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Netflix wants Millie Bobby Brown and Chris Pratt vehicle The Electric State to be a thing so much, they're making it a franchise with a tie-in video game
Mobile game The Electric State: Kid Cosmo will be released four days after the movie debuts on the streaming service
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We’re just days away from the release of The Electric State, the Netflix movie that brings together Stranger Things’ Millie Bobby Brown, MCU stars Chris Pratt and Anthony Mackie, and Avengers: Endgame directors Joe and Anthony Russo — but in case that doesn’t feel like a big enough deal on its own, the streaming giant has decided to throw a video game into the mix, as well.
Variety is reporting that The Electric State: Kid Cosmo, a mobile game set before the events of the movie, will be released March 18, four days after the release of The Electric State on Netflix.
According to PR about Kid Cosmo, “This narrative-driven game takes place before the events of the movie and spans five years, blending gameplay with emotional storytelling to create an immersive experience.” The “bite-sized adventure puzzle game” will center around Millie Bobby Brown’s Michelle and her younger brother Chris — whose absence is the driving force of the movie.
Netflix is traditionally a fan of promoting its streaming content with tie-in mobile games; the second season of phenomenon Squid Game was promoted with the mobile game Squid Game: Unleashed, and at the start of the year, the company promised upcoming mobile games based on shows Sweet Magnolias, Outer Banks, Love is Blind, and Ginny & Georgia. We can only hope this will eventually lead to a mobile game based on stalker drama You, in which players have to confront their own morality as they return to their hometown for one final round of stalking and murder.
The Electric State debuts on Netflix March 14. If you want to prep in advance for what its creators call “a giant ambitious fantasy film,” then we’ve got you covered.
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