle game you’re playing, perhaps this might be a fun one to try out. It does require a Netflix subscription to play it.

I don’t know what’s cooler personally, Netflix’s new game puzzle app or Chick-fil-A’s new streaming effort. There are just so many ways to spend time nowadays.

TED Tumblewords Netflix is up on the App Store and Google Play Store for pre-registration and is expected to launch on November 20th.