Netflix shutters Night School and Moonloot as Battlefield 6 readies another free-access window

Netflix pulls the plug on Night School and a second in-house studio

Netflix is closing down two of its in-house game studios, including Night School Studio — the team behind the Oxenfree series — only six weeks after that studio's most recent game shipped. The decision is the latest contraction of Netflix's first-party games effort, a business that the company has publicly been pulling back from over the past year. The closures leave staff, live games and any in-development projects in limbo, and they signal that the platform's earlier ambition to be a publisher of narrative indie hits is effectively over.

For players who own Night School's catalogue, the immediate question is whether existing purchases remain accessible and whether servers for any still-active live title are kept online.

Halo: Campaign Evolved previews next week's patch

The studio behind Halo: Campaign Evolved has outlined five key updates that will arrive alongside the game's next big patch, scheduled for the week following August 14, 2026. Among the highlights is a much-needed fix to Jackals, a faction whose combat behaviour has been a persistent complaint since the remake shipped. The preview post functions as a change log in advance, giving players time to read what is being altered before the patch is mandatory. The development is a reminder that high-profile remakes still ship with rough edges that require multi-week iteration, and that community feedback is being read by the team in close to real time.

Battlefield 6 returns to free access for a limited window

Battlefield 6 is once again offering free access for a limited time, giving players who have not yet purchased the game a chance to try the full experience without commitment. Free-access windows are a familiar engagement lever for live-service shooters, used to spike concurrent player counts, refill matchmaking pools and pull lapsed users back in ahead of seasonal content drops. For readers deciding whether to re-install, the practical questions are which platforms are eligible, how long the window stays open and whether progress carries over if they later buy the game — none of which the available evidence specifies.

Dead or Alive 6: Last Round adds Marie Rose's "Wicked Lil Sunflower" DLC

Dead or Alive 6: Last Round has added a new Marie Rose costume DLC titled "Wicked Lil Sunflower", continuing the long-running franchise's tradition of paid cosmetic drops on top of a fighting-game base. The release lands as one of several smaller content updates that keep the title in rotation while publisher attention has visibly shifted elsewhere. For fans tracking the game's slow-burn post-launch support, the costume is another data point in a support cadence that has continued despite the absence of a numbered sequel announcement.

What to watch next

The Halo: Campaign Evolved patch is the next concrete checkpoint: the studio has framed it as next week's release, and the Jackal fix in particular will be the easiest change for players to verify on day one. Battlefield 6 readers should watch the storefront page and the official channels for the start and end times of the free-access window, since limited-time offers rotate quickly. Netflix's studio closures will likely produce follow-up news about affected live titles, severance details and any catalog de-listing, so tracking the platform's help center is the cleanest single source for what happens to existing purchases.

Dead or Alive 6's next cosmetic drop will be the simplest signal of whether support is continuing at the current pace.