Two seasons in and Netflix’s South Korean sensation Squid Game is officially the biggest show in the world – and it’s going out on top.
In the spirit of the Front Man himself, the streamer is keeping it lean and mean with the trilogy of seasons that draws to a close when season 3 hits the streamer on June 27.
The news was unveiled at a global Netflix preview event along with a clip from the new season.
In it, we saw a hundred or so blood-splattered contestants picking red and blue balls from a giant vending machine and dividing into two groups accordingly. To what purpose wasn’t revealed in the clip, but it’s unlikely to be a jaunty round of dodgeball.
Squid Games’ great survivor Gi-hun (Lee Jung-jae) has, of course, transformed from cheery but down-on-his-luck businessman to a hardened survivalist over the course of the 16 episodes to date.
What fiendish, fatal games will he have to navigate to finally emerge into the light and bring down the cruel men behind the Squid Games?
And what will Netflix do to celebrate the concluding part of the trilogy? We’ve had giant killer dolls descending on our cities, Squid Game raves, experiential Squid Game challenges. Keep your red overalls handy.
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I tried the new Squid Game challenge in Sydney and this is what it was like.