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Korean games Krafton buys India’s Nautilus Mobile, fueling IP race in Korean game scene

Krafton Inc., one of South Korea’s top four market-cap gaming firms, has taken over Indian game developer Nautilus Mobile for $14 million, upp...

Korean games Nexon becomes 1st Korean game publisher with over 4 trillion won in sales

Nexon Co., the parent of Nexon Games Co., became the first Korean game developer to achieve the 4 trillion won ($2.8 billion) sales milestone in 202...

Korean games Nexon to release The First Berserker: Khazan in China

South Korea’s online game developer Nexon Korea Corp. said on Monday it signed a deal with China's Tencent Games to publish its new action rol...

Korean games Nexon to see record sales on The First Descendant, DnF Mobile

Gaming giant Nexon Co. is set to enjoy record sales this year thanks to the strong debut of its new title The First Descendant and the success of a ...

Korean games Nexon releases Dungeon & Fighter Mobile in China

South Korea’s online game developer Nexon Korea Corp. on Tuesday officially launched the action role-playing game (RPG) Dungeon & Fighter ...

Korean games Nexon's Dave the Diver wins BAFTA Games Awards

South Korea’s game developer Nexon Co. announced on Friday that its PC RPG game Dave the Diver won the Game Design award at the British Academ...

Tech, Media & Telecom Middle East, land of dreams for South Korean IT firms

South Korea’s information technology and game companies are rushing to the Middle East to seek global growth drivers as the oil-rich countries...

Blockchain Nexon opens blockchain game corporations in UAE

South Korea’s online game developer Nexon Korea Corp. opened its corporations in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) at the end of last year to str...

Korean games Nexon's DnF Mobile obtains Chinese game service license

South Korean online game developer Nexon Korea Corp.'s "Dungeon & Fighter Mobile" has obtained a banhao (game service license) from the Chinese ...

Korean games Nexon fined over MapleStory in-game item selling

South Korea’s online game developer Nexon Korea Corp. was fined 11.6 billion won ($8.9 million) for allegedly misleading its customers over in...

Korean games Korean game developers expedite global conquest

South Korea’s major game developers NCSOFT Corp., Nexon Co. and Netmarble Corp. plan to roll out new games for overseas players next year in a...

Korean games S.Korea seeks to sell 29% in game giant Nexon's holding firm

The South Korean government is planning to sell off a 29.3% stake in Tokyo-listed game giant Nexon Co.’s holding firm NXC Corp. via a public b...

Korean games Nexon’s 'The Finals' draws record-high concurrent users

South Korea’s game publishing giant Nexon Co. is set to release another blockbuster game after its new first-person shooting game “The F...

Korean games Korean game sector shifts to consoles as mobile market falls

South Korean game developers are rushing to introduce titles for consoles targeting die-hard players amid the shrinking mobile market.A survey of 10...

Electronics Samsung to apply gaming-specific tech to Nexon’s new title

South Korea's Samsung Electronics Co. announced a partnership with domestic video game developer Nexon Co. on Monday to release the world's first ...

Korean games Nexon launches hit RPG Blue Archive in China

South Korea’s major game company Nexon Co. on Thursday said it officially released on the Chinese market Blue Archive, a subculture mobile rol...

Korean games Nexon’s Dave the Diver rises to global top game in 2 weeks after launch

Nexon Co. is poised to change the South Korean game scene with its new adventure PC role-playing game that has grabbed gamers around the world immed...

Korean games S.Korean game companies to launch new offensive in China

Major South Korean game companies such as Nexon, Netmarble Corp. and Smilegate from this month will roll out new titles on the Chinese market. ...

Korean games Nexon's oldie but goodie MapleStory beats Diablo 4 in Korea

Gaming Giant Nexon Co.’s 20-year-old title MapleStory knocked down US Blizzard Entertainment’s global-hit Diablo 4 in South Korea, helpi...

Korean games Nexon celebrates 20th anniversary of MapleStory

South Korean gaming giant Nexon Co. marks the 20th anniversary of its popular online game, MapleStory, with a host of exciting ventures based on the...

Korean games South Korean game developers expand business with IPs

South Korean game developers are expanding their business portfolios through their intellectual property to boost profits with a goal to create glob...

Korean games S.Korea’s popular MMORPGs go abroad for profitability

South Korean game developers target overseas markets for their locally hit massively multiplayer online role-playing games (MMORPGs) to increase pro...

Earnings Nexon beats major Korean rivals with China market, PC games

Gaming giant Nexon Co. is dwarfing major South Korean rivals thanks to its success in China and PC titles.Nexon, a South Korean-Japanese game publis...

Korean games Nexon Games’ Blue Archive surpasses 1 million pre-registrants in China

South Korea’s Nexon Games Co. on Wednesday said the number of pre-registrants for its strategy role-playing game Blue Archive exceeded one mil...

Korean games Nexon teams up with 'Parasite' film production company Barunson E&A

Nexon, one of South Korea's top three game giants, on Tuesday said it signed a strategic memorandum of understanding with Barunson Entertainment &am...

Real estate Nexon named preferred bidder for 50% of office tower from KTCU

Gaming giant Nexon Co. is set to acquire a 50% stake in the Autoway Tower, an office building in Seoul's Gangnam business district, from the Korean ...

Korean games Nexon late founder’s family inherits all his shares

The wife and two daughters of Nexon’s late founder Kim Jung-ju have inherited all his shares in the game developer’s holding company NXC...

Korean startups Startup accelerator Klim Ventures secures $4 mn in bridge capital

South Korea’s startup accelerator Klim Ventures announced Tuesday it has secured 5.5 billion won ($4 million) worth of bridge capital. ...

Upcoming IPOs One Store refiles IPO application, changing peer group list

One Store Co., investment firm SK Square Co.'s homegrown app store, is gearing up for an initial public offering to be held in May. The local app st...

Korean games Nexon's new game beats Lineage to top app stores list

Nexon Co.'s Dungeon & Fighter Mobile has elbowed out NCSoft Corp.'s Lineage W to rank as the most popular Korean mobile game in the week since i...