Our latest coverage of Nexon. m62z
PC gaming may have been overshadowed by mobile at this year's G-Star in Korea, but Nexon offered us a few bright spots. Of the three PC titles Nexon's showcased, Dragon Hound is the newest and perhaps most exciting. A Korean language interview with the game's director last week gave us the first details on this title, and thank's to [...]
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While Dungeon Fighter Online (released 2005) and MapleStory (also 2005) may be oldies, they're still bringing in the big bucks for Nexon. While DFO is already the highest grossing MMORPG in the world, the game had record revenues this quarter with double digit year over year growth. Korean MapleStory on the other hand also had a strong year with 129% [...]
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Nexon announced their Q2 2018 earnings report this weekend and company revenue is up 2% year over year to $430 million for the quarter. China and South Korea once again were Nexon's biggest markets with North America making up only 7% of total revenue. PC remains the company's biggest platform but mobile continues to grow. Nexon also acquired 30% of [...]
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Those interested in the business side of gaming should check out Nexon CEO Ownen Mahoney's presentation "IT’S A TRAP! - How to invest in video games without getting blown up": “IT’S A TRAP! - How to invest in video games without getting blown up” by Owen Mahoney, CEO of NEXONWatch this video on YouTube In the video above, Nexon's CEO [...]
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South Korean publishing giant Nexon has grown even bigger when it acquired majority control of NAT Games. NAT Games is a Korean game developer known for their free-to-play mobile ARPG Heroes of Incredible Tales, or HIT. HIT was published by Nexon in 2016 and was a global success. The mobile game has since been ed over 25 million times. Overhit, [...]
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On May 10, 2018 Nexon released their Q1 2018 earnings report. A more digestible Investor Presentation slide deck was also released and is filled with interesting charts and figures. The headline figures show that Nexon had a great quarter: revenues were up 21% year over year, due significantly to the stronger than expected results of Dungeon Fighter Online in China. [...]
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When you’re the leader of a group, giving every member the freedom to come up with new ideas and think outside the box is definitely better than forcing a single idea on the whole group. This is probably what Korean gaming giant Nexon had in mind when it granted full autonomy to 7 internal studios. MMOCulture reports that Nexon restructured [...]
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In a lengthy response to an analyst question about eSports, Nexon CEO Owen Mahoney shared his thoughts on eSports in general. He obviously isn't very optimistic on the market and suspects that others are getting a bit ahead of themselves when hyping it up. See his full statement below: That’s a long topic, so let me try to simplify a [...]
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Nexon reported their Q4 2017 and full year 2017 earnings report today. Full year revenues came in at 234.9B Yen ($2.16B USD), up from 183.1B Yen (~$1.7B USD) from 2016. Nexon CEO, Owen Mahoney, attributed the record annual revenue to the ongoing success of Dungeon Fighter Online and MapleStory, both of which recorded double-digit percentage growth in revenue year over [...]
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G-Star 2017 is coming up, running from November 16th, until November 19th. Hosted in Busan, Korea, G-Star will be a massive gaming convention, and many gaming companies will be there, showcasing their products. Nexon is no exception, as the gaming giant is massively popular in Korea. Five games for the PC will be showcased, such as FIFA Online 4, Need [...]
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