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Netflix’s test of streaming games is small, but it’s poised to be a big deal

news.movim.eu / ArsTechnica · Monday, 14 August, 2023 - 20:21

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Enlarge / Netflix's growing games division wants to be available as many places as possible, so now it's rolling out tests of TV and browser-based games (at least on Mac and PC). (credit: Netflix)

Having quietly released a phone-based TV game controller for iOS devices last week, Netflix has both made their ambition for streaming subscription gaming official—as well as expanding it to PCs and Macs through the web.

In a blog post today , Mike Verdu, vice president for games at Netflix, states that the streaming content company is rolling out " a limited beta test to a small number of members in Canada and the UK on select TVs starting today, and on PCs and Macs through Netflix.com on supported browsers in the next few weeks."

The first two games available on bigger-than-mobile screens are the visual novel-esque adventure game Oxenfree 2, from Netflix-owned Night School Studio, and Molehew's Mining Adventure, described as a "gem-mining arcade game."

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With new Game Controller app, Netflix games move from mobile to the TV

news.movim.eu / ArsTechnica · Tuesday, 8 August, 2023 - 20:56

This is the virtual gamepad as seen in the photos included in the app's App Store listing. [credit: Samuel Axon ]

In the surest sign yet that Netflix plans to expand its gaming offerings, the company quietly released an iOS app called "Game Controller" that it says will allow subscribers to play games on their TVs.

Until now, Netflix has offered a curated selection of mobile games—mostly from established developers of premium mobile games who have found prior success on Apple's App Store. It has not, however, released any games that are playable on a living room TV.

That's technically still the case. When you open up the iPhone app, you're told to "choose a game on your TV and follow the directions to connect," but that process does not appear to be supported by any of Netflix's smart TV, game console, or streaming box apps yet. In fact, there's absolutely nothing you can do with the Game Controller app right now. "Netflix Games on TV are in beta. Some devices may not be supported at this time," a note at the bottom of the app says.

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Netflix crackdown on account sharing hits US with $8 fee for each extra user

news.movim.eu / ArsTechnica · Tuesday, 23 May, 2023 - 21:35

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Netflix is now telling US customers to stop sharing accounts with people outside their households or pay $7.99 a month for each extra member. "Your Netflix account is for you and the people you live with—your household," Netflix says in an email targeted at customers whose accounts are being used in multiple locations.

The email provides two options: transfer the extra person's profile to a new membership that they can pay for separately, or spend $7.99 a month extra to "share your Netflix account with someone who doesn't live with you."

"Starting today, we will be sending this email to members who are sharing Netflix outside their household in the United States," Netflix announced .

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Review: Netflix’s exquisite The Sandman is the stuff dreams are made of

news.movim.eu / ArsTechnica · Monday, 29 August, 2022 - 15:35 · 1 minute

Enlarge / Neil Gaiman's classic "unfilmable" graphic novel series gets the adaptation he always wanted. (credit: Netflix)

Like many nerds of a certain age, I have long adored Neil Gaiman's Sandman graphic novel series; it was an enormous influence on my younger self. So I was thrilled to hear of Netflix's planned adaptation when it was announced in 2019 —but I also experienced some trepidation given the past misguided efforts to bring the story to the screen. That trepidation was unwarranted because The Sandman is a triumph. It's everything I had hoped to see in an adaption, and it has been well worth the wait.

(Warning: Some spoilers for the original graphic novels and the Netflix series below.)

The titular "sandman" is Dream , but he is also called Morpheus, among other names. He is one of seven entities known as the Endless. (The other Endless are Destiny, Destruction, Despair, Desire, Delirium, and Death.) Gaiman's 75-issue revival of the DC character is an odd mix of mythology, fantasy, horror, and history, rife with literary references and a fair bit of dark humor. There really is nothing quite like it, and the series proved to be hugely popular and enduring. One standalone story , "A Midsummer Night's Dream" ( The Sandman No. 19) even won the 1991 World Fantasy Award for Best Short Fiction, the only time a comic has been so honored.

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As it turns out, “Netflix Gaming” isn’t a streaming service

Sam Machkovech · news.movim.eu / ArsTechnica · Thursday, 26 August, 2021 - 18:58 · 1 minute

Right now, the latest Stranger Things video game is available exclusively on Android handsets in Poland, and the below article walks you through how access currently works. [credit: Netflix ]

One month after its vague announcement of a new gaming-centric strategy , Netflix has taken the wraps off of how exactly it will "publish" video games in the foreseeable future: as downloadable smartphone apps, available exclusively for paying video-streaming subscribers.

The news coincides with the company's public launch of Netflix Gaming on Thursday as part of the service's smartphone app... but only in Poland, and only on Android. The company's American Twitter translated Thursday's Polish announcement, which explains how it works and the two games launching as part of the service today: Stranger Things 3 , a 16-bit beat-'em-up that was previously available as a standalone Google Play purchase (and is still live on PC and consoles); and Stranger Things: 1984 , a brand-new, smartphone-exclusive game that seems to revolve around slow, puzzle-solving movement through pixellated TV-series environments. (Both games, coincidentally, were made by the same indie game studio, BonusXP , which is based in Texas, not Poland.)

To access this content, you'll need to log in to Netflix's Android app while using a Polish IP address, then open the region's new "N Gaming" tab. From there, pick either of those games, which will direct you to their Google Play download listings. Once downloaded, go back into the Netflix app and boot the game of your choice from there.

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Our fave gentleman thief is back for revenge in trailer for Lupin part 2

Jennifer Ouellette · news.movim.eu / ArsTechnica · Tuesday, 11 May, 2021 - 18:55 · 1 minute

Omar Sy is back as Assane Diop, a modern-day gentleman thief who models himself on the classic French fictional character Arsène Lupin, in part 2 of Lupin , coming to Netflix on June 11.

The Netflix French original series Lupin proved to be an unexpected hit when it debuted earlier this year, purportedly racking up views in 70 million households in its first month. And there's good news for those frustrated by part 1's cliffhanger ending: we'll soon find out what happens next, as Netflix just dropped a full trailer and release date for part 2 of the saga. Alas, the trailer is dubbed in English— quelle horreur !—which means we miss out on star Omar Sy's dulcet tones. (Dear Netflix: it's OK to have subtitled trailers for your foreign fare. In fact, it's far, far preferable to bad dubbing.)

(Some spoilers for part 1 below.)

As I've written previously , Arsène Lupin is the creation of Maurice Leblanc , who based the character partly on a French burglar/anarchist . Relentlessly pursued by a detective named Ganimard, Lupin is captured stealing a woman's jewels while on board a ship. Although he is imprisoned, he ultimately escapes before standing trial and goes on to pull off many other colorful heists.

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Tribes of Europa : la série de Netflix qui se voulait grande mais ne décolle jamais

Marcus Dupont-Besnard · news.movim.eu / Numerama · Friday, 19 February, 2021 - 10:38

Notre critique de la saison 1 de Tribes of Europa, disponible ce 19 mars sur Netflix. [Lire la suite]

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L'article Tribes of Europa : la série de Netflix qui se voulait grande mais ne décolle jamais est apparu en premier sur Numerama .

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La bande-annonce de "Caïd", nouvelle série française de Netflix façon FPS

Claire Pian · news.movim.eu / HuffingtonPost · Thursday, 4 February, 2021 - 16:28 · 1 minute

SÉRIES - Après l’immense succès de “Lupin”, Netflix retente sa chance avec une série française filmée tel un jeu vidéo de tir à la première personne. Réalisée par Ange Basterga et Nicolas Lopez, épaulés par Nicolas Peufaillit, la mini-série “Caïd” est prévue pour le 10 mars sur la plateforme.

Tournée à Martigues, “Caïd” se présente comme un thriller en 10 épisodes. Concernant l’intrigue, on suit un caméraman et son réalisateur envoyés tourner un clip de rap, et mêlés malgré eux à une guerre des gangs dans les cités du Sud de la France. La bande-annonce, que vous pouvez retrouver en tête de cet article, révèle le parti pris d’accentuer l’immersion du spectateur avec une prise de vue rappelant les “FPS” ainsi que le “found footage”.

La dénomination FPS (“First-person shooter”) désigne un jeu vidéo de tir à la première personne”, à l’image du célèbre “Call of Duty”. Dans le septième art, on parle de “found footage” pour évoquer une vue subjective, comme si c’était l’un des protagonistes du film (ou de la série) et non un caméraman qui avait filmé, et que l’on avait retrouvé par la suite ces images prises dans le feu de l’action.

Ce type de prises de vue a pour objectif d’impliquer davantage le public dans l’ intrigue et l’action, comme s’il était lui-même présent. Il a été popularisé notamment par le “Projet Blair Witch” sorti en 1999, dont se sont inspirées les sagas “REC” ou “Paranormal Activity”.

Aux côtés d’Abdraman Diakité, Mohamed Boudouh, et Sébastien Houbani, on retrouvera aussi Idir Azougli, nommé aux César 2019 dans la catégorie meilleur espoir masculin et à l’affiche de “Bac Nord”, en salles prochainement.

A voir également sur Le HuffPost : Amy Poehler est une ex-féministe anarchiste dans la bande-annonce de “Moxie”

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Dans la bande-annonce de "Moxie" sur Netflix, un groupe de lycéennes se rebelle

Claire Pian · news.movim.eu / HuffingtonPost · Wednesday, 3 February, 2021 - 15:32 · 1 minute

NETFLIX - Comment démolir le patriarcat et lutter contre le sexisme ordinaire à 16 ans? C’est tout l’enjeu de Viv, adolescente timide devenue meneuse de révolte dans son lycée au Texas, comme le dévoile la bande-annonce du film “Moxie”. Le teen movie sera disponible sur Netflix le 3 mars 2021 et adapte l’ouvrage éponyme de l’écrivaine Jennifer Mathieu sorti en 2017.

Sur les images que vous retrouverez en tête de l’article, on découvre la réalisatrice du film et star de “Parks and Recreation” Amy Poehler, dans le rôle d’une ancienne féministe anarchiste et membre d’un groupe de punk des années 90. C’est en tombant sur les archives du passé militant de sa mère que Viv (Hadley Robinson) est saisie d’un souffle de révolte anti-sexiste.

Mais les luttes ont évolué, et le visage du patriarcat n’est plus le même qu’à l’époque des “Riot grrrl”. Alors en créant le fanzine féministe “Moxie” (qui est un mot vulgairement employé pour désigner le courage), Viv et son groupe de militantes vont tenter de combattre le sexisme ordinaire en dénonçant l’objectivation du corps féminin et la banalisation du harcèlement sexuel, notamment.

Parmi ces lycéennes pleines de courage, on retrouve notamment Emma, incarnée par la star de la saga “After”Josephine Langford, ainsi que l’actrice Josie Totah, qui interprétait le personnage de Stuart dans la série “Jessie” sur Disney Channel.

C’est tout un mouvement féministe et révolutionnaire qui bousculera ce lycée du Texas, au grand dam de la direction et de ceux qui se complaisaient dans ce système discriminatoire, tel que le sportif Mitchell incarné par Patrick Schwarzenegger.

À voir également sur le HuffPost : Dans la bande-annonce de “Paris Police 1900”, anarchistes et antisémites divisent Paris

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