Spry Fox, the developer of Cozy Grove, Triple Town, Alphabeaver, and Road Not Taken has been acquired by Netflix. The award-winning studio will continue to make cozy, comfortable games, which are its specialty.
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David Edery, CEO and co-founder of Spry Fox reassured fans that the studio’s existing games will remain downloadable and available in their current form, on their current platforms. He continued by saying that everyone in Spry Fox was already focused on making Cozy Grove 2, as well as a larger, non-violent MMO. There is currently no more information about the latter.
Chief Creative Officer at Spry Fox, Daniel Cook commented,
“When David and I founded Spry Fox twelve years ago, our goal was to create a place where kind, creative people could make beautiful, original games in a supportive environment that brought happiness to the people who played them. After many heartfelt conversations, we are all excited about joining Netflix as an in-house game studio and building amazing games together.”
Amir Rahimi, Vice President of Game Studios at Netflix added,
“We look forward to creating games with a studio whose values — a relentless focus on employee and player joy — align closely with ours. Our games journey has only just begun, but I’m proud of the foundational work we’ve been doing to build out our in-house creative capacity so that we can deliver the best possible game experience — including no ads and no in-app purchases — to our members as part of their membership.”
Netflix acquired Night School Studio in September 2021. They announced plans to acquire Next Games in March 2022. Later in the month, Netflix also acquired the Texas-based mobile game developer, Boss Fight Entertainment. Netflix opened a mobile game studio in Helsinki, Finland in September 2022 and a new studio, their fifth total, in southern California in October 2022.
