The proceedings between Nexon and Ironmace studio over the Dark and Darker code and assets have reached court. On April 14, a South Korean publisher filed a lawsuit in the Washington District Court, accusing the developers of copyright infringement.

The police searched the office of the Ironmace studio and seized materials on the PvPvE-action Dark and Darker, according to Korean media. She was looking for confirmation that the game was created using code and assets stolen from Nexon.

The CEO of the South Korean Nexon, Owen Mahoney, said at a meeting with investors that it was incorrect to call his publishing house a gaming company. Because it doesn’t work with video games, but with virtual worlds.

As the South Korean publisher explained, it was possible to set a record thanks to the March release of Dungeon & Fighter Mobile and strong sales of games from the back catalog.

The time of large transactions continues. Public Investment Fund (PIF, aka Saudi Arabia’s Sovereign Wealth Fund) has acquired stakes in two Japanese companies — Capcom and Nexon. In total, he spent more than $1 billion on their purchase.

South Korean publisher Nexon became the first gaming company to invest in bitcoin. He bought 1,717 bitcoins at the rate of $58.2 thousand apiece, spending $ 100 million on them. The costs amounted to almost 2% of the publisher’s total funds.

The company plans to spend several hundred million more.

Nexon has reported on the third quarter of fiscal year 2020, which was a record for it. Mobile revenue of the South Korean publisher grew by 140%, and the former head of TikTok joined the company’s board of directors.Key results for the third quarter

Nexon will raise the salaries of its employees at the request of the union. Before that, no publisher in South Korea had openly declared such intentions.

Korean publisher Nexon sells a mobile studio Gloops. He once bought it for $468 million. But now it gives at a ridiculous price of $ 0.01 — 1 yen.

The South Korean company Nexon was withdrawn from sale. Its owner Kim Jung Ju (Kim Jung Ju) doubted the solvency of buyers.

Netmarble, Kakao and three investment firms have submitted final bids to acquire Nexon. According to early forecasts, the price of the South Korean publisher reached $9 billion. Now it has grown to $11 billion.

One of the most successful clones of Clash of Clans and four years after the launch continues to gain an audience.

A serious struggle broke out around the South Korean publisher Nexon. Electronic Arts, Amazon and Comcast joined it, as VentureBeat became known.

Chinese giant Tencent has joined the South Korean consortium created by Netmarble. The latter is one step closer to buying Nexon, the publisher of ArcheAge and Dragon Nest.

The publisher ArcheAge and Dragon Nest were put up for sale in mid-January.

Its new owner will be announced in October.

The online game Dungeon Fighter Online published by Nexon has earned over $ 10 billion over 13 years of existence. Nexon has revealed revenue data for the flagship title as part of an anniversary event dedicated to the 10th anniversary of the launch of Dungeon Fighter Online in China.

Two South Korean companies are simultaneously preparing global releases of mobile versions of their MMORPGs. Nexon will release multilingual MapleStory M, and NCsoft — Lineage M.