Stop the presses: Netflix planning to get into games. As per a report from Bloomberg, the company has hired Mike Verdu, a former Electronic Arts and Facebook executive, to spearhead this new project. At Facebook, Verdu worked to bring games to platforms such as Oculus. And at Netflix, as a VP of game development, he’ll try and bring games to screens where we stream Netflix. The report noted that the company plans to introduce games as a programming genre such as movies, documentaries, and stand-ups — and the pilot program will launch sometime next year. The firm is already posting jobs…
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