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Nexon’s Next One: Dragon’s Nest
5:20AM Mike Fahey | Nexon dropped us a line to let us know that they’ll be showing up at PAX 2009 next month, showing off Dungeon Fighter Online and their latest MMO, Dragon’s Nest, in a compromising position. More »
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MMO Makers Market The Genre’s Future
5:00AM Mike Fahey | At the “The State of the MMO” panel at Comic-Con, five massively-multiplayer devs weighed in on the positive changes coming to the genre, lacing as much marketing into their answers as humanly possible. More »
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Nexon Shutters Vancouver Development Studio
7:40AM Mike Fahey | Thanks to numerous tips, Kotaku has now confirmed with staff at Nexon America that the company’s Vancouver-based development studio has shuttered its doors today, leaving upwards of 90 employees looking for jobs. More »
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On Shuttering FTP Servers and the Fate of Virtual Items
2:30AM Maggie Greene | A couple of big Korean companies have floundered as of late — or at least, some of their games have been big disappointments — and it’s raising interesting observations about how companies handle shutting down free to play games and what happens to the money (some) players have poured into it? Nexon is pulling its disappointing ZerA and taking an unexpected road: repaying the people who purchased virtual items for real money: More »
MapleStory Arrives Late To The Pirate Party
1:20AM Mike Fahey | Welcome to the pirate party, MapleStory? Where you been? We already ate all the finger food and drank all the rum, but you’re welcome to the super-powered martial arts moves we set aside for the ninja, as none of them showed up. At least we assume they didn’t. Nexon America has just added a new character class to their adorable free-to-play platformer MMO, and while they’re called pirates and look like pirates, the fact that they can transform into not one but two glowing super forms with magical powers makes me think that someone’s concept of nautical raiders could use a little work. More »Sugar Rush Lets You Kill Robots With Fish
4:00AM Mike Fahey | Nexon just gifted us with a brand-new trailer for their first North America-developed MMO title, Sugar Rush, featuring the artwork of Atomic Betty director Jeffrey Agala. They’re gearing up for the latest round of closed beta testing, and are now accepting sign ups for those who might be able to find some time between November 20th to December to beat other people over the head with fish. More »
Japanese Woman Jailed For Virtual ‘Murder’
8:30AM Maggie Greene | And you thought MapleStory was all fun and games. A Japanese woman has found herself in jail, potentially facing charges of illegally accessing a computer and manipulating data, after deleting the character of her in-game ‘husband’ who divorced her rather suddenly. “I was suddenly divorced, without a word of warning. That made me so angry!” she is quoted as saying: More »
The Surprising Success of Retail Game Cards
7:30AM Maggie Greene | I had an interesting discussion this week on the topic of microtransaction models, East-West interaction, and the fact that few people pay much attention to such issues (or dismiss them out of hand); Games In Motion has a nice interview up illustrating the ‘fly under the radar’ nature of a lot of those microtransaction models. WIM sat down to chat with Rob Goldberg, CEO of GMG Entertainment — the company produces branded pre-paid cards for a couple of franchises, sold at big box stores like Target — to talk about where the market is currently and where it’s headed. They estimate somewhere between $75 and $100 million in sales this year, but what about the future?: More »
Nexon Launches Combat Arms
4:00AM Mike Fahey | Remember the uproar that was stirred when folks thought that EA’s Battlefield: Bad Company would have weapons only available for purchase? For the few of you who actually liked the idea, Nexon presents Combat Arms, their first multiplayer online FPS. Along with a hearty selection of free weapons, Nexon allows players to purchase new weapons adn equipment from their online store, tricking out their character to their hearts’ and wallets’ content. You can head over to the official website to download the game for free and check out the tons of new content Nexon has added in honour of today’s official launch, including new weapons, a new map, and the addition of a new game mode, Capture the Flag. Wait, they’ve only just added Capture the Flag? This should be entertaining. Combat Arms [Official Website] More »
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