The Fist of the North Star: Ken’s Rage cellular sport is “already lifeless.” Koei Tecmo has introduced that it’ll stop its companies for the online-exclusive free-to-play sport on Monday, January 27, 2025.
This cellular sport is extra notably based mostly on Shin Hokuto Musou, which is healthier recognized within the West as Fist of the North Star: Ken’s Rage 2. The unique sport appeared on PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, and Wii U in Japan in 2012 and the West in 2013.
Koei Tecmo step by step launched new story chapters on a weekly foundation to emulate the unique manga’s publications on Weekly Shonen Soar from 1983 till 1988. It additionally added new playable characters that weren’t out there within the console video games, such because the Nanto Goshasei members Huey and Shuren. The cellular sport launched in late 2020, so it’s going to have a complete lifespan of round 4 years.
There aren’t any mentions of an offline archive model on the announcement web page, so the cellular sport’s content material not recorded on gamers’ screenshots and streams can be totally misplaced to time. Koei Tecmo will as a substitute supply refunds to gamers who nonetheless have unused paid currencies by the end-of-service date.
The lack of the cellular sport will as soon as once more deprive individuals of the power to play Fist of the North Star: Ken’s Rage video games on ongoing gaming platforms. Folks can’t deliver the unique PS3 and Wii U variations to the PS4, PS5, or Change because of the lack of backward compatibility help for the console technology. Microsoft didn’t embrace both of the 2 titles within the record of backward-compatible Xbox 360 video games for Xbox One and Xbox Collection X|S.
The Fist of the North Star: Ken’s Rage cellular sport is offered on Android and iOS units till January 27, 2025.
