--- title: Netflix lauds critically-panned FIFA World Cup video game description: Netflix's Q2 2026 fiscal report highlights FIFA World Cup: Launch Edition and Unhinged as its two most successful cloud game debuts, despite FIFA receiving... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/netflix-lauds-critically-panned-fifa-world-cup-video-game-pzqaq7jow twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Netflix lauds critically-panned FIFA World Cup video game | daily.dev og:description: Netflix's Q2 2026 fiscal report highlights FIFA World Cup: Launch Edition and Unhinged as its two most successful cloud game debuts, despite FIFA receiving... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/netflix-lauds-critically-panned-fifa-world-cup-video-game-pzqaq7jow og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/PzqAq7jOw.png og:image:alt: Netflix lauds critically-panned FIFA World Cup video game og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Netflix lauds critically-panned FIFA World Cup video game **[Game Developer](https://daily.dev/sources/gamedeveloper)** · 3 min read · 1 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Netflix's Q2 2026 fiscal report highlights FIFA World Cup: Launch Edition and Unhinged as its two most successful cloud game debuts, despite FIFA receiving harsh critical reviews. Monthly active players for Netflix cloud games have grown 11x since October 2025. Netflix Playground, the kids gaming app, saw 3x daily player growth since April and 600% year-over-year increase in kids mobile game engagement. Co-CEO Greg Peters acknowledged the gaming segment remains a very small part of overall content spend but expressed confidence in cloud gaming's trajectory. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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