Tribe Nine isn't the only noteworthy news story floating around right now about live-service games getting their plugs pulled on them, but it certainly stands out for its exceptionally abbreviated lifespan. The "brutal action RPG", as its publisher describes it, will have lasted just 15 months when it's brutally shut down on November 27.
As a side effect, Tribe Nine's story won't get its planned fourth chapter, which would have left things on a cliffhanger... if Kazutaka Kodaka, Tribe Nine's creator, didn't step in with a bold plan to give players an ending. Kodaka, famous for his Danganronpa series, as well as 2023's Master Detective Archives: Rain Code and this year's The Hundred Line: Last Defense Academy, thinks canned live-service titles should always offer their fans a narrative finish, and he's stepping up to the plate to stand by those words.
Kodaka's offering Tribe Nine players that sought-after sense of closure through the creation of Neoneon Tribe, a "non-profit fan project" which will see the commercially-failed game's plot to its end point. He hopes the endeavour may even lead to further content for the Tribe Nine IP in the years to come. (While Neoneon Tribe's upcoming work...
