Nexon

This article is about the videogame company. For Nexon, Inc., the former subsidiary, see Kru Interactive. For the Commune of France, see Nexon, Haute-Vienne. For the train station, see Gare de Nexon. For the Georgetown University professor, see Daniel Nexon.
Not to be confused with Nexen.
Nexon Co., Ltd.
Public[1][2][3]
Traded as TYO: 3659
(Tokyo Stock Exchange)
Industry Game developer and publisher
Founded 1994
Seoul, South Korea
Founders Kim Jung Ju & Jake Song
Headquarters

Tokyo, Japan.[4]

Global Offices
Seongnam-si, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea
El Segundo, California, USA
Luxembourg City, Luxembourg
Key people
 Owen Mahoney(CEO)[5]
Shiro Uemura (CFO)[6]
Ji Won Park (Nexon Korea Corp. CEO)[7]
Richard Williams (Nexon America Inc. CEO)[8]
Keunwook (Kenny) Chang (Nexon Europe S.a.r.l CEO)[9]
Revenue Increase ¥172.930 billion (2014) [10]
Decrease ¥45.509 billion (2014) [10]
Decrease ¥29.316 billion (2014) [10]
Number of employees
 4,661 (Dec. 2013)[11][12]
Subsidiaries Nexon Networks Corporation
Nexon M Inc.
Nexon Communications Corporation
NEOPLE INC.
NDOORS Corporation
Lexian Software Development (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.
Rushmo Co., Ltd.
Neon Studio Corporation
NEXON GT Co., Ltd.
inBlue Inc.
gloops, Inc.
COMLIER. INC
gloops Vietnam Co.,Ltd.
Nexon Space Co., Ltd.
THINGSOFT Inc.
Fantage.com Inc.
Weclay Inc.[13]
Website http://company.nexon.co.jp/en/

Nexon (Korean: 넥슨 Revised: Nekseun) Co., Ltd. (TYO: 3659) is a global developer and publisher of free-to-play (F2P) PC and mobile online games.[14] Nexon was founded in Seoul in 1994 by Kim Jung Ju and Jake Song, Nexon's headquarters is currently located in Tokyo, Japan. Nexon is currently a listed company in Tokyo Stock Exchange.[14]

History

Nexon Group was established in Korea on December 1994.[14] Nexon developed and published its first title, Nexus: The Kingdom of the Winds, in 1996, which the Company continues to service.[15] Many title releases followed such as Dark Ages: Online Roleplaying, Elemental Saga, QuizQuiz, KartRider, Elancia, and Shattered Galaxy;[16] some of which are maintained by a company spun off of Nexon, Kru Interactive.[17] In 2003, Nexon developed MapleStory in Korea, which later became its most successful title and has been serviced for more than a decade.[18][19] The game was localized in many locations such as Japan, China, Taiwan, Thailand, Singapore, North America, Europe, Brazil, and Vietnam.[20] Nexon is also the developer of Dungeon&Fighter, through its wholly owned subsidiary, Neople.[21][22] Dungeon&Fighter is one of the most popular F2P PC online games in China.[22][23]

Originally founded in Korea, Nexon Co., Ltd. is currently based in Japan and has offices located in Japan, Korea, United States and Europe.

Nexon currently has 17 subsidiaries: Nexon Networks, Nexon M, Nexon COMMUNICATIONS, NEOPLE, NDoors, Lexian, Rushmo, Neon Studio, Nexon GT, inBlue, gloops, COMLIER, gloops Vietnam, Nexon Space, Thingsoft, Fantage and Weclay.[13][24]

Nexon went public on the Tokyo Stock Exchange on December 14, 2011 in an initial public offering, the largest in Japan for 2011 and the second largest by a technological company for 2011 worldwide.[25]

Games

NX (originally called NX cash or NX points) is an optional virtual currency that is purchased with real payment in order to purchase virtual goods that are used in Nexon games. NX might be transferable to diverse Nexon games under one and the same account of a customer, being restricted in use to that account only. NX can not be transferred between different customer accounts. However NX can be used to gift cash items to a friend or a customer in a trading website such as item bay.

Nexon America games

Game Launched Status Official Website
MapleStory May 11, 2005 (North America) Live maplestory.nexon.net
Mabinogi March 27, 2008[26] Live mabinogi.nexon.net
Combat Arms July 11, 2008 (North America)[27] Live combatarms.nexon.net
Vindictus October 27, 2010 (North America)[28] Live vindictus.com
Atlantica Online March 29, 2011 (North America) (Service Taken Over From Ndoors[29]) Live atlantica.nexon.net/
Dragon Nest September 27, 2011 (North America)[30] Live dragonnest.com
Dirty Bomb January 7, 2015 Live dirtybomb.nexon.net

List of games

Game Name Nexon Korea Nexon Japan Nexon America Nexon Europe
MapleStory
2003 (Korea) 		Yes Yes Yes Yes
MapleStory2
2015 (Korea) 		In open beta No No No
Sudden Attack
2004 (Korea) 		Yes Yes Closed No
Mabinogi
2004 (Korea) 		Yes Yes Yes Closed
Nexus: The Kingdom of the Winds
1996 (Korea) 		Yes Closed No No
Talesweaver
2003 (Korea) 		Yes Yes No No
Everplanet
2009 (Korea) 		Yes Closed No No
Shaiya Online Yes No No[31] No[31]
Legend of Darkness
1999 (Korea) 		Yes Closed No No
Asgard Yes Yes No No
Elancia Yes Closed No No
Elsword
2007 (Korea) 		Yes No No No
Dungeon Fighter Online
2005 (Korea) 		Yes Yes Closed No
Vindictus
Known in Asia as Mabinogi: Heroes
2010 (Korea) 		Yes Yes Yes Yes
Dragon Nest
2010 (Korea) 		Moved to
Actoz Soft 		No Yes No
Eve Online No Yes No No
Crazy Shooting Bubble Fighter
2008 (Korea) 		Yes No No No
Crazy Arcade BnB
2001 (Korea) 		Yes Closed Closed No
Crazyracing Kartrider
2004 (Korea) 		Yes Closed Closed No
QPlay Yes Closed No No
Counter-Strike Online Yes Yes No Yes
(Counter-Strike
Nexon: Zombies distributed through STEAM)[32]
War Rock Moved to
DreamExecution 		No No Yes
Combat Arms Yes No Yes Yes
Freestyle Basketball 2 Yes No No No
Atlantica Online Yes Yes Yes Yes
Dekaron No Yes No Yes
Luminary: Rise of the GoonZu No Yes No No
Chaos Online Yes No No No
Counter-Strike Online 2 Yes No No No
Dota 2 Yes No No No
FIFA Online 3 Yes No No No
Cyphers Online Yes No No No
United Eleven
Known in Asia as Football Day
Yes Yes Yes Yes[33]
LOST SAGA Yes No No Yes[34]
Epic of the Three Kingdoms Yes[35] Closed No No
Tales Runner Yes[36] No No No
Audition Online Yes No No No

Game Pipeline (In-house and through publishing agreements)

2015 and Beyond

See also

References

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  2. ↑ Kachi, Hiroyuki; Ho, Prudence (December 15, 2011). "IPOs Struggle in Asia". The Wall Street Journal.
  3. ↑ Nathan Layne and Isabel Reynolds (December 5, 2011). "Zynga rival Nexon's Tokyo IPO set at $1.2 billion". Yahoo! News. Archived from the original on December 6, 2011. Retrieved December 6, 2011.
  4. ↑ "Nexon America Second Quarter Revenues Increase 38 Percent over 2010". Business Wire. August 17, 2011. Archived from the original on October 5, 2011. Retrieved October 5, 2011.
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  6. ↑ Chris Shimamoto (May 15, 2014). "Nexon Surges as Online Game Maker Plans Share Buyback". Bloomberg News.
  7. ↑ Shin Ji-hye (February 13, 2014). "Nexon Korea names Park Ji-won as CEO". The Korea Herald.
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  27. ↑ Combat Arms. Combatarms.nexon.net. Retrieved on 2013-08-23.
  28. ↑ [VIN] Vindictus to Officially Launch October 27 | The msupdate Blog. Msupdate.wordpress.com (2010-10-19). Retrieved on 2013-08-23.
  29. ↑ http://atlantica.ndoorsgames.com/center/news/notice_view.asp?list_seq=1776
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