Nexon Corporation
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- Nexon Corporation should not be confused with KRU Internactive (Formerly Nexon Inc.)
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| Founded | 1994 | |
| Location | Seoul, South Korea (Nexon Korea) Tokyo, Japan (Nexon Japan) Sunnyvale, California (Nexon America) |
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| Industry | Game developer | |
| Website | http://www.nexon.com/ | |
| Korean name | ||
| Hangul | 넥슨 | |
Nexon Corporation (Korean: 넥슨) is a Korean Gaming Coporation, and a developer of online games and MMORPGs. Its headquarters is located in Seoul, Korea.
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[edit] History
Nexon Corp. was first introduced in 1996 with Nexus: The Kingdom of the Winds, one of the world's first online commercial graphics games.
Nexon has also released a few unsuccessful games to the North American audience in beta form which have since been dropped. They include Elemental Saga, QuizQuiz and Elancia. QuizQuiz never left beta stage in North America but was later released through the Singapore division of Nexon, NexonAsia in an English version. QuizQuiz has since evolved into the exclusively Korean and Japanese online game Q-Play, while Elemental Saga was eventually cancelled. Nexon has several games exclusively available to Korean players such as Mabinogi, Elancia, and Crazy Arcade.
It has produced several online video games, primarily MMORPGs and online action games. Most games have used a 2D perspective, including side-scrolling, top-down, and isometric perspectives. Newer 3D titles are currently being published. Although most games are available for free, various gameplay enhancements can be purchased.
[edit] Partnership with Nintendo
NEXON announced that they have made a partnership with Nintendo, making them a second party developer for the company, though they will continue games for the computer as well.
[edit] NEXON Cash
Commonly referred to as 'NX Cash', the NEXON Cash system is one of the world's first pioneers to use the Virtual Asset Sales (VAS) model. The Nexon Cash system was first introduced in the Korean version of MapleStory. The NEXON Cash system is for users to purchase NEXON cash to obtain virtual game items that other users normally wouldn't have. Users use this virtual cash to buy items for their characters for games that support a "Cash Shop." The NEXON Cash system has appeared in other games to fund for their company and keeping their games free to play.
On January 11, 2007, NEXON America announced their first-ever release of NEXON Prepaid Cards. The prepaid cards contain amounts of 10,000 and 25,000 NX Cash that is eligible to be redeemed as NX Cash itself. The prepaid cards are only available in Target stores in the United States.
[edit] News
- October 2005 - Nexon Corp. takes over services of Global MapleStory under the name NXGames from Wizet.
- March 2006 - Nexon America hires a CEO and will be starting a major marketing campaign.
- June 2006 - Nexon disclosed it is set to launch a game portal service in the U.S., with the company planning to unveil "Audition," a hit online dance game enjoying phenomenal success in Taiwan and China as well as in the home market.
- June 7, 2006 - KIPA (Korea IT Industry Promotion Agency) listed Audition Online to be launched in America.
- August 25, 2006 - According to an interview published on GameSpot Korea, an english version of Mabinogi is under development/translation for North America market. Estimated release is scheduled for 2007.[1]
- November 3, 2006 - Alex Garden, co-founder of Relic Entertainment, joins Nexon and will run Nexon's North American game development studio, Nexon Publishing North America.[2]
- November 7, 2006 - Nexon America has launched with Global MapleStory under Nexon America.
[edit] Company Divisions
[edit] NEXON America
NEXON America originally was referred to as NXGames. By partnering with Wizet, NEXON America cosigned and bought MapleStory. On November 9, 2006, NEXON America had announced its partnership with MTV Networks to promote NEXON games and enhance the Neopets services.[3] NEXON has also announced that they will market MapleStory, Kartrider, and Audition Online with MTV Networks. NEXON America currently leads the American Online Gaming Industry with MapleStory recently reaching the three-million player mark.
[edit] NEXON Japan
NEXON Japan is one of the most well-paid industries in Japan. NEXON Japan was first started with MapleStory, which turned into a synonymous online game.
[edit] NEXON Korea
NEXON Korea is also a large gaming company in the industry in South Korea. NEXON Korea also started with MapleStory in their lineup. NEXON Korea got a lot of users coming in to MapleStory because of the Tespia Test Server and their difference in Patch Numbers. Since the Korean market was ahead than the other markets, all Korean portals have added the use of a Korean Social Security Number. So NEXON Korea implemented this to stop all these users from joining. Which started NEXON Korea to change it's registration often.
[edit] NEXON Games
[edit] Release History
- Spring 2002 - Nexon Korea begins Korean MapleStory (kMS) Beta Phase.
- May 2002 - Nexon Korea officially opens Korean MapleStory (kMS).
- November 2003 - Nexon Japan officially opens Japan MapleStory (jMS).
- December 2003 - Wizet begans MapleStory Global Beta Phase (gMS/oMS).
- December 2004 - Shanda Corp. officially opens China MapleStory (cMS) under license by Wizet.
- May 11, 2005 - Wizet officially opens Global MapleStory (gMS/oMS).
- June 23, 2005 - Asiasoft Online Co. officially opens MapleSEA (mSEA) under license by Wizet.
- July 4, 2005 - Gamania officially opens Taiwan MapleStory (taMS).
- August 29, 2005 - Asiasoft International officially opens Thai MapleStory under license by Wizet.
- October 2005 - NXGames acquires Global MapleStory (gMS/oMS).
- July 27, 2006 - Nexon Korea and Wizet begins MapleStory Europe Beta Phase. The game client is available in English, French, German, Spanish and Dutch.
- September 7, 2006 - Nexon Japan begins Dancing Paradise Close Beta Phase.
- November 8, 2006 - Global MapleStory is switched from NXGames to Nexon America
- March 1, 2007 - Nexon begins North American Audition Online (aAU) Beta Phase.
[edit] See also
[edit] Reference
- ^ 마비노기, 북미 진출 노린다 (Korean). GameSpot Korea (2006-08-25). Retrieved on February 9, 2007.
- ^ "‘Warhammer’ Creator Joins Nexon", The Korea Times, 2006-11-05. Retrieved on February 19, 2007.
- ^ MTV Networks and Nexon Partnership. Nexon Notice Board (2006-11-09). Retrieved on February 9, 2007.
[edit] External links
- (English) www.nexon.net
- (Korean) www.nexon.com
- (Japanese) www.nexon.co.jp
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