A picture of Nexon OC's team on LinkedIn.
A picture of Nexon OC's team on LinkedIn.
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Nexon shuts down its Orange County game studio

  • Posted byby Dean Takahashi
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Nexon has shut down its game studio in Orange County, California, the company confirmed following chatter on social media.

The shutdown of Nexon OC shows that the strong sales from increased games engagement during the pandemic isn’t helping all companies. There are still winners and losers in this business. In fact, the Game Developers Conference survey released today shows that there are parts of the game industry that are hurting despite the overall positive trend.

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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.