Subj : Squid Game: The Challenge season 3 is a win for Netflix, but one To : All From : TechnologyDaily Date : Fri Jul 11 2025 17:15:08 Squid Game: The Challenge season 3 is a win for Netflix, but one unhinged game from the K-drama cant be replicated Date: Fri, 11 Jul 2025 16:10:14 +0000 Description: Not only does Squid Game: The Challenge season 2 have a confirmed release date, but Netflix has revealed season 3 is afoot. But one game from the original series might not appear. FULL STORY ====================================================================== Not only has Netflix confirmed that Squid Game: The Challenge season 2 is set to air on November 4, 2025, but its also swiftly followed-up with the announcement that season 3 is also underway. This comes two weeks after the hit K-drama wrapped up for good with its own third season, which ended with an unexpected cameo that may (or may not) lead into David Finchers American remake . In 2023, Netflix answered the question we all had on our lips how would we all fare if S quid Game was real? It put 456 real-life players to the test, competing for the largest cash prize in reality TV history ($4.56 million). Games such as Red Light, Green Light and Dalgona carried over from the hit Netflix series , while new games, such as Battleships, were substituted for genuinely fatal ones, such as Tug of War. Netflix has already told us to expect new games and new rules, with logic telling us each of the first three seasons of The Challenge should replicate the same fictional series. If thats the case, Squid Game: The Challenge season 3 already has a huge problem on its hands with its most perilous game of all. Squid Game season 3s Jump Rope scene would be almost impossible to replicate in The Challenge Of course Im talking about Jump Rope, which appeared in episodes 3 and 4 of Squid Game season 3 . In the episode, 16 players were eliminated with only 8 passing, including Seong Gi-hun (Lee Jung-jae) managing to carry Kim Jun-hees (Jo Yu-ris Player 222) baby over safely. The rules are simple: cross from one side of a suspended path to the other while two giant robots wield a rotating jump rope across its path. Theres a gap in the middle of the pathway, making this slightly more perilous than season 1s Tug of War. Teams were on two suspended platforms of this, with a giant guillotine cutting the rope when one team lost. Squid Game: The Challenge season 1 did manage to replicate Glass Stepping Stones, with players falling to their deaths while crossing a similarly suspended bridge made out of fake glass. However, it cant be compared to Jump Rope, which has a closer level of actual danger to the binned-off Tug of War. Namely, both share one singular trait that makes a real-life version impossible theyre an absolute health and safety nightmare. The minute you have sharp things, flying things and any part of a game where players risk serious injury, there needs to be a Plan B. It might be one of the best streaming services around, but even Netflix wont want to risk a lawsuit just for the sake of replicating the K-drama scene by scene. The safer option is to introduce a brand-new game nobody is expecting, which gives more reasons for subscribers to keep tuning in. Then theres the fact even the cast of Squid Game season 3 filmed the Jump Rope scenes using CGI. The robots are green screen, the suspended bridge is actually non-existent, and really, its just Lee Jung-jae making his own legs wobble while his feet are firmly planted on the ground. Are we likely to see Jump Rope in Squid Game: The Challenge ? I say no. And considering Battleships was my favourite game in the reality TV contest, Im ready for some unexpected change. You might also like Everything new on Netflix in July 2025 New Netflix movies: every original film you can watch on the best streaming service in July 2025 Netflix is giving Solo Leveling the live-action treatment, but Im worried for season 3 of the hit anime ====================================================================== Link to news story: https://www.techradar.com/streaming/netflix/squid-game-the-challenge-season-3- is-a-win-for-netflix-but-one-unhinged-game-from-the-k-drama-cant-be-replicated --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Linux/64) * Origin: tqwNet Technology News (1337:1/100) .