The DeanBeat: Nexon pushes back at analysts by refusing to give game launch dates
Nexon CEO Owen Mahoney told investors during an earnings call Wednesday that he would not give launch dates for highly anticipated releases of KartRider:...
Nexon CEO Owen Mahoney: Game companies say they love innovation but resist creators at every turn
Owen Mahoney has grown skeptical of people who say they love innovation but fail to support creative people. The Nexon CEO brought this up...
The D20 Beat: Lost Eidolons is a rarity — a single-player RPG from South Korea
The South Korean game industry is known for games like Dungeon and Fighter, Lineage, and Maple Story. What do all of these games have...
Nexon invests $874 million in Hasbro, Bandai Namco, Konami, and Sega Sammy
Nexon, the Tokyo-based maker of Maplestory and other online games, has invested $874 million in Hasbro, Bandai Namco, Konami, and Sega Sammy. Nexon said...
RPGs in 2021 and beyond: The Nexon take
The flavor and mechanics of role-playing games are all over the industry these days. The way you build skills, statistics, gear, and even worlds...
How Nexon is expanding its PC online games to mobile
Nexon is a lucky online-only video game company with five major franchises that have generated billions of dollars in revenues over the years. That’s...
The DeanBeat: What we’ve learned about pandemic gaming
The second-quarter earnings results from major game companies over the past two weeks have taught us more about how gamers are responding to the...
Nexon shuts down its Orange County game studio
Nexon has shut down its game studio in Orange County, California, the company confirmed following chatter on social media. The shutdown of Nexon OC...
Nexon CEO Owen Mahoney sees online games making permanent gains
The pandemic has been tough on Nexon‘s core markets in South Korea and China, but the Tokyo-based online game publisher has been preparing for...
Nexon’s Owen Mahoney: How the gaming world has changed
Nexon CEO Owen Mahoney gave us a picture of how the gaming world has changed during the pandemic. And so far, the world is...