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Netflix is closing two game studios—Night School Studio and Moonloot—as it narrows its gaming portfolio to kid-friendly, party, and story-driven titles. The move follows layoffs at Refactor Games and comes after Unhinged was praised, signaling a strategic realignment of Netflix’s gaming ambitions.
Netflix is shutting down Night School Studio and Moonloot, five years after acquiring Night School as part of organizational changes to focus its games business. The move also involves layoffs within Netflix’s internal games team and follows the release of Night School’s Netflix-exclusive Unhinged. Netflix says the changes are intended to better align with its priorities, although the company has previously closed other studios in its gaming division.
Netflix is closing Night School Studio and Moonloot to refocus its gaming lineup on kid-friendly, party, and story-driven titles, continuing a broader retreat from large-scale narrative games after earlier cuts and layoffs in its game division.
Netflix is closing Oxenfree-maker Night School Studio and Helsinki-based Moonloot, trimming game roles as it refocuses its games business toward casual, couch-friendly titles for TV and cloud. The move follows years of acquisitions and shutdowns, with Netflix prioritizing kids, party, narrative, and mainstream games and continuing selective partnerships while winding down several studios.
Netflix is shutting down two internal game studios, Night School Studio (the Oxenfree developer) and Moonloot, as part of a broader restructuring to refocus its game-making strategy, with layoffs at other studios, though exact numbers were not disclosed.
Netflix is shutting down two internal game studios—Night School Studio (behind Unhinged) and Moonloot—six weeks after Unhinged released, continuing a broader downsizing of its in-house game development and signaling a strategic pivot toward its four focus areas (kids, party, narrative, mainstream) and cloud/TV gaming.