Netflix is welcoming multi-award winning puzzle game World of Goo this month

Netflix has been on a roll with its gaming content lately, recently announcing that soon they will be exclusively hosting a mobile remaster of indie developer 2D BOY's hit game, World of Goo. Having racked up critical acclaim and multiple awards, Netflix subscribers should be very excited for May 23rd.

For the unenlightened, World of Goo is a puzzle game that centres around building bridges and structures using the requisite numbers of goo balls. To stand out from the others in this genre, as you progress through the levels you will unlock a variety of new balls each with its own unique properties to exploit, and will have to tackle troublesome terrains such as windmills and spikes that pose engineering nightmares. If you are bored of bridges, you can take on the World of Goo Corporation mode, where you need to build the tallest tower you can with the goo types you have collected and reach the top of the global leaderboard.

The Netflix editions will be introducing a few new updates and tweaks to the original to give the decade-old hit a facelift, in this case literally. 10 years is a long time in technology terms, so the art style has been boosted to double the original resolution for a crisp new look across all screen sizes. There will also be a cloud save system, with each Netflix profile tracking progress separately so everyone gets to enjoy their adventure at their own pace. Beyond that, it's the same good times as the original.

For Netflix subscribers, this is a fantastic opportunity to play World of Goo for free, sort of, and see why it has won more awards than I can list here, including multiple Puzzle of the Year accolades. If you don’t have Netflix yet, you can download it from the App Store and Google Play, subscribe for $6.99 a month, and have access to a plethora of great games. They also do shows and movies apparently if you're into that.