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Nexon keeps thriving on games that are decades old

  • Posted byby Dean Takahashi
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Asian gaming giant Nexon keeps on making money from games that are many years old, like Dungeon Fighter and Maple Story.

The Tokyo-based company reported third quarter revenues tonight of $533 million, up 36 percent from a year earlier, and net income of $172 million. Both exceeded the company’s outlook for the quarter.

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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.