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PC and mobile games drive 60% revenue growth for Nexon

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Nexon, the maker of huge online games like MapleStory, reported strong second-quarter revenue growth thanks to good demand for its free-to-play online PC and mobile games in Asia.

Revenues were $379.7 million in the second quarter, up 60 percent from $237 million a year ago. Net income was $117.8 million, up 54 percent from $76 million a year earlier. Mobile revenue was $75.6 million, up 40-fold from $1.87 million a year ago. Operating income grew 21 percent.

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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.