Following restructuring that led to the closure of their Vancouver studio Tuesday, Nexon today confirmed that all existing U.S. games -- including free-to-play MMOs "MapleStory" and "Mabinogi," and first-person shooter "Combat Arms" -- were not affected by the layoffs. However, the fate of "Sugar Rush," a title formerly published by the defunct Humanature studio, is [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, January 27, 2009
Following multiple independent reports, Nexon has today confirmed the closure of their Vancouver development studio. The company cited economic reasons for the decision, adding that they felt the need to "secure Nexon's core business for the long term." You can read the company's full statement after the jump.
Continue reading...Tuesday, January 27, 2009
In December they were voted one of the best companies to work for in British Columbia. But according to their receptionist, today, just after noon, every last employee of Nexon's Humanature Studio packed their bags and headed for the door. Formed in 2006 as Nexon Publishing North America, the studio was supposed to produce original titles [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, November 20, 2008
Remember how weird it was when 7-Eleven started selling select promo-partner games at their stores? Remember how awesome it was when they completely ignored street dates of aforementioned games and sold them regardless of labels warning them against doing so? Well, now you can buy AAA games at 7-Eleven year round, starting with seven this [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, October 22, 2008
On the first of the month, Nexon's Min Kim told AFP that while he didn't expect the company's free-to-play games would have quite the runaway success in the U.S. that they enjoy in South Korea, he expected some "pretty big numbers" regardless. Today, Nexon has published one of those numbers: 1,000,000. That's the number of users [...]
Continue reading...Friday, May 30, 2008
GameCyte goes hands-on with Nexon's first free-to-play first-person shooter. Our impressions.
Continue reading...Friday, May 23, 2008
Looks like Battlefield Heroes isn't the only free-to-play, easily laptoppable online first-person shooter competing for your beta applications. Today, Nexon announced Combat Arms, a primarily squad-based shooter slated for release later this summer. Combat Arms will kick off a short closed beta on May 30th, which will last one week.
Continue reading...Wednesday, April 9, 2008
We caught up with Min Kim, Director of Game Operations at Nexon America, at today's MI6 Conference. Read our article for his thoughts about the free-to-play game space.
Continue reading...Tuesday, April 8, 2008
GameCyte attended the MI6 Conference here in San Francisco to hear about the latest and greatest in games marketing. One of the early panels from Tuesday brought together the minds of some of today's most successful virtual worlds and social games to discuss the future of free-to-play games and social networking.
Continue reading...Monday, March 31, 2008
Gamasutra recently caught up with Ben Cousins, senior producer on Battlefield Heroes, and discovered just what corners had to be cut and what incentives offered to make Battlefield viable for the masses.
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Thursday, January 29, 2009
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