Veteran video game exec Mike Verdu is joining Netflix. Glenn Koenig/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images Netflix has hired Facebook Oculus exec Mike Verdu to lead its new gaming division, Bloomberg said. Verdu was previously a senior vice president at Electronic Arts. A source told Bloomberg that Netflix wants to put games on its service in the next year. See more stories on Insider's business page. Netflix has hired a top executive from Facebook's virtual reality division as it prepares to expand into streaming video games, Bloomberg reports. Mike Verdu is a vice president at Facebook's Oculus augmented and virtual