Utomik promises Netflix for games but its library is an underwhelming collection of oldies

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Utomik! Sounds like a stiff drink, but no. Utomik is a subscription-based games service that launched yesterday, angling to be Netflix for games (sound familiar?) It s currently offering a library of approximately 750 games for either $7 or $10 per month, depending on whether you want to share the account with your little sister or not. I signed up and took a stroll through its library, fingering a few tomes here and there. And while it was fast and performed well, there wasn t a lot I wanted to play. It s less Netflix for games and more Spotify for older games you already own or don t want . (more…)