Netflix reveals Lego, chess and other games coming this summer

Netflix introduced this week which games are coming to its gaming platform all through the summer. The streaming service has 5 games coming all through the subsequent few months, together with one sport based mostly on a well-liked sequence and one from the favored Lego franchise. Netflix teased the addition of a number of games earlier this yr — extra particularly, the corporate mentioned it deliberate to launch as much as 40 games this yr, so these may not even be the one games coming to the platform over the course of the summer.

The games which at the moment have a launch date are Oxenfree II: Lost Signals (July 12), The Queen’s Gambit Chess (July 25), and Cut the Rope Daily (August 1). Oxenfree II, the thriller journey sport sequel, launches on Netflix the identical day it launches for PS5, PS4, Switch and PC. Cut the Rope Daily is a brand new spin on the favored Cut the Rope sport, by which gamers can have new physics-based puzzles to resolve (and new sweet to feed to the inexperienced Om Nom) on daily basis.

The Queen’s Gambit Chess is an adaptation of Netflix’s present of an analogous title, which Netflix introduced final yr. As the title suggests, it’s primarily a chess-based journey sport by which gamers face off on the board towards other opponents and practice their abilities. It takes place in a wide range of places, together with important character Beth Harmon’s home, the Methuan orphanage and the Las Vegas match. Players additionally meet a number of characters from the present.

Two games within the slate don’t have launch dates but. One is Lego Legacy: Heroes Unboxed, a battle RPG by which gamers accumulate Lego minifigs to battle towards every other. Gameloft’s title was initially launched in 2020, however its servers have been shut down earlier this yr — it’s being revived for Netflix. The other is Paper Trail, an journey sport set in a world of paper. It’s additionally launching on PS5, Xbox Series X/S, PS4, Switch and PC.

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