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Why Owen Mahoney stepped down after a decade of success as Nexon’s CEO

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
November 27, 2023
14 min

Owen Mahoney joined Nexon in 2010 as CFO, and he oversaw its initial public offering in 2011. He has led the company as president...

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Nexon CEO Owen Mahoney will step down in March and be replaced by Junghun Lee

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
November 9, 2023
2 min

Nexon announced a leadership succession plan where longtime CEO Owen Mahoney will step down in March 2024 and be replaced by Junghun Lee. That’s...

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The First Descendent hits open beta in September 2023.

Nexon’s The First Descendant 3rd-person shooter hits beta September 19-25

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
August 4, 2023
1 min

Nexon announced its upcoming free-to-play third-person action RPG shooter, The First Descendant, will be available for crossplay open beta from September 19 to September...

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1 min

Nexon and Polygon are partnering on Web3 games.

Nexon heads into NFTs with MapleStory Universe and Polygon deal

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
March 21, 2023
4 min

Nexon announced that its MapleStory Universe virtual world ecosystem will enable players and creators to develop and manage non-fungible tokens (NFTs). And it is...

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4 min

South Korea’s 4:33 Creative Lab launches Delabs Web3 game studio

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
March 16, 2023
3 min

South Korean game developer 4:33 Creative Lab, which has amassed more than 250 million downloads across its games globally, announced Delabs, a new Web3-focused...

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3 min

KartRider: Drift is available on PC and mobile devices.

KartRider: Drift racing party game debuts on PC and mobile

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
January 12, 2023
1 min

Nexon’s KartRider: Drift, a free-to-play kart racing party game, is available to download and play on PC and mobile platforms via Steam, Nexon Launcher,...