Nexon Korea grants game developers 6.8% raise in deal with union
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...
Adjust panel: The state of user acquisition for mobile games
Acquiring users for mobile games isn’t the sexiest part of the game industry. But it’s a critical one. And so I was happy to...
Nexon will fully acquire Embark Studios
Nexon announced today that it plans to become the majority holder in Embark Studios. This comes after Nexon became the majority investor in Embark...
Nexon becomes majority investor in Patrick Söderlund’s Embark Studios
Nexon announced today that it has increased its investment in Embark Studios, becoming the new majority share holder of the company. Nexon is a...
Nexon’s Godzilla Defense Force rampages onto iOS and Android
In advance of the film Godzilla: King of the Monsters, Nexon and developer Neopl Studio 42 are launching Godzilla Defense Force as a free-to-play...
Nexon’s Rocket Arena is an accessible multiplayer shooter
Boom indeed! Nexon and Final Strike Games are revealing Rocket Arena, a first-person multiplayer shooter game where nobody dies. The game, which enters its...
Nexon has its best Q1 ever amid growing acquisition rumors
South Korean PC and mobile game publisher Nexon today reported its best Q1 earnings in the company’s history, noting revenues of $850 million. That...
The DeanBeat: Building visionary triple-A game studios that last
One of my favorite business books is Built to Last: Successful habits of visionary companies, by Jim Collins and Jerry Porras. Starting the 1990s,...
DomiNations passes 50 million downloads ahead of Space Age update
Nexon and Big Huge Games have announced that DomiNations, the empire-building game now hitting its fourth anniversary, has been downloaded more than 50 million...
Electronic Arts, Amazon, and Comcast make bids to buy Nexon
Electronic Arts, Amazon, and Comcast have joined the bidding to buy Asian online gaming firm Nexon, according to a published report. In doing, so,...