Nexon invests $400M in Russo brothers’ film company at $1.1B valuation
Nexon has invested $400 million in AGBO, a film and entertainment company created by Avengers directors Anthony and Joe Russo. The minority investment from...
Former EA studios boss reveals his new game Arc Raiders
Embark Studios revealed its first game as part of The Game Awards festivities this evening. The development house showed off a trailer for Arc...
Kart Rider: Drift starts closed beta on Steam and consoles
KartRider: Drift is starting a closed beta on Steam and the consoles today as a new free-to-play online cross-platform party racing game. The game...
Nexon boss wants to move past the vague promises of the ‘metaverse’
Nexon chief executive officer Owen Mahoney wants to put a sanity check on all the buzz around the metaverse. In particular, he wants to...
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...