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Netflix Proposes a Different Kind of Single-Player Video Game

Netflix’s latest venture into interactive entertainment centers on a 40-minute first-person horror experience titled Unhinged, slated for release in the platform’s Games section on June 30.

• Netflix is launching a new type of single-player video game called "Unhinged" on June 30, which is a 40-minute, scary, first-person suspense game streamed to TVs, using a phone as a flashlight/in-game phone controller.
• "Unhinged" was developed by Netflix-owned Night School studio (creators of Oxenfree) with a team of 20 developers over 18 months, following an earlier prototyping phase.
• Netflix's strategy with "Unhinged" is to attract horror and thriller film/TV fans to interactive gaming by offering short, accessible experiences that fit within typical viewing times (30 minutes to an hour), addressing concerns about time investment and skill thresholds in traditional games.