{"id":2460019,"date":"2026-06-15T10:45:17","date_gmt":"2026-06-15T10:45:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2460019"},"modified":"2026-06-15T10:45:17","modified_gmt":"2026-06-15T10:45:17","slug":"netflix-subscribers-get-a-free-fifa-world-cup-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/netflix-subscribers-get-a-free-fifa-world-cup-game\/","title":{"rendered":"Netflix subscribers get a free FIFA World Cup game"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"article-body\">\n<p id=\"elk-3f78359e-2eb0-4fd4-b969-33b6c46dee50\">Suffering from a spot of <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.shortlist.com\/food-and-drink\/10-places-to-watch-the-2026-world-cup-in-london-even-if-youre-not-an-england-fan\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.shortlist.com\/food-and-drink\/10-places-to-watch-the-2026-world-cup-in-london-even-if-youre-not-an-england-fan\" data-hl-processed=\"none\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"inline-link\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.shortlist.com\/food-and-drink\/10-places-to-watch-the-2026-world-cup-in-london-even-if-youre-not-an-england-fan\">World Cup<\/a> fever? <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.shortlist.com\/lists\/best-netflix-movies-401027\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.shortlist.com\/lists\/best-netflix-movies-401027\" data-hl-processed=\"none\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"inline-link\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.shortlist.com\/lists\/best-netflix-movies-401027\">Netflix<\/a> now offers a way to keep it stoked, with a new football game for subscribers, FIFA World Cup.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s not played directly on your phone but on your TV, and is a surprisingly full-on game of footie.<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" id=\"elk-seasonal\"\/><\/p>\n<aside data-block-type=\"embed\" data-render-type=\"fte\" data-skip=\"dealsy\" data-widget-type=\"seasonal\" class=\"hawk-root\"\/>\n<p id=\"elk-3f78359e-2eb0-4fd4-b969-33b6c46dee50-2\">You directly control players, similar to one of the classic console football games, in FIFA World Cup. And you do so using your phone as a virtual gamepad.<\/p>\n<div class=\"my-6 w-full overflow-hidden rounded-[10px] lg:my-8\" data-component-name=\"JwPlayer:Carousel\" data-jwp-carousel=\"\" data-jwp-carousel-payload=\"{&quot;ids&quot;:{&quot;playerID&quot;:&quot;NhHwsjaH&quot;,&quot;searchPlaylistID&quot;:&quot;TDqb8ZeZ&quot;,&quot;divID&quot;:&quot;botr_TDqb8ZeZ_NhHwsjaH_div&quot;,&quot;fallbackPlaylistID&quot;:&quot;TDqb8ZeZ&quot;,&quot;fallbackDivID&quot;:&quot;botr_TDqb8ZeZ_NhHwsjaH_div&quot;,&quot;key&quot;:&quot;yGFURq7AP7v3ssvuuDoZhLMA3XRBqmkIxIzO+WeXNhO9DiwK&quot;,&quot;tintLogo&quot;:true,&quot;useSearchPlaylist&quot;:false,&quot;enabled&quot;:true},&quot;signPostingEnabled&quot;:true,&quot;signPostingLinkEnabled&quot;:true,&quot;waitForAdLoad&quot;:false,&quot;hidePlayerOnDesktop&quot;:false,&quot;hidePlayerOnMobile&quot;:false,&quot;hidePlayerOnTablet&quot;:false}\">\n<div class=\"flex flex-nowrap items-center justify-between gap-3 bg-zinc-900 px-[14px] py-3\" data-jwp-carousel-header=\"\">\n<div class=\"flex min-w-0 shrink items-center\"><span class=\"inline-flex items-center gap-1.5 text-sm font-article-heading capitalize leading-5 text-white whitespace-nowrap\"><span class=\"jwp-carousel-title-mobile\"\/><span class=\"jwp-carousel-title-desktop\">Latest Videos From<\/span><span class=\"jwp-carousel-brand inline-flex items-center\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"aspect-video w-full min-h-[200px] lg:min-h-[330px] relative overflow-hidden bg-black\" data-jwp-carousel-container=\"\">\n<div class=\"absolute inset-0 size-full items-center justify-center bg-white\" data-jwp-carousel-fallback=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/flexiimages\/v6vzsjjyvs1741794097.svg\" loading=\"lazy\" data-new-v2-image=\"true\" data-original-mos=\"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/flexiimages\/v6vzsjjyvs1741794097.svg\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/flexiimages\/v6vzsjjyvs1741794097.svg\" class=\"rounded-[var(--image--border-radius,0)] max-h-12 w-auto\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>We\u2019ve given it a quick go. You swipe with your right thumb to determine the force and style of your passes, and control player movement with a virtual left thumb stick.<\/p>\n<p>Add full 3D visuals and FIFA World Cup starts to look and feel a bit like a simplified version of EA\u2019s Sports FC \u2014 a series previously known as FIFA before EA lost the license.<\/p>\n<p>You can play solo, or up to four people can get involved, each using their phone as a makeshift gamepad.<\/p>\n<p>Is it a match for a AAA console game? Not quite, but it is labelled \u201cLaunch Edition\u201d and there are plans to build the game up and make it richer and more rewarding. Netflix obviously wanted it out there as early in the World Cup season as possible.<\/p>\n<div id=\"slice-container-newsletterForm-articleInbodyContent-srptoA2Jj3UCRBty7Wevv\" class=\"slice-container newsletter-inbodyContent-slice newsletterForm-articleInbodyContent-srptoA2Jj3UCRBty7Wevv slice-container-newsletterForm\">\n<div data-hydrate=\"true\" class=\"newsletter-form__wrapper newsletter-form__wrapper--inbodyContent\">\n<div class=\"newsletter-form__container\">\n<section class=\"newsletter-form__top-bar\"\/>\n<section class=\"newsletter-form__main-section\">\n<p class=\"newsletter-form__strapline\">Get exclusive shortlists, celebrity interviews and the best deals on the products you care about, straight to your inbox.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cAs the tournament progresses and the FIFA World Cup: Launch Edition community grows, Netflix will lay on depth, complexity, and technical refinements to updated versions,\u201d says Netflix.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s worth a go if you don\u2019t have a PC or console capable of playing the usual football gaming suspects \u2014 and we imagine there are plenty of those about given how much gaming hardware costs these days. At \u00a3569, a standard <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.shortlist.com\/news\/sony-ps5-review-402522\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.shortlist.com\/news\/sony-ps5-review-402522\" data-hl-processed=\"none\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"inline-link\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.shortlist.com\/news\/sony-ps5-review-402522\">PlayStation 5<\/a> console costs \u00a3120 more than it did six years ago.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe want to bring football back to its roots with something everyone can play with just the touch of a button,\u201d says Alain Tascan, Netflix\u2019s President of Games.<\/p>\n<p>If you prefer the management side of football, Netflix subscribers can also play Football Manager 26 Mobile as part of their subscription.<\/p>\n<p>Netflix\u2019s FIFA World Cup is developed by Delphi Interactive, which also worked on the banging James Bond game <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.shortlist.com\/tech\/007-first-light-is-delayed-but-bonds-big-gaming-comeback-is-still-on-track\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.shortlist.com\/tech\/007-first-light-is-delayed-but-bonds-big-gaming-comeback-is-still-on-track\" data-hl-processed=\"none\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"inline-link\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.shortlist.com\/tech\/007-first-light-is-delayed-but-bonds-big-gaming-comeback-is-still-on-track\">007 First Light<\/a>, alongside IO Interactive.<\/p>\n<p>Other Netflix games worth checking out include cinematic masterpiece Red Dead Redemption and the super-addictive Bloons TD 6, a tower defence title.<\/p>\n<p>Netflix games are available to all tiers of subscriber, starting at the \u00a35.99 ad-supported membership.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.shortlist.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Suffering from a spot of World Cup fever? Netflix now offers a way to keep it stoked, with a new football game for subscribers, FIFA World Cup. It\u2019s not played directly on your phone but on your TV, and is a surprisingly full-on game of footie. 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