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Netflix has finally released the trailer for the new reality series Squid Game: The Challenge based on the explosive original Korean series.

The games featured in The Challenge are consistent with the childhood games seen in the original Squid Game, such as Red Light, Green Light, Tug of War, and Marbles, so the burning question is – do people die if they lose?

There were a few controversial rumours of ‘dangerous conditions’ on the set of the new reality series, but no, it does not seem as though The Challenge will carry any real life-or-death consequences.

The contestants in the remake will however be encouraged to “fake die” as they compete through the series of challenges. Plus, the sheer gravity of the situation underscores the intense pressure and desperation faced by the contestants and it certainly raises questions about the lengths people will go to in order to secure the life-changing jackpot.

The original Squid Game was supposed to be a satirical and sardonic exploration of the devastating consequences of desperation and greed. It is clear, notes DMARGE, that Netflix failed to heed their own warnings from the original series.

Just like in the original Netflix series, 456 contestants are competing in a series of games to leave the competition with a cash prize of $4.56 million (R85 million) – Netflix’s largest cash prize in reality television history.

While it was probably inevitable that the huge success of Squid Game would be morphed into a PG-rated gameshow at some point, it will have to compete with a second season of the popular original coming soon, too.

Squid Game: The Challenge will stream on Netflix from November 22.

[source:dmarge]