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Newsbrief: Bloomberg News is reporting that Netflix has hired former Facebook and Electronic Arts executive Mike Verdu to lead the company’s gaming division.
This news follows some rumors back in May that indicated Netflix was looking for a key executive hire to launch an Apple Arcade-like bundle of games.
The company has been toying with the video game world both in interactive projects like Bandersnatch, interactive children s games and a port of
Minecraft Story Mode, while also licensing a number of games like
Castlevania,
Splinter Cell to punch up its animated shows.