{"id":63245,"date":"2026-06-24T02:57:58","date_gmt":"2026-06-23T18:57:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=63245"},"modified":"2026-06-24T02:57:58","modified_gmt":"2026-06-23T18:57:58","slug":"netflixs-new-horror-game-taps-into-your-phone-for-deeper-immersion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=63245","title":{"rendered":"Netflix&#8217;s New Horror Game Taps Into Your Phone For Deeper Immersion"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"subtitle\">Unhinged, which is from Oxenfree developer Night School, stars Zo\u00eb Kravitz, Sadie Sink and Troy Baker.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"slide-key image-holder gallery-image-holder credit-image-wrap lead-image-holder\" data-post-url=\"https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/2199931\/netflixs-new-horror-game-taps-into-your-phone-for-deeper-immersion\/\" data-post-title=\"Netflix's new horror game taps into your phone for deeper immersion\" data-slide-num=\"0\" data-post-id=\"2199931\">\n<picture id=\"pdbbd94e7ac3461c7b09f1f39204480a4\">&#13;<source media=\"(min-width: 429px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/img\/gallery\/netflixs-new-horror-game-aims-to-tap-into-your-phone-for-deeper-immersion\/intro-1782234166.webp\" type=\"image\/webp\">&#13;<source media=\"(max-width: 428px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/img\/gallery\/netflixs-new-horror-game-aims-to-tap-into-your-phone-for-deeper-immersion\/intro-1782234166.sm.webp\" type=\"image\/webp\">&#13;<br \/>\n                        <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"gallery-image \" src=\"https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/img\/gallery\/netflixs-new-horror-game-aims-to-tap-into-your-phone-for-deeper-immersion\/intro-1782234166.jpg\" data-slide-url=\"https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/2199931\/netflixs-new-horror-game-taps-into-your-phone-for-deeper-immersion\/\" data-post-id=\"2199931\" data-slide-num=\"0\" data-slide-title=\"Netflix's new horror game taps into your phone for deeper immersion: \" width=\"780\" height=\"438\" alt=\"A first-person view shows two hands bracing against an object as a person wearing an air respirator looms above.\"\/>&#13;<br \/>\n                    <\/source><\/source><\/picture>\n                    <span class=\"gallery-image-credit\">Netflix<\/span>\n                    <\/div>\n<div class=\"columns-holder \">\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Netflix has revealed\u00a0a new game from the team behind the Oxenfree series that features some well-known actors and some nifty phone-based ideas that aim to make the experience as immersive as possible. <em>Unhinged<\/em> stars Zo\u00eb Kravitz as Ava, who is trapped in her apartment building as a hurricane batters the area. However, she&#8217;s not alone.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Sadie Sink of <em>Stranger Things<\/em> fame plays Claire, Ava&#8217;s friend who lives in a building across the street. Claire can see into Ava&#8217;s place and offer some guidance over the phone. Video game stalwart Troy Baker portrays the super of Ava&#8217;s building. While the cast is fairly star-studded, perhaps the most compelling thing about <em>Unhinged<\/em> is what Night School (the first game studio Netflix bought) is doing with the smartphone controller setup.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Unhinged | Official Game Trailer | Netflix\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/1lsV9I2NDO8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Netflix says Ava&#8217;s hands mirror the movements of your phone, so you can move it around to direct her flashlight toward something. <em>Unhinged<\/em> will also pipe calls and texts that Ava receives to your phone, which will ring, vibrate and play audio. That&#8217;s a lot more interesting than just using your handset as a touchscreen controller.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">The first-person game features a story mode for those who just want to experience the narrative without having to worry about a timer. In the regular mode, there are events that require you to find a certain object in the room before a timer runs out. Otherwise, Ava dies and you&#8217;ll go back to the last checkpoint.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Netflix suggests this is a relatively compact experience. &#8220;All you need is a Netflix account, your phone and the same amount of time you&#8217;d need to watch an episode of your favorite show,&#8221; it said. That&#8217;s not entirely true as you&#8217;ll need a TV and a solid internet connection as well, but I digress. You&#8217;ll be able to check out <em>Unhinged<\/em> on Netflix starting June 30.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<center><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/2199931\/netflixs-new-horror-game-taps-into-your-phone-for-deeper-immersion\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article At Source <\/a><br \/>\n<center\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Unhinged, which is from Oxenfree developer Night School, stars Zo\u00eb Kravitz, Sadie Sink and Troy Baker. &#13;&#13;&#13; &#13; Netflix Netflix has revealed\u00a0a new game from&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":63247,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[14527,258,2424,17675,4532,723,22508],"class_list":["post-63245","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tech-gadgets-reviews","tag-deeper","tag-game","tag-horror","tag-immersion","tag-netflixs","tag-phone","tag-taps","wpcat-32-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63245","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=63245"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63245\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/63247"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=63245"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=63245"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=63245"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}