The Netflix’s Geeked Week is a new event where Netflix shows all their new and upcoming geeky shows. Day 5 was mainly focused on gaming since E3 is coming up. But this article will feature all the gaming details they shown off during the entire week. Missed the event? We got you covered with the summary right here!
Resident Evil: Infinite Darkness
As teased before Resident Evil, The landmark survival horror video game series is coming to Netflix. This live action-CG serialized drama will feature the popular characters Leon S. Kennedy and Claire Redfield, the first in series history! The story is about Leon who has been ordered to investigate a hacking incident at the White House but encounters zombies in classic Resident Evil fashion. Both a trailer and the opening clip were shown during the event. Don’t miss this totally new and fresh way to experience this series.
League of Legends; Arcane: Animated Series
From the creators of League of Legends comes a new animated series, called Arcane: Animated Series and is about the origins of two iconic League champions—and the power that will tear them apart. This animated series was announced before, almost 2 years ago and had a short announcement about the release date a couple of weeks back. But in this new preview, we get a new glimpse of what the show has to offer. Arcane: Animated Series is coming to Netflix in Fall 2021.
The Cuphead Show!
Next up a sneak peek was shown for the upcoming Cuphead series called: The Cuphead Show! The show was announced almost a year ago as well but contained little to no footage yet, This sneak peek gives us the first look at the animation done by the Netflix team that is behind the animations for this series.
Castlevania Season 4 and new series
The animated series for Castlevania has been performing really good on Netflix and it’s kind of the OG gaming series on the platform. But even good thing must come to an end because the final season of Castlevania is out right now to watch. The creative team behind the series shared the future of the franchise on Netflix. The new upcoming series will feature Richter Belmont and Maria Renard and will be set in 1792 France during the France Revolution. A Q&A in the post-show answered more questions from the fans and give some more intel.
Splinter cell Animated Series
As previously announced Splinter cell the animated series is a collab between Ubisoft and Netflix. Not much footage was shown but they gave some inside information about the team behind the series. The team features Derek Kolstad as the writer, who is the creative mind behind the John Wick series as well as the animation studios Sun Creature and Fost
2 New Far Cry series
Next was revealed that Far Cry 3 will get a series. This series is called Captain Laserhawk a Blood Dragon Remix and will be based on the amazing DLC of Far Cy 3 called Blood Dragon. For those who are not familiar, Blood Dragon was a unique DLC that traits in the realistic nature of the game for a retro 80’s neon throwback. One of the creators of the series, Adi Shankar shares his inspirations, story and other details about the creation of the series. A second series about Far Cry is also worked on but no details are shared about this series yet.
SMITE x Stranger Things
SMITE will get a new crossover to its growing line-up, Netflix’s Stranger Things. In this trailer gameplay footage was shown. For those who are big fans of the series and want to get in or back into SMITE this will be a good opportunity.
The Witcher Season 2
Next up a teaser trailer was shown of The Witcher Season 2. The first season of The Witcher was such a success that they quickly announced a second season set to come out in late 2021.
