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  • Netflix adds TV Gaming services

    Netflix adds TV Gaming services

    Netflix Inc. is taking steps to get its video-game service onto televisions.

    Despite being available on tablets and smartphones, Netflix’s app contains code that references TV games. 

    According to their gaming CEO, their cloud gaming business was “seriously investigated” last year, and their mobile games are currently available on the App Store. Although the company’s plans for TV gaming are unknown, the code also mentions using phones as game controllers.

    Steve Wozniak Moser, an app developer, noticed that one line of code stated, “A game on your TV requires a controller to play.”

    Do you want to play games on your phone?

    If Netflix incorporates games into its television app, customers will be able to use their cell phones as controllers.

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    Netflix’s games services

    Video games were first included in the company’s products two years ago. In an effort to increase its presence in the gaming sector, it has more than 55 games on its programme and expects to release 40 new games for mobile devices this year. In order to create more than 70 games for the platform, the business also intends to work with a number of creators.

    It offers Android and iOS games. The user downloads and activates the installation. This requires an active account subscription. If the test is successful, new and returning members may play more games on the platform because televisions will make gaming easier.

    The entertainment sector stated that TV gaming would be intentional and “more than just casual games.” It highlighted a new gaming studio’s hard work behind closed doors.

    In its announcement, the firm stated that “14 of the new games are being created by its own studios,” and it added that it would shortly open a new studio in Southern California. According to a Netflix source, Chacko Sonny, who previously held the position of executive producer for the Overwatch video game series from Activision Blizzard, would be in charge of the studio.

    About Netflix 

    The American media firm Netflix is headquartered in Los Gatos, California. It was established in 1997 in Scotts Valley, California, by Reed Hastings and Marc Randolph. It runs the over-the-top subscription video-on-demand service Netflix, which features both proprietary contents that the company commissions, such as original movies and television shows, and third-party content that is licensed from other distributors.

    Netflix mailed DVDs for a year before renting them. Netflix streamed and VOD in 2007.  The company entered Canada, South America, and the Caribbean in 2010. House of Cards was the first original content the service acquired and produced in 2011. Netflix’s US library will have 50% original content and video game publishing by 2022.

  • Kenya Launches Cybercrime Protection Game for Children

    Kenya Launches Cybercrime Protection Game for Children

    The Communications Authority of Kenya (CA) Established in 1999 by the Kenya Information and Communications Act, 1998, is the Authority responsible for facilitating the development of the information and communications sectors including; broadcasting, cybersecurity, multimedia, telecommunications, electronic commerce, postal, and courier services.

    In an effort to pursue its purpose and promote safer cyberspace in Kenya, the Communications Authority of Kenya (CA) launched an online game called “Cyber Soldjas” on Tuesday, which aims to educate children about the perils and realities of using the internet.

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    The game, called “Cyber Soldjas,” was launched during the official opening of the national Safe Internet Day 2022 celebrations was developed by Usiku Games and is aimed at children aged four to fourteen. This age group learns best via action and repetition, which is best accomplished through games.

    Mercy Wanjau, the authority’s Director of Legal Services, remarked upon the program’s introduction that the game development was informed by increased cyber threats in the Kenyan online space and is aimed at encouraging people’s role in creating a safer online space.

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    “Impacts range from threats to protection of personal data and privacy to harassment and cyberbullying, harmful online content, grooming for sexual purposes, and sexual abuse and exploitation,” Mr. Chiloba expanded in a speech read on his behalf by Ms. Wanjau.

    According to data from the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics (KNBS), 20.6 million Kenyans aged three and above own a mobile phone, as shown in the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS).

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    The statistics show that the majority of these devices are in the hands of young people aged 25 to 34, who owns 6.1 million of them. They are followed by those aged 18-24, who have 4.6 million mobile phones, and children aged three to four have 44,777 mobile phones in their hands.

    The CA Director-General Ezra Chiloba however, noted that increased access to the Internet and digital technology also poses significant challenges to children and the youth, including their safety.