At first look the Love and Deepspace Blade Runner 2049 crossover is a cool, if sudden, addition to the otome sport’s romantic universe, however it did not take lengthy for followers of the sport to note an uncomfortable parallel between one of many key storylines that includes the lead character’s AI companion, Joi, and the canceled Love and Deepspace character Valko.
Warning: Blade Runner 2049 spoilers beneath!
In Blade Runner 2049, lead character Okay (Ryan Golsing) has a romantic relationship with an AI companion known as Joi (performed by Ana de Armas), however loses her when the “emanator” system that Okay makes use of that permits her to journey with him is destroyed. Love and Deepspace gamers instantly famous that one thing related occurred to the sport’s promised sixth love curiosity, Valko, a companion that gamers have been already hooked up to when he was canceled by developer Infold only a week after his reveal following controversy round his character.
sarcastically, the bladerunner collab makes extra sense like this, we misplaced valko identical to the protagonist misplaced his digital girlfriend joi, destroyed by the exact same massive corpo that created her, just for him to stumble upon that advert with one other joi, bare and suggestive however not HIS joi
— lyn (@xialyn_ne) October 18, 2026
Different followers famous {that a} Blade Runner 2049 crossover, which is an uncommon one for the universe, would have made sense as a automobile for Valko, on condition that the character was described as a tech CEO and hacker.
Many are nonetheless hopeful that Valko may return, given the outpouring of help for the character on social media, at real-world occasions, and thru boycotts, petitions, and charitable donations in his title. Gamers have despatched cash to wolf sanctuaries, sponsored forests, paid for billboards to characteristic him, and even arrange memorials for the character. Infold has made no official remark about Valko for the reason that preliminary cancellation.
The particular occasion runs from at the moment till November 5 and contains free in-game rewards impressed by the movie. It is probably a part of a promotional marketing campaign for the brand new Blade Runner 2099, which launches on Amazon Prime on November 25.