Summary
At Gamescom Opening Night Live 2024, Netflix revealedSquid Game: Unleashed. TheSquid Gametelevision series debuted on Netflix in 2019 and became an international phenomenon, resulting in theupcoming second season, expected later this year. Alongside it isSquid Game: Unleashed, a new video game for the franchise that lets players compete in the eponymous games.
TheSquid Game: UnleashedGamescom trailer has been uploaded via theNetflixYouTube channel, revealing thatit will be playable via the Netflix app on iOS and Android devices. There has not been a release date given, but the trailer claims the game is coming soon.
The gameplay clips provided appear to positionSquid Game: Unleashedas something akin toFall Guys, following the structure of the show’s games in whichplayers are incrementally eliminated from competition until one remainsand is crowned the winner.Squid Game: Unleashedappears to boast not only direct adaptations of the series' now-famous games, but variations on them as well, in addition to completely new offerings.
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Squid Game: Unleashed Has Brand-New Games & Returning Favorites
New Twists On Red Light, Green Light
Squid Game: Unleashed’s trailer opens with what is arguably the most famous ofall the games inSquid Game’s first season: Red Light, Green Light. The show puts a deadly twist on moving during the childhood staple’s red-light phase, and the upcoming game appears to add some platforming elements.Significant variety appears to be added to Red Light, Green Light inSquid Game: Unleashedsimply by altering the floor, from benign obstacles like fake bushes, to more dangerous new wrinkles like moving buzz saws and pits filled with spikes.
The other games shown in theSquid Game: Unleashedtrailer seem to take elements from the television series, butare more original, leaning into the platforming side of the video game medium. Players can be seen dodging traffic like inFrogger, pushing each other off platforms and into lava, and dodging giant, swinging piggy banks as they run across glass panels similar to those seen in the show’s Glass Stepping Stones competition. The trailer ends with a look at the game’s adaptation of Front Man, the series' iconic masked villain who oversees the games.
ASquid Gamevideo game adaptation certainly has potential, especially considering the prominence of battle royale games and the success ofFall Guys, but its release strategy may hamper it. Being apparently exclusive to mobile platforms isn’t an issue in itself, but also being tied to the Netflix app, and by extension, a subscription, drastically pares down its potential player base. Netflix has been involved in the gaming industry for quite some time, butSquid Game: Unleashedmay be its best hope for massive success yet, considering the name recognition.
Squid Game
Cast
Squid Game is a South Korean series released in 2021 that follows numerous financially struggling participants who are invited to partake in children’s games with deadly outcomes. As they compete, they vie for a substantial cash prize, all while navigating lethal challenges orchestrated by mysterious figures.
