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Title: Black MirrorΓÇÖs Bandersnatch is leaving Netflix for good

Date: Wed, 07 May 2025 14:45:18 +0000
Link: https://www.engadget.com/entertainment/tv-mov...

Netflix has been gradually culling its library of interactive content for a
while now, but Black MirrorΓÇÖs Emmy award winning Bandersnatch was one of
the few survivors. Until now. As spotted by WhatΓÇÖs on Netflix, the choose-
your-own-adventure film set in a fictional game development studio will be
leaving the service globally on May 12.

At the beginning of December 2024, only four of NetflixΓÇÖs ΓÇ£Interactive
SpecialsΓÇ¥ remained, of which Bandersnatch was one. As of today there are
only two left. The other is Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt: Kimmy vs. The
Reverend, which first debuted back in 2020 and is also being removed
imminently.

NetflixΓÇÖs first interactive effort was 2017ΓÇÖs Puss in Book: Trapped in an
Epic Tale, but Bandersnatch, which arrived the following year, was the first
to be targeted at an adult audience, and arguably the companyΓÇÖs most
successful of these experiments. Set in the UK in the mid-80s, it follows a
young programmer who sets out to adapt a dark fantasy novel into a story-
driven video game, before things inevitably take a dark turn. The film
featured multiple endings and branching paths based on the decisions you
made, and went on to win two Primetime Emmy Awards.

Which probably leaves you wondering why Netflix is getting rid of it. Back in
December, company spokesperson Chrissy Kelleher told The Verge that the
technology had ΓÇ£served its purpose, but is now limiting as we focus on
technological efforts in other areas.ΓÇ¥

Actual video games still feature prominently in the overhauled Netflix TV
app, which the company has been working on since last year and will roll out
over the coming weeks and months. It is also experimenting with a vertical
video feature on mobile that will include clips and trailers, presumably to
appeal more to the native TikTok audience. Just donΓÇÖt expect to see
Bandersnatch in there.

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