Nexon (Korean: 넥슨) Co. Ltd. (TYO: 3659) is a South Korean developer and publisher of video games. Founded in Seoul in 1994, Nexon's headquarters is currently located in Tokyo, Japan.
History[]
Nexon Co. Ltd. was established in Korea on December 1994 where it published its first title, Nexus: The Kingdom of the Winds, in 1996. Many title releases followed such as Dark Ages: Online Roleplaying, Elemental Saga, QuizQuiz, KartRider, Elancia, and Shattered Galaxy; some of which are maintained by a company spun off of Nexon, Kru Interactive. In 2003, Nexon developed MapleStory in Korea, which later became its most successful title. The game was localized in many locations such as Japan, China, Taiwan, Thailand, Singapore, North America, Europe, Brazil and Vietnam.
Originally founded in Korea, Nexon Co. Ltd. is currently based in Japan. Nexon Co. Ltd. has four corporations running; they are located in Korea, Japan, United States, and Europe.
Nexon currently has eleven subsidiaries: Nexon Networks, Nexon Mobile, NeoPle, Nextoric, Nexonova, GameHi, NDoors, CoPersons, Nclipse, ExcGames, and Xeogen.
Nexon went public on the Tokyo Stock Exchange on December 13, 2011 in an initial public offering, the largest in Japan for 2011 and the second largest by a technological company for 2011 worldwide.
Games[]
NX (originally called NX cash or NX points) is an optional virtual currency that is purchased with real payment in order to purchase virtual goods that are used in NEXON games. NX might be transferable to diverse NEXON games under one and the same account of a customer, being restricted in use to that account only. NX can not be transferred between different customer accounts.
Nexon America Games[]
Game | Launched | Status | Official Website |
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MapleStory | May 11, 2005 (North America) | Live | maplestory.nexon.net |
Audition Online | April 2, 2007 | New Publishers (Redbana) | audition.redbana.com (Redbana) |
Kart Rider | - | Discontinued after Open Beta (March 2008) | Website Closed |
Mabinogi | March 27, 2008 | Live | mabinogi.nexon.net |
Combat Arms | July 11, 2008 | Live | combatarms.nexon.net |
Sugar Rush | - | Discontinued after Closed Beta in December 2008 | Website Closed |
iTCG Online | January 20, 2010 | Discontinued on June 10, 2010 | Website Closed |
PopTag! | January 26, 2010 | Discontinued on July 14, 2011 | Website Closed |
Dungeon Fighter Online | June 9, 2010 | Discontinued on June 13 2013 | dungeonfighter.nexon.net |
Vindictus | October 27, 2010 | Live | vindictus.com |
Atlantica Online | March 29, 2011 (Service Taken Over From Ndoors | Live | atlantica.nexon.net/ |
MapleStory Adventures Facebook game |
July 27, 2011 | Discontinued on July 31 2013 | - |
Dragon Nest | September 27, 2011 | Live | dragonnest.com |
Sudden Attack | November 16, 2011 (Service Taken Over From Gamehi) | Discontinued on January 29 2014 | Website Closed |
Zombie Misfits Facebook game |
October 25, 2011 | Discontinued on August 15 2012 | - |
Wonder Cruise Facebook game |
November 11, 2011 | Live | - |
Cloudstone Facebook game |
March 15, 2012 | Live | http://www.facebook.com/pages/Cloudstone/309529695765728 |
Zoo Invasion Facebook game |
March 15, 2012 | Discontinued on April 15 2014 | - |
KartRider Dash Facebook game |
May 13, 2012 | Discontinued on April 15 2014 after Open Beta | - |
Navy Field 2 |
- | Discontinued after Closed Beta | http://navyfield2.nexon.net/ |
Extraction |
- | Closed Beta | http://extraction.nexon.net/ |
List of games[]
Game Name | Nexon Korea | Nexon Japan | Nexon America | Nexon Europe |
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MapleStory 2003 (Korea) |
Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
MapleStory 2 | Coming 2014 | No | No | No |
MapleStory Adventures 2011 (America) |
No | No | Closed | No |
MapleStory iTCG Online 2009 (America) |
No | No | Closed | No |
Shadow Company | No | Closed | Coming soon | Coming soon |
Navyfield 2 | No | Closed | Cancelled | Yes |
Sudden Attack 2004 (Korea) |
Yes | Yes | Closing | No |
Mabinogi 2004 (Korea) |
Yes | Yes | Yes | Closed |
Wonder Cruise 2011 (America) |
No | No | No | No |
Zombie Misfits 2011 (America) |
No | No | Closed | No |
KartRider Dash 2012 (America) |
No | No | No | No |
Nexus: The Kingdom of the Winds 1996 (Korea) |
Yes | No | No | No |
Talesweaver 2003 (Korea) |
Yes | Yes | No | No |
Everplanet 2009 (Korea) |
Yes | Yes | No | No |
Shaiya Online | Yes | No | No | No |
Legend of Darkness 1999 (Korea) |
Yes | No | No | No |
Asgard | Yes | Yes | No | No |
Elancia | Yes | No | No | No |
Elsword 2007 (Korea) |
Yes | Yes | No | No |
Dungeon Fighter Online 2005 (Korea) |
Yes | Yes | Closed | No |
Vindictus Known in Asia as Mabinogi: Heroes 2010 (Korea) |
Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Dragon Nest 2010 (Korea) |
Moved to Actoz Soft |
No | Yes | No |
Lunia 2005 (Korea) |
Yes | No | No | Coming soon |
Eve Online 2003 (America) |
No | Yes | No | No |
Warface | Beta | No | No | No |
Crazy Shooting Bubble Fighter 2008 (Korea) |
Yes | No | Coming Soon | No |
Crazy Arcade BnB 2001 (Korea) |
Yes | Closed | Closed | No |
Nanaimo | Closed | No | No | No |
Zone 4 2010 (Korea) |
Closed | No | No | No |
Crazyracing Kartrider 2004 (Korea) |
Yes | Closed | Closed | No |
Crazyracing Air Rider | Closed | No | No | No |
Sugar Rush | No | No | Closed | No |
QPlay | Yes | No | No | No |
Desktop Heroes | Closed | No | No | No |
Counter-Strike Online | Yes | Yes | No | Yes |
War Rock | Moved to DreamExecution |
No | No | Yes |
Combat Arms | Yes | No | Yes | Yes |
Freestyle Football | Yes | No | No | No |
Audition Online | No | Moved to HanbitStation |
Moved to Redbana |
No |
103 | Closed | No | No | No |
QuizQuiz R | Closed | No | No | No |
2012: Seoul | Closed | No | No | No |
Grand Line | No | No | No | No |
Atlantica Online | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Legend of Edda | No | Closed | No | No |
7 Souls | No | Closed | No | No |
Dragonica | No | Closed | No | No |
Dekaron | Yes | Yes | No | Yes |
Corum Online | No | Closed | No | No |
Kunshu Online | No | Yes | No | No |
Quake Wars Online | No | Closed | No | No |
Chaos Online | Yes | No | No | No |
Counter-Strike Online 2 | Yes | No | No | No |
Dota 2 | Yes | No | No | No |
Extraction Splash Damage Ltd. |
No | No | Coming soon | No |
FIFA Online 3 | Yes | No | No | No |
Cyphers Online | No | Yes | No | No |
Trivia[]
- If players type "Nexon" in any way (in capital letters or not) in any chat boxes in Counter-Strike Online (lobby, channel, clan, whisper, etc.), the word will be censored, except in the Indonesian version and in Counter-Strike Nexon: Zombies.
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