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Welcome to another roundup of all the Netflix gaming news for May; We’ll be going through all the new Netflix game releases from the past month, all the new titles announced for this month and beyond, any high-profile news, and a few more predictions.
If you missed our roundup of Netflix Games news for March 2023, you can take a look at all of that here.
New games released on Netflix Games in April 2023
In April 2023, Netflix added a total of three games:
- Raji: An Ancient Epic (released April 5, 2023) – The gods choose you. Fight demons, scale ruins, and face fate to save the human race in this action-adventure game inspired by Indian culture.
- Mighty Quest: Rogue Palace (released April 19, 2023) – Search for some epic loot. Fight huge bosses, hack and slash your way through a crazy maze and be prepared to die, a lot. Come back stronger, save the kingdom. No pressure!
- Vineyard Valley (released April 25, 2023) – Restore a run-down vineyard to its former glory. Complete quests, solve puzzles, and unlock mysteries from the past to design the romantic resort of your dreams.
With a total of three games added in the month of April 2023, April is the second best month for additions at the time of writing. The only month that exceeds April in number of total additions is January 2023.
New Games Coming to Netflix in May 2023 and Beyond
For May 2, the launch of Laya’s Horizon is announced, a new adventure game by Snowman, the team behind High, and one of the best Netflix games released so far, lucky moon.
Oxenfree 2: The Lost Signs it was also officially introduced by Netflix’s internal studio, Night School Studio. The sequel is scheduled to release on July 12, 2023 and will also be on Steam, Playstation 4 and 5, and Nintendo Switch. The sequel to the smash hit from 2016 oxen free this long-awaited sequel takes place five years after the original game.
Shovel Knight: Pocket Dungeon was the only other important announcement for the month (announced for Netflix Games, undated). The mobile edition of the game will serve as a Dungeon Crawl spin-off to the original. shovel knight game.
News roundup for Netflix games from April 2023
Now let me give you a brief news summary of April 2023.
The first big news about Netflix Games was its recruitment of Joe Statenformer Xbox creative director infinite halo. So far we know that he is working on a «AAA cross-platform» title.
So today I am delighted to announce that I have joined @Netflix Games as Creative Director of a new cross-platform AAA and original IP game. Come on! 2/2
—Jose Staten (@joestaten) April 17, 2023
Netflix also filed a trademark for «Molehew’s Mining Adventure», which was registered as «online computer game, electronic and video games». It is not yet known what this is, but we are keeping a close eye on it.
My prediction is that Netflix will release Dungeon Boss: Respawned as part of the Netflix Games lineup for the month of May. The game was recently presented in IGN Fan Festivalwhich suggests that it is almost done.
Final thoughts:
As of May 1, 2023, Netflix Games offers approximately fifty-nine games (give or take) and shows that Netflix is committed to its gaming initiative, but there is still a lot to be done to make Netflix Games the place for everyone. the ways we play