Android: Netrunner Has Been Cancelled

In really unfortunate news, Android: Netrunner has been cancelled by Fantasy Flight Games. They announced their “license has come to an end” with Wizards of the Coast, which owns the mechanics and terminology within the game (basically everything that isn’t tied to the Android universe). They just put out the new edition of the game a few months ago, so it’s really bad timing. I own a ton of cards from the first three or four cycles of sets.

This could mean one of a few things: Either the new edition they released didn’t sell as well, so when the time came to renew it, they decided not to, or Wizards of the Coast wanted more money and FFG wasn’t willing to pay, or Wizards wanted back the game to develop it themselves. Could also have happened for a dozen more reasons, who knows. I could definitely see FFG putting out a new card game based on the Sadler brothers’ Quest mechanics (which has been seen in Warhammer Quest and now Heroes of Terrinoth).

Here’s an excerpt from their announcement, and here’s the link to the whole thing:

In 2012, Fantasy Flight Games launched  Android: Netrunner The Card Game. With innovative mechanics revised from the classic collectible card game, combined with the dystopian, cyberpunk future of the Android universe, Android: Netrunner has enthralled thousands of players over the course of its two core sets, a campaign expansion, five deluxe expansions, and eight cycles of Data Packs.

Wizards of the Coast has been a fantastic partner to us over the past six years, and we at Fantasy Flight Games are incredibly thankful to them for letting us play with the game system that they pioneered. However, as much as we have enjoyed developing Android: Netrunner, our current licensing term is coming to an end, and today, Fantasy Flight Games must announce the end of Android: Netrunner The Card Game.

Starting on October 22nd, 2018, Fantasy Flight Games will no longer offer for sale any Android: Netrunner The Card Game products, including Android: Netrunner playmats and card sleeves. Before we reach that point, Android: Netrunner still has one final stop to make: the Reign and Reverie deluxe expansion will be the final product for the game. Featuring cards for every faction, Reign and Reverie is a celebration of all things Android: Netrunner, and an appropriately climactic conclusion to the game’s six-year run. What’s more, while Android: Netrunner is coming to an end, the worlds of Android will continue to be explored, from the gritty streets of SanSan to the warring colonies of Mars, in future products from Fantasy Flight Games.