Netflix experiments with gamertags for its games

Source: The Verge

Netflix is trying out gamertag-style handles that users can use to create and publicly display while playing its mobile games. These usernames are public-facing and should make it easier to identify other players, see where they rank on leaderboards and even invite other players to play games based on their handles.

As with other public-facing usernames on gaming platforms, Netflix will check if the username you've created is unique. The company started to roll out game handles for select titles last month, including Into the Breach, Bowling Ballers, Heads Up!, and Mahjong Solitaire. But it's unclear when it'll come to more titles.

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Netflix Games gets Riot's latest 'League of Legends' spinoff

Netflix is adding a couple of titles to its growing lineup of mobile games. We get the League of Legends spinoff, Hextech Mayhem, and Dungeon Dwarves this time. Hextech Mayhem is a rhythm runner that features characters and locales from League of Legends. It's developed by Choice Provisions and published by Riot's Riot Forge publishing arm. The game has already launched on consoles and the PC and is now the most prominent game available on the streaming service.

Meanwhile, Hyper Hippo's Dungeon Dwarves is an idle dungeon crawler that will continue to play if the app isn't active. You control a party of five dwarves who beat down walls and monsters to reclaim their underground home bit by bit. When you aren't playing, the dwarves will continue their expedition, rewarding you with loot and weapons when you return. Both games are free to play and ad-free on Android and iOS. All you need is an active Netflix subscription.

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Netflix's gaming service most likely to offer individual games on iOS

Netflix will most likely need to list each game it's offering on its gaming service as individual apps on the App Store to adhere to Apple's rules, Bloomberg's Mark Gurman reports. The streaming service won't be able to offer an all-in-one experience, as Apple's updated guidelines prevent the app from making it onto the store.

Netflix Games currently operates this way on Android. In areas where the service is being tested, users can browse games on offer via the Netflix app, but they'll be redirected to the Google Play Store to download the apps. And this approach gives us a look at how Netflix might implement its game service on iOS. It is a workable solution, but as Gurman pointed out, it's not an approach that will put Netflix Games "in the best position to succeed."

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