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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
July 16, 2020
2 min

Nexon has shut down its game studio in Orange County, California, the company confirmed following chatter on social media. The shutdown of Nexon OC...

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MapleStory debuted in 2003 and it is still going strong.

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Nexon CEO Owen Mahoney sees online games making permanent gains

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
May 22, 2020
20 min

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...

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Nexon’s Owen Mahoney: How the gaming world has changed

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
April 28, 2020
4 min

Nexon CEO Owen Mahoney gave us a picture of how the gaming world has changed during the pandemic. And so far, the world is...

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Mike Morhaime retired in April after nearly 28 years at Blizzard.

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GamesBeat Summit Digital speakers: Mike Morhaime, Owen Mahoney, and Mike Frazzini

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
April 1, 2020
4 min

We’re taking GamesBeat Summit 2020 into a digital online-only format. And today, we’re revealing three new speakers for the event: former Blizzard Entertainment president...

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Sensor Tower: Lineage 2 M earns over $150 million in player spending

Posted byby Mike Minotti
February 12, 2020
1 min

Lineage 2 M has been available in South Korea for less than three months, but the mobile MMO has already earned over $150 million,...

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Nexon Korea grants game developers 6.8% raise in deal with union

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
February 6, 2020
1 min

Nexon Korea has announced it has agreed to a 6.8% wage increase with the labor union representing the company’s employees. The union, dubbed Starting...