Legacy Quest – Nexon announces mobile RPG with perma-death

[Pre-register] Nexon M and Socialspiel Entertainment, a Vienna, Austria-based mobile games developer, recently announced a collaboration for a new title, Legacy Quest. An upbeat action role playing game, Legacy Quest will be available worldwide later this year as a free download for…

NCsoft – Developer teams up with Netmarble to prevent Nexon takeover

NCsoft, facing a possible hostile takeover by Nexon, bought a 9.8% stake in the unlisted Netmarble, worth 380.3 billion Korean Won (USD 345 million) and becomes the fourth largest shareholder. The deal also involves a 700 billion Korean Won (USD…

Closers – Gameplay videos for new character Misteltein the Lancer

Known as Misteltein the Lancer, this new character was recently added to Nexon Korea’s action game, Closers. Misteltein is actually a male kid from Germany, sent to the Korean branch of the Black Sheeps (team fighting the dimensional invaders). Developer Naddic…

Nexon vs NCsoft – NCsoft to keep formal response to Nexon private

As the war between Nexon and NCsoft continues, the latter has sent a formal response to Nexon earlier today. This arrives after Nexon’s rather strong-worded public document released last week, which “proposed” NCsoft to make changes to the company structure and…

Nexon vs NCsoft – Official proposal revealed to make NCsoft changes

Following the previous post made, Nexon has officially posted a public notice informing of its proposal to make changes to NCsoft. As the largest share holder of NCsoft with 15.08% shares, Nexon is legally entitled to nominate its own candidates to…

Nexon vs NCsoft – Civil war erupts between two gaming giants in Korea

Nexon, which became NCsoft’s biggest shareholder back in 2012, recently announced that it will participate in the management of NCsoft based on its stake in the company (15.08%), reversing its original decision not to do so. Nexon, stock-listed in Japan, decided…

MapleStory 2 – Player banned for creating grotesque looking character

Closed Beta 1 for MapleStory 2 has ended, I happened to chance upon an interesting piece of news in the Korean forums. You see, MapleStory 2’s character customization system offers a high degree of freedom, and a certain player had been…

Tree of Savior – Project Director provides lengthy game update

While I was away in Taiwan last week, IMC Games posted a new developer blog post for Tree of Savior, currently in Closed Beta phase in Korea under the watchful eyes of publisher Nexon Korea. Project Director syKim translated some of…

MapleStory 2 – Selected game videos from recent Closed Beta phase

MapleStory 2 recently entered its official Closed Beta phase from 21st January to 25th January 2015, with publisher and developer Nexon Korea releasing several new features. Upgrades from the Alpha phase include new PvP modes, new maps and regions,  and also…

Closers – Resident mage class gets major new skills after advancement

Following the advancements for Yuri Seo and Seha Lee, the resident mage class (using daggers though) has gotten her class advancement as well. Seulbi Lee now utilizes her supreme psychic powers to control several attacking floating objects and cast gravitational spells to destroy…

Tree of Savior – Korean testers feel game has much to improve on

Tree of Savior completed its first Closed Beta test this past weekend, and a poll was conducted to acquire players’ feedback. There were 9 questions asked, and some negatives include the monotonous battles and dreaded stamina system which limits gameplay. Preference…

Closers – Character advances as new content for Season One continues

After the arrival of Seha Lee’s class advancement and a brand new character in J, Nexon recently announced the class advancement phase for the resident dominant lady, Yuri Seo. Her skills now are more powerful, emphasizing more on her expertise…

Tree of Savior – Companions detailed and early Closed Beta game videos

Tree of Savior entered Closed Beta in South Korea recently, and fan site TreeOfSavior.com has gathered much info about the game. While information about the class system seems plenty, here is a brief look at the companion system. It is…

MapleStory 2 – Nexon previews 3 different PvP modes for Closed Beta

MapleStory 2 will be entering Closed Beta from 21st January to 25th January, and developer Nexon has been giving regular updates on what features the lucky chosen players can expect. Touching on PvP, there will be 3 different modes. First,…