Our latest coverage of Nexon.
It's not a good time to be a Nexon investor. After reporting a 10% increase in top line revenue and overall decent operating results, the stock is trading down over 14% in Japan today. Nexon's stock closed at 2,065 yen per share on February 1st, 2016 and is currently trading a tad below 1,400 yen as of this post (over [...]
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Nexon's 2015 revenue reports are here. They are showing an impressive 10% year-over-year increase in overall revenues, totaling 190.3 billion yen—around $1.6 billion according to Google. Owen Mahoney, the president and CEO of Nexon, had the following to say about the increase. "Nexon’s solid performance throughout 2015 was driven by our relentless focus on the quality of our live and [...]
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Have you ever said to yourself "MapleStory is great and all, but after 5 years, I'm done with it. Time to move to MapleStory 2 or Dragon Nest or Dungeon Fighter Online. But I'm super rich here and I'd have to start over. If only I could take my stuff with me"? Nexon Korea is introducing a new system that [...]
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Nexon's third quarter results are in and they are looking rather positive. The company's revenues are up to 49.8 billion yen, a 9.9% year-over-year increase, which exceeded the "high-end" of expectations. Mobile revenues were up only 7% year-over-year at 10.3 billion yen compared to a 10% increase in PC revenues, bringing them to 39.5 billion yen. The mobile results [...]
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Nexon and Respawn Entertainment announced a joint investment in mobile company Particle City today. This investment came out of a multi-game, multi-year partnership in which Nexon will be the "exclusive global publisher" of multiple Titanfall mobile games. Nexon has already invested in or formed partnerships with Cliff Bleszinski's Boss Key Productions, Big Huge Games, and earlier this year, even Electronic [...]
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Nexon finally gave up on their attempts to take over NCSoft, ending a saga of corporate drama that began back in 2012. Nexon announced today that they would sell their entire ~15% stake in NCSoft on the open market in South Korea and no longer peruse a deal. Back in 2012, Nexon purchased about 15% of NCSoft's outstanding shares, with [...]
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This week we're going to take a look at the importance of legacy titles for MMO developers. At first glance it may seem like MMORPG companies like NCSoft and Nexon are diversified companies with vast portfolios of games. This is largely true, but most gamers don't realize that despite having numerous titles, most companies get the bulk of their profits from a single [...]
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Nexon seem to really be trying to gain a greater foothold in the Western market. First, they partner with Cliff Bleszinski's Boss Key Productions and now, they are partnering with Dallas Dickinson's QC Games. For those of you who don't recognize him by name, Dallas Dickinson served as senior producer on Planetside, Shadow Realms, and Star Wars: Galaxies, and director [...]
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Nexon is one of the largest free to play game developers in the world with numerous iconic franchises including MapleStory and Dungeon Fighter Online. They were one of the first companies to launch free to play games in the West with the launch of “Global MapleStory” in 2005 and are considered market leaders in the free to play space, but exactly [...]
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Peria Chronicles is a 3D anime inspired fantasy MMORPG with cell shaded art and a focus on user created content. Players will be able to create their own maps, towns, quests, and share their work with the entire community! Publisher: Nexon Type: Sandbox MMORPG Canceled: August 27, 2019 Pros: +Attractive art style. +Monster catching and training. +User generated maps, quests, [...]
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