Popular Star Wars miniature games X-Wing and Armada are coming to an end, it seems. According to a new post from Atomic Mass Games, the developer will no longer be working on the two games. Though just because development is ending doesn’t mean the games are completely dead.
Organized Play and tournaments will still exist. But this seems like a heavy blow for the little miniature fighter game that revolutionized a whole new level of pre-painted miniatures and combat.
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And it’s a crying shame because X-Wing leveled up the whole pre-painted miniatures game basically out of nowhere when it swooped in with S-Foils locked in attack position.
You would be hard-pressed to find cleaner pre-painted minis. But, alas, it seems they are expensive enough to make. It’s one of those rising problems in the industry. As things get more expensive, studios look for where they can cut costs. Sadly, this probably won’t be the last such occurrence.
Damn shame, they severely neglected both games after they inherited them. Still a decent community by me but it’ll start to dwindle without new folks joining.
I still don’t get the decisions made here. Like, let’s move these games to another department that’s too small to handle them. Then let’s just neglect them for a few years and then cancel them.
You don’t do this with an expensive license like SW. I don’t get it. Like, not even reprinting them? Just make them more expensive if you have to. Try something!
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Curious to see if star trek into the unknown can fill that gap. Guess there’s no better way to start a nerdy prepainted minis game than pick exactly that one moment where your two major competitors just vanish.
Just for the sake of completeness, here’s the link to AMG’s announcement
https://www.atomicmassgames.com/transmission/update-on-star-wars-x-wing-and-star-wars-armada/
After long and careful consideration, we are here today to announce the end of development on Star Wars™: X-Wing and Star Wars: Armada.
We are grateful for the community’s passionate engagement and support. Over the past few years, rising production costs, global manufacturing, and pandemic-related challenges have made it increasingly difficult to produce high-quality, pre-painted miniatures which ultimately led to the decision to end development.
Although development is ending, we are not stepping away from these games entirely. Atomic Mass Games will continue to support tournaments and Organized Play for both games, with OP kits to be found in your local shops, culminating in the Open World Championship at AdeptiCon in March 2025.
Thank you for your continued support and dedication.
