As it turns out, “Netflix Gaming” isn’t a streaming service ~ USA Latest Games

Right now, the latest Stranger Things video game is available exclusively on Android handsets in Poland, and the below article walks you through how access currently works. [credit: Netflix ]

One month after its vague announcement of a new gaming-centric strategy, Netflix has taken the wraps off of how exactly it will "publish" video games in the foreseeable future: as downloadable smartphone apps, available exclusively for paying video-streaming subscribers.

The news coincides with the company's public launch of Netflix Gaming on Thursday as part of the service's smartphone app... but only in Poland, and only on Android. The company's American Twitter translated Thursday's Polish announcement, which explains how it works and the two games launching as part of the service today: Stranger Things 3, a 16-bit beat-'em-up that was previously available as a standalone Google Play purchase (and is still live on PC and consoles); and Stranger Things: 1984, a brand-new, smartphone-exclusive game that seems to revolve around slow, puzzle-solving movement through pixellated TV-series environments. (Both games, coincidentally, were made by the same indie game studio, BonusXP, which is based in Texas, not Poland.)

To access this content, you'll need to log in to Netflix's Android app while using a Polish IP address, then open the region's new "N Gaming" tab. From there, pick either of those games, which will direct you to their Google Play download listings. Once downloaded, go back into the Netflix app and boot the game of your choice from there.

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