The experts give a mixed outlook for game company acquisitions
Is the next $10 billion game company acquisition right around the corner, or have all of the investors and acquirers moved on the more...
Nexon keeps thriving on games that are decades old
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...
Nexon acquires High School Story developer Pixelberry Studios
Tokyo-based gaming giant Nexon is expected to announce tonight that it is acquiring Pixelberry Studios, an acclaimed game studio that created the social-mobile game High...
LawBreakers gets team deathmatch and its first post-launch map
Nexon and Boss Key are giving players a reason to return to LawBreakers, a low-gravity shooter from designer Cliff Bleszinski. Boss Key, the development...
The DeanBeat: The Leisure Economy — where we all get paid to play games
I’ve been bouncing this idea about the Leisure Economy, where we all get paid to play games, off everyone I meet these days. With...
Nexon and Finland’s Grand Cru contemplate making mobile games that last for years
Asian gaming giant Nexon and Finland’s Grand Cru recently launched Battlejack, a mobile game that mashes up a fantasy role-playing game with the classic...
Game Boss interview: Nexon CEO preaches focus on players, not monetization
Nexon CEO Owen Mahoney thinks that mobile game publishers lost sight of what was good for players when they turned up the crank on...
Nexon’s Battlejack adds an RPG twist to blackjack
Nexon is continuing to seek out developers in the West, and it’s latest partnership is with Finnish indie studio Grand Cru. The two are teaming...
Cliff Bleszinski is so glad he un-retired to create LawBreakers
Cliff Bleszinski retired from Epic Games in 2012, after two decades making Unreal and Gears of War video games. Two years later, he started...
LawBreakers is coming to PlayStation 4 as well as PC for $30 this year
Cliff Bleszinski‘s next game is coming together after more than a year in beta testing, and when the game finally launches it will do...