Netflix’s Squid Game became an instant hit with audiences worldwide. The survival Korean thriller premiered 2 years ago, giving a fresh and dangerous take on innocent children’s games. You lose, you die! That is how anyone who has watched the show would summarize it in a nutshell. While the show is renewed for a second season, fans of the show tried their own ways to re-create the show.

Mr. Beast, the famous YouTuber, even recreated the same, but of course, literally, no one died in it, unlike the show. But now, Netflix is all set to bring a reality spinoff to the show where definitely no one will be dying, of course. 

Green Light: Squid Game: The Challenge, to premiere this fall on Netflix

The reality spinoff of the show, Squid Game: The Challenge will be premiering this November on Netflix. It will have 456 participants who will be playing games similar to the show with new ones against each other. The players will compete for $4.56 million and try to stay in it for as long as they can. And don’t worry, no one will be dying in the show.

“The stakes are high, but in this game, the worst fate is going home empty-handed,” the official source has released as reported by TVLine. It is expected that the reality spinoff will create the same buzz in fans as the original show did.

However, despite having high stakes, the show has received criticism even before its release.

Red Light: A time when reality show called medical support for not one but many emergencies

Back in January this year, Variety reported that participants in the reality show needed medical attention. This happened after the players played the recreation of ‘Red Light Green Light’. Medical support was required one player injured his shoulder after running into the wall while others fell sick due to the cold weather.

If this was not enough, the participants to have started testifying about their experience as ‘inhumane’ and ‘rigged’. The participant compared the reality show to a ‘horse race’, treating the contestants like ‘horses’. Studio Lambert and The Garden bashed these claims, clearly stating that they are taking care of the participants and the show is not rigged. 

Squid Game premiered 2 years ago, where 456 players came together to play dangerous games in the hope of attaining financial stability. The show addresses themes of social inequality, desperation, and despair that appealed to the audiences. The show is renewed for a second season and has already started filming this summer season. 

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