Talent included Overwatch executive producer Chacko Sonny and God of War Ragnarok art director Rafael Grassetti

Netflix have shut down one of their more trumpeted video game initiatives - a Californian studio known as team "Blue"

In a brutal year of gaming layoffs, Netflix has shut down a studio focused on an original "AAA multiplatform" title. The Southern California outfit was apparently known as team "Blue" and featured employees with experience on franchises like Halo, Overwatch, and God of War.

Netflix has reportedly shut down its "Team Blue" 'AAA' game studio, with some big name ex-Halo, Overwatch, and God of War devs it'd hired having departed.

Netflix has reportedly shut down one of its video game studios that was led by former devs from Blizzard, Halo, and Sony after just two years, despite plans to create big-budget productions to challenge some of the behemoths of the industry.

Netflix's gaming arm is best known for its indie and mobile titles, but the company recently made a push into AAA by hiring execs from high-profile franchises like Halo, Overwatch and God of War. That strategy may be coming to an end,

Netflix Games' Team Blue has been shuttered, with the AAA developer that pulled in talent like former Halo and God of War veterans being closed just a couple of years after it first opened.

The studio, known as Blue, was developing a multiplatform AAA game for an original IP when Netflix shut it down.

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Netflix has reportedly shuttered its AAA studio Team Blue which featured talent that had worked on the likes of 'Halo Infinite', 'Overwatch', and 'God of War: Ragnarok'.