How does all of it finish for Seong Gi-hun (Lee Jung-jae) and his fellow Squid Sport gamers? We gained’t have to attend too lengthy to search out out. Netflix has revealed the discharge date for the third and closing season of the dystopian drama: Friday, June twenty seventh. Season 3 will debut nearly six months after Squid Sport Season 2, which is a far shorter time frame than the hole between the primary and second seasons — the primary season initially premiering Sept. seventeenth, 2021.
With out spoiling an excessive amount of, Season 2 of Squid Sport introduced Seong Gi-hun again as a participant within the mysterious video games, whereas additionally revealing extra about these working behind the scenes of the lethal competitors. The season finale concluded with a dramatic cliffhanger that highlighted the extreme energy wrestle on the middle of the sequence — a wrestle which we will now look ahead to seeing resolved quickly.
Squid Sport grew to become a shock world hit for Netflix when it debuted over three years in the past, with the primary season getting 14 Emmy nominations and successful six, together with Lee Jung-Jae receiving the award Lead Actor in a Drama Collection. (When you’re questioning, solely Season 2 of Squid Sport might be eligible for the 2025 Emmys, because the cutoff for every year’s awards is Could thirty first.)
The sequence impressed a 2023 actuality present entitled Squid Sport: The Problem — which, it might be argued, wildly missed the purpose of the unique present. There was additionally an immersive real-life expertise in 2022 that allowed followers to play the video games from the present themselves.
For extra, try the beneath key artwork and first-look photos from Squid Sport Season 3 earlier than it returns on June twenty seventh.