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The future of Monument Valley is Netflix, whether we like it or not


You won't be able to play Monument Valley 3 unless you have an active Netflix subscription. That means that if, at any …

Although don't get me wrong, it's still undeniably Monument Valley, a game about shifting architectural landscapes to realign pathways, and finding unlikely routes through its puzzles - as if reconfiguring the impossible walkways in an MC Escher picture, in order to walk a person around it. Lead producer John Lau elaborates: "If we look at the modern mobile gaming landscape, I don't think the first Monument Valley could survive [today] if it was just put on as a premium experience and you paid, what, 4.99 for it." I doubt whether Monument Valley 3 alone will convince you to pay, though it does also join a surprisingly well-stacked catalogue of other great games, including Oxenfree, Into the Breach, Terra Nil, GTA: Vice City, The Case of the Golden Idol, and more.

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