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The video gaming industry has benefited from a surge in demand amid Covid-19.
Netflix has experimented with interactive programming in the past with movies.
Netflix Inc is looking to hire an executive to oversee its expansion into videogames, a person familiar with the matter said, a sign that it is ramping up efforts to grow beyond its traditional business as streaming competition intensifies.
The move comes at a time when the video gaming industry has benefited from a surge in demand from gamers staying at home during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Netflix has experimented with interactive programming in the past with movies such as Black Mirror: Bandersnatch and You vs. Wild that enabled viewers to decide the characters` moves. It has also created games based on shows Stranger Things and La casa de Papel (Money Heist) .