Netflix Games is removing over 20 titles in July 2025, including popular games like Monument Valley and Hades, due to executive changes, project cancellations, and licensing issues, with several planned releases canceled or scrapped.
The article provides hints and solutions for the New York Times' daily word game, Connections, for November 21. Players must group 16 words into four categories based on their connections. Today's categories include types of shirts, spheres in milk tea, marine invertebrates, and pasta name starters. The article also mentions Netflix's gaming offerings and recommends the game Poinpy. Additionally, it touches on Star Wars content, including The Book of Boba Fett and the series Andor.
The 3D Grand Theft Auto trilogy, including GTA 3, GTA: Vice City, and GTA: San Andreas, is now available on Netflix Games. These Definitive Edition entries feature updated graphics and a tweaked soundtrack. The release coincides with the recent announcement of the first trailer for Grand Theft Auto VI, set for a 2025 release on PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series consoles.
Netflix is reportedly in discussions with publisher Take-Two Interactive to bring a Grand Theft Auto game to its Netflix Games service. While details about the game and its development remain unknown, it is likely to be a mobile game since Netflix's portfolio is currently only accessible through its mobile app. Netflix has invested around $1 billion in games so far and is looking to expand its library to include AAA titles. However, the success of its gaming venture is uncertain, as the games are tied to Netflix subscriptions and have not attracted a significant number of downloads or daily players. The release of a Grand Theft Auto game on Netflix could potentially boost its gaming efforts, but it may also be overshadowed by the release of Grand Theft Auto 6 elsewhere.
Joseph Staten, former Bungie director and one of the original architects of Halo, has joined Netflix Games as creative director to build a new AAA multiplatform game and original IP. Staten was previously at Microsoft as Halo Infinite's creative director before leaving to join Netflix, which has been quietly building up its game development arm. Staten wrote the original Halo trilogy and directed Halo 3: ODST during his time at Bungie.