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Nexon has been made to pay a fine of ₩11.6 billion (£7.1 million) by the Korea Fair Trade Commission
Read More »Nexon has been fined £7.1M by the Korea Fair Trade Commission in its MapleStory consumer protection decision
Nexon invested $874m in 2020, with investments in Hasbro, Sega Sammy, Bandai Namco and Konami
"These investments reflect our respect for management teams that create and grow global properties over a period of years and decades."
Read More »[From the industry] Nexon Releases Earnings for Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2020
“Nexon’s fourth quarter marked a strong finish to a great year”
Read More »Nexon sells mobile dev Gloops for a single Japanese Yen
"Keeping up with such changes in game development and operations has continued to be more difficult than initially expected"
Read More »Report: Korea’s biggest gaming company, Nexon, withdraws from sale
Consortium was unable to convince CEO to sell to a private equity firm
Read More »Nexon reports a record-breaking Q1 2019
PC online game revenue "exceeded expectations"
Read More »Report: Disney offered controlling stake in South Korea’s biggest gaming company, Nexon
Disney "has a special place in Kim’s heart"
Read More »Amazon, Comcast, and Electronic Arts reportedly join race to acquire Nexon holding firm NXC Corp
No companies will confirm, or deny, the rumours
Read More »Nexon writes off Lawbreakers, blames PUBG for game’s lack of impact
Nexon have written off the entire value of hero shooter Lawbreakers, claiming that PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds made the market environment tough for first-person shooters. Lawbreakers was one of the highest profile failures in video games recent memory, a critically well-received game that struggled to find an audience on console or PC. …
Read More »Nexon buys narrative game developer Pixelberry Studios
The Japanese-based publisher hopes to increase its reach to female gamers with the acquisition
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