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Nexon Partners with Bitpay to Accept Crypto Payments for In-Game Items

December 14, 2021 Omer Altay Comments

Nexon, the South Korean gaming giant behind MapleStory and Dungeon Fighter Online, announced today that they partnered with BitPay to accept crypto payments (Bitcoin, Ethereum, Doge, etc) for in-game microtransactions across most of their games. “Nexon listens closely to feedback from our players, including the many who have requested we include cryptocurrencies as a form of in-game payment,” said Nexon [...]

Nexon Is Working On A New Warhammer Age Of Sigmar Multiplayer PvE Game

December 9, 2021 Marc Marasigan Comments

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Nexon has partnered with Games Workshop to develop a new game based on the British board game manufacturer’s Warhammer Age of Sigmar miniature wargame. “It is an era of war. The Mortal Realms have been despoiled. Ravaged by the followers of the Chaos Gods, they stand on the brink of destruction. Players will command the war hosts of the God-king [...]

Nexon Licenses Games Workshop's Warhammer Franchise for New PvE Social Multiplayer RPG Warhammer Age of Sigmar

December 8, 2021 Omer Altay Comments

Nexon announced today that they partnered with Games Workshop to license their fantasy Warhammer franchise to launch a new PvE social multiplayer RPG called Warhammer Age of Sigmar. This new Warhammer game will be available on PC, consoles, and mobile devices sometime in the future. While not much information is available, this will definitely be an MMO of sorts. No [...]

Nexon Reports Q3 2021 Earnings - Mobile Revenues Down, PC Up

November 9, 2021 Omer Altay Comments

Nexon reported their Q3 2021 earnings report today and the highlights included a sharp drop-off in mobile game revenues (down 44% year over year) and an increase in PC revenues (up 24% year over year). Total revenues for the quarter were $672M (down 4% year over year). The strong performance in PC gaming revenue can be attributed to Dungeon Fighter [...]

Nexon Reports Q2, 2021 Earnings - Revenues Down a Bit While New Games Highlighted

August 11, 2021 Omer Altay Comments

The South Korean gaming giant Nexon released their Q2, 2021 earnings report today and the financial highlights were as follows: Quarterly Revenue: 56B JPY (approx. $510M USD), down from 64.5B JPY in Q2 2020. Quarterly Operating Income: 15.4B JPY (approx. $140m USD), down from 26.7B JPY in Q2 2020. Revenues declines in all regions except for South Korea which was [...]

Nexon Showcases 12 New Games in Development Including New Metaverse Platform "Mod"

August 5, 2021 Omer Altay Comments

Nexon unveiled details on 12 new games currently being developed at the company's studios in Seoul, South Korea. The game I found most interesting on this list is Project MOD which is Nexon's attempt at competing with Roblox with their own player made game platform. Check it out below alongside the other games Nexon is working on: Project Magnum (PC [...]

Nexon Reshuffles Leadership at NEOPLE, the Studio Behind Dungeon Fighter Online

August 1, 2021 Omer Altay Comments

Nexon announced today that Myeong-jin Yun, the man leading oversight at Project BBQ and Mobile DFO, will take over the leadership position on Dungeon Fighter Online (alongside his other responsibilities). The goal with the leadership shuffle is to bring forth new ideas to keep the now 16 year old game fresh. Myeong-jin Yun joined Neople in 2008 to work on [...]

Nexon Q4 2020 Investor Report Shows Record-High Annual Revenues

February 11, 2021 Marc Marasigan Comments

Nexon reports record-high revenues for 2020 thanks to the continuing success of MapleStory and FIFA Online, as well as their entry into “new markets.” According to the Q4 2020 investor report, the company’s global revenues dipped for the last fiscal quarter of 2020, their worst quarter of the year, due to foreign exchange losses and deferred tax liabilities. Global revenues, [...]

Nexon Reports Record Revenues in Q3 2020 Earnings Report

November 10, 2020 Omer Altay Comments

Nexon reported their financial results today with revenues clocking in at an impressive $755M for the third quarter of 2020. Profit for the quarter came in at $155M. As with previous Nexon earnings reporters, the company released some interesting nuggets of information. MapleStory's lifetime revenues have now exceeded over $3B since the game launched in 2003. Dungeon Fighter Online made [...]

Nexon Reports Record Q2 2020 Revenues, MapleStory Revenue at All Time High

August 7, 2020 Omer Altay Comments

Nexon released their Q2 2020 earnings report yesterday with total revenues for the 2nd quarter (April - June) coming in at ~$609M. As with previous quarters, the vast majority of Nexon's revenue comes from PC games (70% PC and 30% mobile). South Korea and China remain the company's most lucrative markets with South Korea accounting for 51% of revenue and [...]

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