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This Game Studio is Nexon’s latest stab at breaking into the West’s mobile game market

  • Posted byby Dean Takahashi
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Asian game giant Nexon has teamed up with Vancouver’s This Game Studio to publish the developer’s next mobile game.

The deal between Nexon M, the mobile game division of Tokyo-based Nexon, and This Game Studio shows that Nexon is still serious about breaking into the Western mobile game market. Overall, mobile gaming’s annual value is $34.8 billion, according to market researcher Newzoo. To be a big player here, Nexon has to invest more in Western content.

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.