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Nexon
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Nexon Co., Ltd. (formerly ) is a South Korean-Japanese video game developer and publisher specializing in live service games. It develops and publishes titles including MapleStory, Crazyracing Kartrider, Sudden Attack, Dungeon & Fighter, The First Descendant, and Blue Archive. Headquartered in Japan, the company has offices in South Korea, the United States, Taiwan, and Thailand.
Key facts
- Company.name
- Nexon Co., Ltd.
- Company.logo
- Nexon.svg
- Company.logo_size
- 220px
- Company.type
- Public
- Company.industry
- Video games
- Company.revenue
- (2021)
- Company.operating_income
- (2021)
- Company.net_income
- (2021)
- Company.owner
- NXC (60.2%)
- Company.parent
- NXC
- Company.num_employees
- 7,067 (Dec. 2021)
- Company.foundation
- Seoul, South Korea
- Company.location
- Minato-ku, Tokyo, Japan
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
14 sectionsContents
- History
- Acquisition of Wizet
- Acquisition of Neople
- 2010s
- 2020s
- Lawsuits
- Organization
- Studios
- Free-to-play online virtual worlds
- Games for mobile and consoles
- Games
- See also
- References
- External links
Nexon Co., Ltd. (formerly ) is a South Korean-Japanese video game developer and publisher specializing in live service games. It develops and publishes titles including MapleStory, Crazyracing Kartrider, Sudden Attack, Dungeon & Fighter, The First Descendant, and Blue Archive. Headquartered in Japan, the company has offices in South Korea, the United States, Taiwan, and Thailand.
Nexon was founded in Seoul, South Korea, in 1994 by Kim Jung-ju. In 2005, the company moved its headquarters to Tokyo, Japan. However, its largest shareholder is an investment and holding company NXC, headquartered in Jeju Province, South Korea.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Nexon” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.