{"id":3381,"date":"2026-08-14T00:52:58","date_gmt":"2026-08-13T20:52:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.actutech.app\/netflix-is-closing-two-game-studios\/"},"modified":"2026-08-14T00:52:58","modified_gmt":"2026-08-13T20:52:58","slug":"netflix-is-closing-two-game-studios","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.actutech.app\/en\/netflix-is-closing-two-game-studios\/","title":{"rendered":"Netflix is closing two game studios"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Screenshot from Oxenfree II: Lost Signals featuring a zoomed out shot of three characters on a bridge on a gloomy night.\" data-caption=\"A screenshot of Oxenfree II: Lost Signals from Night School Studio. | Image: Night School \/ Netflix\" data-portal-copyright=\"Image: Night School \/ Netflix\" data-has-syndication-rights=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.theverge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/chorus\/uploads\/chorus_asset\/file\/24814434\/OXENFREEII_rileyjacobbridge_EN.png?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;crop=0,0,100,100\" \/><figcaption>\n\tA screenshot of Oxenfree II: Lost Signals from Night School Studio. | Image: Night School \/ Netflix\t<\/figcaption><\/p><\/figure>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Netflix plans to shut down two of its gaming studios, as reported by <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gamefile.news\/p\/netflix-closes-night-school-moonloot\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Game File<\/a><\/em> and <em><a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/2026\/gaming\/news\/netflix-closes-unhinged-video-game-studio-night-school-1236834103\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Variety<\/a><\/em>, as it makes a bigger shift toward party games and titles streamed to TVs.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">One of the studios being shut down is Night School Studio, creators of the <em>Oxenfree<\/em> series. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2021\/9\/28\/22699241\/netflix-night-school-acquisition-oxenfree\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Netflix bought Night School in 2021<\/a>, and it <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/entertainment\/953933\/unhinged-netflix-horror-tv-game\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">just released<\/a> a horror experience called <em>Unhinged<\/em> for TVs and launched a mobile game in 2025 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/news\/645952\/black-mirror-game-thronglets-season-7-netflix\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">tied to <em>Black Mirror<\/em><\/a>. The other studio that&rsquo;s set to close is Helsinki-based Moonloot Games, which was created in 2022.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Netflix&rsquo;s big push into TV-based games <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/entertainment\/820289\/netflix-casual-party-game-multiplayer-tetris-pictionary\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">kicked off late last year<\/a> and was a pivot from a mobile-focused approach that featured presti \u2026<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/games\/979855\/netflix-shut-down-night-school-studio-moonloot-games\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read the full story at The Verge.<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A screenshot of Oxenfree II: Lost Signals from Night School Studio. | Image: Night School \/ Netflix Netflix plans to [&hellip;]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3381","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-non-classe"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.actutech.app\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3381","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.actutech.app\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.actutech.app\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.actutech.app\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.actutech.app\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3381"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.actutech.app\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3381\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.actutech.app\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3381"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.actutech.app\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3381"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.actutech.app\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3381"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}