Earlier this year, in July, media streaming giant Netflix announced plans for adding game streaming services to its platform. Last month, Netflix Gaming made its debut in Poland with two Stranger Things mobile games.

Today, Netflix has announced the acquisition of video game creator Night School Studio, marking the first purchase of a gaming studio for the streaming giant.

Along with the acquisition, the company has also rolled out five mobile gaming titles in select European markets.  Night School Studio is best known for its debut game, Oxenfree, a supernatural teen thriller with an eerie soundtrack.

The studio’s games — available on Sony’s PlayStation, Microsoft’s Xbox, Nintendo Switch, and PCs — will be the first non-mobile titles in Netflix’s video game portfolio.

The news about this acquisition comes at a time when Netflix is looking to diversify its revenue sources as the competition in the online streaming space is increased day by day and new platforms keep coming up.

In a statement, Night School Studio said: “Netflix gives film, TV, and now game makers an unprecedented canvas to create and deliver excellent entertainment to millions of people. Our explorations in narrative gameplay and Netflix’s track record of supporting diverse storytellers was such a natural pairing.”

Netflix has already confirmed that it won’t be offering a separate subscription for this  new gaming service as it is ”a one-product company.” This means that a subscription to the streaming platform offers movies, TV shows, documentaries, and games.

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When a new console is announced, manufacturers still support the older consoles for a short while before finally dropping it. When this happens, no new games will be made for them and owners of these older consoles will miss out on next-gen games unless they pick up the new consoles. Microsoft is changing that by bringing its xCloud game streaming service to older Xbox One consoles, thus allowing owners of these older devices to play next-gen games.

During its Xbox+Bethesda E3 event a few days ago, Microsoft announced that its next-gen games will be available on its game streaming service on day one. This means, if you have an active subscription, you will be able to begin playing these games on the very day they are announced.

With xCloud coming to older Xbox One consoles, owners will be able to play these new games which are exclusive to the new generation consoles on their old consoles, thanks to the game streaming service. This wouldn’t have been possible without xCloud since the games will not be released for the older Xbox consoles.

What Xbox is doing here is converting older Xbox One consoles into game streaming devices like a computer or an Android or iOS device. There is no news yet on when the service will be made available but we expect it to happen this year.

Xbox announced last week that it will integrate xCloud into the Xbox app on PCs which means users will not need to access the service through their web browsers. They will also be able to try games via the game streaming service before they download them on their PCs. Of course, to enjoy the game streaming service, PC owners will have to pay for Xbox Game Pass Ultimate, the $15 per month service that also includes Xbox Live Gold and EA Play.

It also announced last week that it will bring xCloud to the Xbox consoles but it only said it will be a way for users to try games before they download and not as a full game streaming service as it is available on other platforms. However, the latest announcement means that folks can just stream the new games directly if they want.

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