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Nexon axes MMO MapleStory 2 News Mar 19th, 2020

Nexon axes MMO MapleStory 2

Servers to be shut down in May

Nexon Korea gives staff 6.8% pay rise after union talks News Feb 6th, 2020

Nexon Korea gives staff 6.8% pay rise after union talks

Follows more than 600 employees protesting for a wage increase

CCP, Thatgamecompany, Creative Assembly, and ArtPlay headline G-STAR 2019 News Oct 15th, 2019

CCP, Thatgamecompany, Creative Assembly, and ArtPlay headline G-STAR 2019

Event taking place between November 14th and 15th in Korea's Busan

G-STAR 2019 opens the gateway for indie studios to the Korean market worth $9 billion this year News Sep 18th, 2019

G-STAR 2019 opens the gateway for indie studios to the Korean market worth $9 billion this year

Indie developers to explore massive opportunities at Asia's largest game exhibition

Update: South Korea's Nexon is no longer up for sale following lack of buyers News Jul 9th, 2019

Update: South Korea's Nexon is no longer up for sale following lack of buyers

CEO Jungju Kim apparently wasn't impressed by the list of companies who stepped forward

China drives Total War: Three Kingdoms to break series pre-order records News May 24th, 2019

China drives Total War: Three Kingdoms to break series pre-order records

Chief product officer Rob Bartholomew says the franchise has finally broken Korea and China

Pearl Abyss' Black Desert franchise crosses $1bn revenue News Apr 11th, 2019

Pearl Abyss' Black Desert franchise crosses $1bn revenue

30 per cent on mobile

Why Jagex's new publishing label Partners is heading to Korea's G-STAR Interviews & Opinion Nov 7th, 2018

Why Jagex's new publishing label Partners is heading to Korea's G-STAR

Head of third-party marketing for Jagex Partners Simon Bull tells us more

South Korea looking to make sexual harassment in video games a crime News Sep 17th, 2018

South Korea looking to make sexual harassment in video games a crime

Follows laws brought to make cheating in games illegal

Eve Online developer CCP sells to Korea's Pearl Abyss for $425m News Sep 6th, 2018

Eve Online developer CCP sells to Korea's Pearl Abyss for $425m

"I have been seriously impressed with what Pearl Abyss has achieved ever since I first visited their website for Black Desert Online and subsequently became an avid player of the game," CCP boss Pétursson says

With Control and Crossfire 2, the next few years could be Remedy's biggest yet Interviews & Opinion Sep 4th, 2018

With Control and Crossfire 2, the next few years could be Remedy's biggest yet

Communications director Thomas Puha tells us about the massive changed at the Finnish game maker

Tencent plans further investment in PUBG firm Bluehole News Apr 30th, 2018

Tencent plans further investment in PUBG firm Bluehole

Could own ten per cent of the Korean games firm

StarCraft pro players arrested on suspicion of match fixing News Mar 15th, 2018

StarCraft pro players arrested on suspicion of match fixing

Could be banned for life if allegations prove to be correct

Playerunknown’s Battlegrounds now most popular game in Korean LAN cafés News Oct 19th, 2017

Playerunknown’s Battlegrounds now most popular game in Korean LAN cafés

Battle royale title boasts 24.28 per cent slice of the market at time of writing

Steel Media and G-STAR announce international partnership News Aug 14th, 2017

Steel Media and G-STAR announce international partnership

Western media company partners with South Korea’s leading game show G-STAR with series of collaborative events starting at Gamescom

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