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Just about everyone who follows F2P MMOs knows of the company Nexon. They published Heroes of Incredible Tales, better known as HIT, developed by NAT Games. A fairly popular mobile game, HIT is estimated to earn Nexon about $12,575 in daily revenue, courtesy of Thinkgaming. It comes as little surprise that Nexon has once again contracted studio NAT Games to [...]
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Last week, World of Warcraft Senior Design Producer Stephan Frost announced on Twitter that he was leaving Blizzard Entertainment for a “big opportunity” that he felt he “had to take.” Well, know we know where he's gone. I'm starting today as a Creative/Game Director at Nexon OC on a brand new unannounced PC title. Super excited to get to work. [...]
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We've long suspected that mobile games are thinly veiled gambling apps and this week Nexon presented another piece of evidence to that effect. Teaming up with Finnish mobiles studio Grand Cru, Nexon has just released a blackjack inspired mobile RPG called Battlejack. You read that right, a RPG based on the casino game Blackjack. Based on the trailer, Battlejack seems [...]
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Nexon reported their Q2 2017 earnings report today and it showed a 23% increase in revenue year over year. Nexon attributed the strong quarter to Dungeon Fighter Online in China and the game's 9th anniversary update. Mobile game revenue as a percent of total sales were 24% and PC was 76%. As with previous quarters, China and Korea made up [...]
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Coming on July 18th, First Assault will be revamping, ahem, Renewing their game. Nexon is promising "Major" updates (please tell me someone caught that pun) and optimizations to the experience. Lets try to break down some of the updates, and more importantly, new characters to play at in First Assault. New maps, balance changes, a new weapon - there's so much to cover here. [...]
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Nexon reported record revenues and profits today with the release of their Q1 2017 earnings report. Revenue is up a whopping 30% year over year thanks to the strong performance of Dungeon Fighter in China. While Netmarble and most other companies are growing rapidly in Mobile, Nexon still gets the bulk of their revenue growth from PC. PC Revenues grew [...]
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Nexon announced today that it has signed a deal to publish a new multiplayer game from ex-343 Industries and ex-EA Black Box developer Kevin Franklin's new studio First Strike Games. For those of you who don't know, 343 Industries is the company that took over as the primary developer of the Halo series after Bungie left the series behind to [...]
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It's sometimes easy to forget that the virtual worlds that we explore are often heavily influenced by the real world. PocketGamer.biz is reporting that the Chinese government recently put a ban on releasing games made in South Korea in China and its effect on the games industry was felt almost immediately. According to Nikkei, a Japanese business newspaper, Nexon's shares [...]
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Nexon has recently removed six positions from their company which represents 1% of their total workforce. Here’s what the company's representatives have to say on MMORPG.com: “In order to provide enhanced live game , Nexon America has streamlined its operations and eliminated six positions, representing less than 1% of Nexon's global workforce. Nexon America remains committed to executing its strategy [...]
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Nexon announced today that its Korean subsidiary, Nexon Korea, has made a strategic investment in Tree of Savior developer IMC Games. As the Korean publisher of Tree of Savior and the Tree of Savior Mobile Remake, it makes sense that Nexon Korea would make such an investment. According to the announcement, the investment is meant to help "reinforce service [...]
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