Netflix is running a limited beta test in Canada and the UK to explore the possibility of bringing video games to more platforms. Currently, all paying Netflix members have free access to a range of video games, but they are only playable on mobile devices. However, select members in Canada and the UK can now try playing games such as Oxenfree and Molehew’s Mining Adventure on their TVs through a limited beta test. This beta test aims to evaluate Netflix’s game streaming technology and controller, which in this case, is a mobile phone.
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