Exploding Kittens has sold 18 million copies of its card game.
Exploding Kittens has sold 18 million copies of its card game.
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Netflix will launch Exploding Kittens animated cartoon series and mobile game

  • Posted byby Dean Takahashi
  • Updated
  • 5 min

Netflix is doubling down on games with the upcoming launch of an Exploding Kittens mobile game and an animated cartoon series.

The entertainment streaming company will partner with Los Angeles-based Exploding Kittens, a card and tabletop game studio created by cartoonist Matt Inman (creator of The Oatmeal and creative director at Exploding Kittens) and cofounders Elan Lee and Shane Small.

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.