Netflix, which got its hands on the password thanks to parents and exes, is getting into the "triple-A PC gaming" business. This is according to a job posting for a game director on the company's website (opens in new tab), which also suggests that the game Netflix has in mind is a live-service shooter.

MobileGamer.biz (opens in new tab) discovered that Netflix's preferred candidate is an Unreal Engine maestro with "extensive experience" in live-service games. Also, "social systems (...) both cooperative and competitive" and experience developing "FPS and/or third-person shooters" is preferred. I don't know about you, but I could write a preview of this game right now and feel like it is 70% accurate.

Interestingly, Netflix describes its ideal hires as "able to create, ship, and run games without the constraints of competing designs for monetization." This suggests that, like the company's mobile games, games for the "triple-A PC" will have no microtransactions, perhaps unsurprising given Netflix's track record, but perhaps an unexpected move for a live service game.

As MobileGamer also points out, another list of lead engineers (open in new tab) specifically mentions a project to build a "third-person action RPG." Whether it is the same game mentioned in the director's list is not entirely clear, but based on what we already know, it would make sense.

Beyond that, there isn't much more that can be read from the job posting; Netflix is looking for a game director who aligns with their core values and can "synthesize" Netflix's "unique advantages" into a "highly successful game". So if you can only synthesize Netflix's unique advantages into a moderately successful game, don't even think about applying, buster.

Netflix has been getting more and more into games lately. Last September, it established its first in-house studio (open in new tab) and said it is "seriously considering" cloud gaming (open in new tab). More competition in the gaming industry is never a bad thing; hopefully it works out better than Amazon's F2P shooter Crucible. Just, please, don't make me install another bloody launcher.