Powering Down As FFG Announce The End Of Android: Netrunner
June 11, 2018 by brennon
Fantasy Flight Games announced this weekend that they were bringing Android: Netrunner to an end. The Living Card Game has been possibly one of the best of its kind, and with the new version of the Core Box coming out a few months ago I thought there would be a new lease of life for the game. Alas, it was not to be.
They will continue to work on the game through until October this year. Until that point, you'll still be able to get stuck into all of the gaming goodness, and of course, the final Deluxe Expansion called Reign & Reverie which will gift ALL factions new cards.
As well as that you'll be able to take part in the Magnum Opus event that Fantasy Flight Games also detailed, giving you a final chance to enter the competitive world of Netrunner on the tabletop.
Android: Netrunner really was/is a stellar card game. It has had its problems over the years and went through a period of losing its soul a bit (damn solitaire decks...) but the revamp of the Core Box really did bring back the nerve-shredding, poker-esque nature of the game.
FFG will be continuing to produce other content set within the Android world, but the tense asymmetrical card game will be no more...at least from within their servers.
What do you think of the news?
"...the revamp of the Core Box really did bring back the nerve-shredding, poker-esque nature of the game"
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Sad news but I thought Wizards weren’t allowing the license to be renewed. So it sounds like they want to carry it on.
Yes that is the case – the license wasn’t renewed, so they don’t get to continue working on it sadly.
Ahhh OK,I thought this was a fairly popular game so was wondering why it was being dropped!
very sad news 🙁 and I definitely think there was an ulterior motive for WOTC to pull the license so suddenly like that 🙁
Well, they had a good run…
Wow I always thought this game reminded me of the PC game Syndicate shame always fancied a shot one day.
Might pop up from WotC in some form or another @zorg
hmmm, after the Cyberpunk 2077 news, maybe my netrunner / cyberpunk 2020 conspiracy theory is true (O ,o) ?? https://www.beastsofwar.com/forums/topic/ffg-pulls-the-plug-on-android-netrunner/#post-1205073
Very sad and disappointed ?????????
This is sad news indeed but it tends to be eventual fate of every licensed LCG.