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.
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 A Global Office of Nexon in Seoul, South Korea. | |
Native name |
넥슨 株式会社ネクソン |
|---|---|
| Public[1][2][3] | |
| Traded as | TYO: 3659 |
| Industry | Game developer and publisher |
| Founded |
1994 Seoul, South Korea |
| Founders | Kim Jung Ju & Jake Song |
| Headquarters |
Global Offices Seongnam-si, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea El Segundo, California, USA Berlin, Germany Emeryville, California, USA |
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 |
 ¥190.263 billion (2015) [10] |
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¥62.290 billion (2015) [10] | |
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¥55.601 billion (2015) [10] | |
Number of employees | 4,656 (Dec. 2014)[11][12] |
| Subsidiaries |
Nexon Networks Corporation NEXON M Inc. Nexon Communications Co., Ltd. NEOPLE INC. NDOORS Corporation Lexian Software Development (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. Rushmo Co., Ltd. Neon Studio Corporation NEXON GT Co., Ltd. gloops, Inc. COMLIER. INC gloops Vietnam Co.,Ltd. Nexon Space Co., Ltd. THINGSOFT Inc. Fantage.com Inc. Boolean Games Rushmo America, Inc.[13] |
| Website | http://company.nexon.co.jp/en/ |
Nexon (Korean: 넥슨 Revised: Nekseun) Co., Ltd. (stylized, trademarked and marketed as NEXON Co., Ltd. (Japanese: 株式会社ネクソン Hepburn: Kabushiki gaisha Nekuson)) 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] In November 5 , 2015 Nexon had Concert Of Music. This music based on BGM of Nexon's Game.[15]
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.[16] Many title releases followed such as Dark Ages: Online Roleplaying, Elemental Saga, QuizQuiz, KartRider, Elancia, and Shattered Galaxy;[17] some of which are maintained by a company spun off of Nexon, Kru Interactive.[18] In 2003, Nexon developed MapleStory in Korea, which later became its most successful title and has been serviced for more than a decade.[19][20] The game was localized in many locations such as Japan, China, Taiwan, Thailand, Singapore, North America, Europe, Brazil, and Vietnam.[21] Nexon is also the developer of Dungeon&Fighter, through its wholly owned subsidiary, Neople.[22][23] Dungeon&Fighter is one of the most popular free-to-play PC online games in China.[23][24]
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, Rushmo America, Neon Studio, NEXON GT, gloops, COMLIER, gloops Vietnam, Nexon Space, THINGSOFT, Boolean Games and Fantage.[13][25]
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.[26]
Games
Nexon America games
| Game | Launched | Genre | Developer | Status | Official Website |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MapleStory | May 11, 2005 (North America) | Fantasy MMORPG | Wizet | Live | maplestory.nexon.net |
| Mabinogi | March 27, 2002[27] | Fantasy MMORPG | devCAT | Live | mabinogi.nexon.net |
| Combat Arms | July 11, 2003 (North America)[28] | First-person shooter | Doobic Studios | Live | combatarms.nexon.net |
| Vindictus | October 27, 2010 (North America)[29] | Action MMORPG | devCAT | Live | vindictus.com |
| Atlantica Online | March 29, 2011 (North America) (Service Taken Over From Ndoors[30]) | Strategy MMORPG | NDOORS Corporation | Live | atlantica.nexon.net/ |
| Dragon Nest | September 27, 2011 (North America)[31] | Action MMORPG | Eyedentity Games | Live | dragonnest.com |
List of PC games
| Game Name | Nexon Korea | Nexon Japan | Nexon America | Nexon Europe |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MapleStory 2003 (Korea) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| MapleStory 2 2015 (Korea) | Yes | 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[32] | No[32] |
| Legend of Darkness 1999 (Korea) | Yes | Closed | No | No |
| Asgard | Yes | Yes | No | No |
| Elancia | Yes | Closed | No | No |
| Elsword 2007 (Korea) | Yes | Yes | No | No |
| Dungeon Fighter Online 2005 (Korea) | Yes | Yes | Closed (Now serviced by Neople) | 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 | No |
| Counter-Strike Nexon: Zombies | No | No | No | Yes (via the Steam platform)[33] |
| War Rock | Moved to DreamExecution | No | No | Yes |
| Combat Arms | Yes | No | Yes | Yes |
| Atlantica Online | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Dekaron | Yes[34] | 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 |
| FIFA Online 3 2012 (Korea) | Yes | No | No | No |
| Cyphers Online | Yes | No | No | No |
| United Eleven Known in Asia as Football Day 2014 (Europe) | No | No | No | Yes[35] |
| LOST SAGA | Yes | No | No | Closed[36] |
| Epic of the Three Kingdoms | Yes[37] | Closed | No | No |
| Tales Runner | Yes[38] | No | No | No |
| Closers 2015 (Korea) | Yes[39] | No | No | No |
| Dirty Bomb 2015 (North America) | No | No | Yes (via the Steam platform) | No |
Game Pipeline (In-house and through publishing agreements)
2015 and Beyond
- MapleStory 2 (PC Online)[40][41][42]
- Ghost in the Shell: First Assault - Stand Alone Complex Online (PC Online)[41][43][44]
- LawBreakers (PC Online)[45]
- Sudden Attack 2 (PC Online)[41][42][46]
- Dirty Bomb (PC Online)[47]
- Peria Chronicles (PC Online)[42]
- Aima (PC Online)[48]
- Hyper Universe (PC Online)[48]
- Tree of Savior (PC Online)[48]
- Arpiel (PC Online)[48]
- Legion of Heroes: Raid (Mobile)[48]
- Super Fantasy War (Mobile)[49]
- Mabinogi Duel (Mobile)[42]
- DomiNations (Mobile)[50]
- Monster Squad (Mobile)[51]
- Durango (Mobile)[52]
- Legacy Quest (Mobile)[53]
- Preta(Mobile)[48]
- Gwanggateo The Great (Mobile)[48]
- Shiver Entertainment Game (Mobile)[54]
- TURBO Studios Game (Mobile)[55]
- Travelers Tales Game (PC Online)
- Hero Sky (Mobile) developed by InnoSpark[56]
- Need For Speed: Edge (PC Online) developed by EA Spearhead
See also
References
- ↑ Online gaming giant Nexon raises $1.2B in Toyko IPO (updated) | GamesBeat. Venturebeat.com (2011-12-13). Retrieved on 2013-08-23.
- ↑ Kachi, Hiroyuki; Ho, Prudence (December 15, 2011). "IPOs Struggle in Asia". The Wall Street Journal.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ "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.
- ↑ Eric Johnson (February 12, 2014). "Nexon Names New CEO: Ex-EA Exec Owen Mahoney". Re/code.
- ↑ Chris Shimamoto (May 15, 2014). "Nexon Surges as Online Game Maker Plans Share Buyback". Bloomberg News.
- ↑ Shin Ji-hye (February 13, 2014). "Nexon Korea names Park Ji-won as CEO". The Korea Herald.
- ↑ Dean Takahashi (September 22, 2014). "Nexon reassigns its top American brass to deal with star developers". VentureBeat.
- ↑ Jason Imms (October 9, 2014). "Counter-Strike Nexon: Zombies launches is a mod for CS1.6, we think?". games.on.net.
- 1 2 3 "Consolidated Financial Results for the Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2015 [IFRS]" (PDF). Retrieved February 10, 2016.
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- 1 2 "Consolidated Financial Results for the Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2014" (PDF). IRPocket. February 12, 2015.
- 1 2 3 Bruce Einhorn (August 21, 2014). "Nexon, Asia's 'Freemium' PC Game Pioneer, Gets More Mobile". Bloomberg Businessweek.
- ↑ 윤희, 장 (2015-12-04). "산업단신]넥슨, 게임음악 콘서트 개최".
- ↑ Bruce Einhorn. "What is Nexus?". Nexus Atlas. Retrieved December 21, 2014.
- ↑ "Nexon Holdings history". KoreanGameWatch.com. Archived from the original on October 5, 2011. Retrieved October 5, 2011.
- ↑ "Kru Interactive Profile". Kru Interactive. Archived from the original on September 30, 2011. Retrieved June 28, 2011.
- ↑ John Gaudiosi (May 23, 2012). "Nexon Celebrates Seventh Anniversary Of MapleStory Game With Continued Success". Forbes.
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- ↑ "Maplestory". Nexon Korea Corporation. Archived from the original on June 28, 2011. Retrieved June 28, 2011.
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- 1 2 Lulu Yilun Chen and Jungah Lee (May 28, 2014). "Tencent $1 Billion Game Shows Global Hunt for Mobile Hits". Bloomberg News.
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- ↑ Leigh Alexander (2008-01-16). "Nexon Announces Mabinogi". Retrieved 2008-03-24.
- ↑ Combat Arms. Combatarms.nexon.net. Retrieved on 2013-08-23.
- ↑ [VIN] Vindictus to Officially Launch October 27 | The msupdate Blog. Msupdate.wordpress.com (2010-10-19). Retrieved on 2013-08-23.
- ↑ http://atlantica.ndoorsgames.com/center/news/notice_view.asp?list_seq=1776
- ↑ Dragon Nest | News - "Welcome To The Big Time!" – The Dragon Nest Launch Events!. Dragonnest.nexon.net. Retrieved on 2013-08-23.
- 1 2 Aeria, Nexon reach agreement over future Shaiya operations. Gamasutra (2012-03-14). Retrieved on 2013-08-23.
- ↑ Michael McWhertor (October 7, 2014). "The weird, free-to-play, zombie-filled Counter-Strike is out on Steam". Polygon.
- ↑ IGN Staff (June 4, 2008). "Dekaron Coming Soon to Southeast Asia". IGN.
- ↑ "Nexon Europe to Publish United Eleven". MarketWatch. April 8, 2014.
- ↑ "Lost Saga". Nexon Europe. Retrieved May 5, 2015.
- ↑ "Epic of the Three Kingdoms". NEXON. Retrieved December 20, 2014.
- ↑ "Tales Runner". NEXON. Retrieved December 20, 2014.
- ↑ "Korean Anime Action MOARPG Closers First Closed Beta Comes This August". 2P. Retrieved June 23, 2014.
- ↑ Ashar Ahmad (December 1, 2014). "MapleStory 2 Gets a Cinematic Trailer, Scheduled to Release in 2015". Segment Next.
- 1 2 3 "Q3 2014 Earnings Call" (PDF). NEXON. November 13, 2014.
- 1 2 3 4 Kim Jung-Yoon. "G-Star 2014 powering up in Busan". Korea JoongAng Daily. Retrieved November 21, 2014.
- ↑ Ollie Barder (November 20, 2014). "'Ghost In The Shell Online' FPS Finally Revealed". Forbes.
- ↑ http://www.pcgamer.com/first-assault-is-a-free-to-play-ghost-in-the-shell-fps-coming-soon/
- ↑ Matthew Kato (July 4, 2014). "Cliff Bleszinski Returns With Boss Key Productions". Game Informer. Retrieved 20 March 2015.
- ↑ Yoon Sung-won (November 20, 2014). "Online games prevail at G-Star 2014". The Korea Times.
- ↑ Jenna Pitcher (May 22, 2014). "Extraction renamed Dirty Bomb, beta registrations open". Polygon.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Nexon Korea revealed upcoming games in G-Star 2014". YuushaExa.com. Retrieved December 20, 2014.
- ↑ Eugene (August 30, 2014). "This SRPG Might Look Like Disgaea But It’s Not". silonera.
- ↑ Eddie Makuch (October 27, 2014). "Civilization, Rise of Nations Designer Revives Big Huge Games, Announces New Title". GameSpot.
- ↑ Arthur Gies (February 9, 2015). "Evolve Review: Monster Squad". Polygon.
- ↑ Justin Olivetti (May 28, 2014). "Meet Durango, Nexon's dino survival MMO". Joystiq.
- ↑ Dean Takahashi (May 27, 2014). "Nexon partners with Austrian game developer Socialspiel Entertainment to firm up its Western mobile efforts". VentureBeat.
- ↑ Dean Takahashi (September 9, 2013). "Ex-Zynga exec John Schappert starts new game startup with investment from Nexon". VentureBeat.
- ↑ Brandy Shaul (June 9, 2014). "Nexon partners with Turbo Studios to publish Turbo’s debut game". Inside Mobile Apps.
- ↑ http://imbc.gamemeca.com/feature/view.php?category=mecareport&gid=508582
External links
- (Japanese)/(English) Nexon Corporation website
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