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News

Electronic Arts To Be Bought By South Korean Company?

Interesting. According to a report on Bloomberg, originating from the South Korean media, MMO publisher Nexon is interested in a takeover of Electronic Arts.

April 6, 2012
PC

Valve And Nexon Partner For Counter-Strike Online 2

Publishers Nexon and Valve will collaborate to bring the shooter Counter-Strike Online 2 to Asian territories, they said today.

March 21, 2012
In Real Life

Korean Baseball Players Are Walking Video Game Advertisements Now

In a press conference on March 19, Nexon (Maple Story, Kart Rider) revealed its official sponsorship of popular Korean baseball team the Lotte Giants. How popular is “popular”, you ask?

December 2, 2011
PC

Nexon’s Maple Story Security Breach Was Just One Of Many Hack Attacks

So, that enormous data trespass that Korean online powerhouse Nexon revealed last week was bad. Bad enough to be the second-largest such incursion in Korean history. If you think that sounds like there’ve been some other big security breaches, then you’re right.

November 27, 2011
PC

Nexon Says Huge MapleStory Breach Did Not Compromise U.S. Players’ Personal Info

The second-largest data breach in South Korea’s history compromised the personal information of more than 13 million subscribers to the Nexon MMO MapleStory, but none of those accounts are held outside of Korea, the publisher said Saturday.

September 25, 2011
PC

Divorce-Happy MMO Providing Help To Troubled Couples

About 10 days ago, Nexon, the publisher of MapleStory found three out of four marriages initiated in-game end in divorce. So MapleStory‘s next content update will include features that emphasise couples sticking together.

August 20, 2011
PC

Germany Loves PC Gaming

Gamescom is held in a massive convention centre that sits aside the Rhine. Inside there are towering halls of concrete and steel, each filled with massive booths, games and people.

July 28, 2011
PC

MapleStory Oozes Its Sweet, Sticky Goodness All Over Facebook

Admit it, you’ve been playing Nexon’s adorable side-scrolling MMO MapleStory for years, hiding your age behind your joyously big-headed avatar. It’s time to finally share your secret passion with the world via Facebook’s MapleStory Adventures.

March 25, 2011
Xbox

Dungeon Fighter Online Battles Its Way To Xbox Live Arcade

Online gaming company Nexon takes its first steps into the console world, teaming up with Microsoft Games Studio to bring 2D MMO Dungeon Fighter Online to Xbox Live Arcade later this year. Can a console MapleStory be far behind?

March 19, 2011
Mobile

KartRider Rush Is A Fun, Free Mario Kart For Your iPhone

KartRider is a web-game phenomenon, played by more than 200 million players, including a third of South Korea. So how is it on the iPhone? Pretty great.

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