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Castlevania renewed for second season on Netflix

Netflix’s anime adaptation of cult game series Castlevania will return for a second series. Deadline reports that the Wow! Unlimited Media’s Frederator Studios production will see its run time upped to eight episodes next time out, having been limited to just four episodes for the existing series. Season One stars …

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Assassin’s Creed anime confirmed

The producer of the upcoming Castlevania anime series has confirmed that his next project will be a series based on Ubisoft IP Assassin’s Creed. I’m happy to let you guys know that I’ve selected my next project,” Adi Shankar said. I played the first edition of Assassin’s Creed the year …

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Two Netflix anime series are getting video game spin-offs

Bandai Namco has announced two new games based on Netflix exclusive anime series. Little Witch Academia: Chamber of Time is a 3D beat ’em up pencilled in for a release on PS4 and PC in early 2018. It is being developed by Studio Trigger, which is connected to Neon Evangelion …

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The Witcher is becoming a Netflix TV series

Cult book turned video game mega hit The Witcher is to be turned into a TV series and released via Netflix. The streaming video giant will develop and produce the show, on which Witcher creator and author Andrzej Sapkowski will serve as creative consultant. Sean Daniel and Jason Brown, who …

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Nintendo hopes to bring Netflix and streaming apps to Switch

Switch launched without any streaming media apps, and Nintendo has now claimed this was because it wanted to focus on games for the console’s debut. We built the Nintendo Switch to be a world-class gaming device, meaning we want you first and foremost to play games on the system and …

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Castlevania Netflix series is coming later this year

Producer Adi Shankar, who previously worked on movies Dredd and Lone Survivor, has revealed he’s working on a Castlevania series for Netflix, which, according to him, will be the western world’s first good video game adaptation” (see original Facebook post below). The first season will launch this year, with season …

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Report: There could be a Ubisoft Netflix TV show on the way

IP from Ubisoft’s portfolio could be making its way to digital streaming service Netflix. That’s according to a story from Reuters, which says that CEO Yves Guillemot told reporters that the firm was in talks with Netflix over a TV series. Which property is set for the streaming platform is …

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Netflix grabs exclusive rights to animated Skylanders series

Skylanders Academy, the new animated series based on the hit Activision franchise, will arrive next month. Netflix has grabbed the exclusivity deal for the show, which will go live next month on October 28th. A second series is already planned for late 2017. Futurama’s Eric Rogers is the series’ showrunner, …

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Gem Box: the micro-console that wants to be the ‘Netflix for games’

French company Emtec wants to succeed where nearly everybody else has failed. On August 18th, the firm will launch Gem Box in the US, UK and France, before releasing in other European territories later this year. This Android micro-console, which comes with its own controller, gives access to a large …

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Skylanders TV show coming to Netflix

After years of saying it has no plans for a Skylanders film or cartoon, Activision has announced a TV show based on the toys-to-life brand. Dubbed Skylanders Academy, the project is set to debut on Netflix this autumn. This is the first project to emerge from the TV and film …

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