Online gaming giant Nexon raises $1.2B in Toyko IPO (updated)
It’s good to be a gamer, and not so bad to be a game publisher either. Online-gaming firm Nexon went public today on the...
Nexon will hold $1.3B IPO on Dec. 6 (exclusive)
Online gaming firm Nexon is expected to go public on Dec. 6 in Japan, VentureBeat has learned. The company, which was started in Korea...
Evony gets a real lady in a toga for its online game ads. Is this progress?
Evony, the maker of an online-only fantasy strategy game, spammed the entire internet with ads that featured a large-breasted animated game character named Lady...
Korean and Chinese online gaming giants join in an alliance
Two major Asian online game companies are forming an alliance. South Korea’s Nexon (recently relocated to Japan) and China’s Perfect World are teaming up...
Superhero online game City of Heroes launches as free-to-play today
City of Heroes, an online role-playing game run by NCSoft, will now use a freemium model that makes money off the sale of premium...
Diablo 3 release date is in early 2012, more beta keys going out
Blizzard Entertainment’s next highly-anticipated online game, Diablo 3, won’t come out until early next year, the company’s chief executive Mike Morhaime said Friday. Blizzard...
Star Wars: The Old Republic may see 2012 release date
Game publisher Electronic Arts‘ massive online role-playing game, Star Wars: The Old Republic, could be delayed until 2012, the company’s chief financial officer, Eric...
Diablo 3 beta is short, sweet and a sign of great things to come (hands on)
The beta for Blizzard Entertainment’s next potential hit, Diablo 3, finally landed yesterday. We got a chance to blitz through the beta with each of...
Diablo 3 beta begins today
Initial invitations to join the beta testing program for Blizzard Entertainment’s Diablo 3 game are finally making the rounds to Battle.net account holders. The start...
Aeria Games hits 23M “power gamers” and acquires its first mobile game
Web gaming maker Aeria Games said today that its free-to-play online games have an audience of 23 million “power gamers.” The company is also moving...