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Nexon cancels development of Titanfall OLJuly 17, 2018The freemium version of Titanfall was designed exclusively for Asian markets with development handled by Nexon GT, specifically the team responsible for Sudden Attack. The agreement to cancel Titanfall OL was co-announced by EA and Nexon, while the was still in closed-beta testing and yet to have been officially launched. The two companies will continue to work on FIFA Online 4, as well as new products.
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Immersive Computing - Consumer Augmented & Virtual Reality Report - 2018January 25, 2018Keep pace with emerging consumer spending for augmented reality and virtual reality technology. This report provides analysis of entertainment media, entertainment centers, and consumer electronics – including virtual reality headsets, augmented reality headsets, smart glasses, augmented reality smart devices and much more.Subscribers Only
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Games Market Monitor: Korean Publisher Performance in Q3 2017 and Q4 OutlookDecember 18, 2017Nexon continues to enhance its lead in Q3 2017, capturing 64% share of the entire PC games business. This was due to the consistently strong performance of Dungeon & Fighter (DNF) in China, supported by the implementation of updates relating to Chinese National Day.Subscribers Only
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Games Market Monitor: Korean Publisher Performance in Q2 2017 and Q3 OutlookOctober 12, 2017Nexon continues to maintain its lead in Q2 2017, capturing 58% share of the whole PC games business. This was due to poor performance from its major competitors, who were affected by seasonality and occupied by mobile.Subscribers Only
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Garena files for US IPO to raise $696 millionOctober 11, 2017SEA, an online-gaming publisher in Southease Asia originally known as Garena, aims to raise as much as $696 million in its US-based initial public offering. The Singapore-based company established its business via PC game publishing namely League of Legends, FIFA Online 3 and Heroes of Newerth. Then it expanded out to include mobile gaming, e-commerce and mobile payment services in Southeast Asia and Taiwan. Tencent is the largest shareholder with a 40% stake.Subscribers Only
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Games Market Monitor: Korean Publisher Performance in Q1 2017 and Q2 OutlookJune 27, 2017As in 2016, Nexon grew its lead in Q1 2017, capturing 71% share of the whole PC games business. This was due to the strong performance of Dungeon & Fighter (DNF) in China.Subscribers Only
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Games Market Monitor: Korea PC Online Games Market, 2016May 22, 2017Total consumer spend within the Korean PC online gaming market was KRW 2,718 billion ($2.34billion) in 2016, representing a decrease of 1.6% year-over-year.Subscribers Only
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Games Market Monitor: Korean Publisher Performance, Q4 2016 and Q1 2017 OutlookMarch 03, 2017NCSOFT saw significant growth from the domestic Korean market, with major contribution from Lineage, while other titles delivered flat performance or declined.Subscribers Only
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Games Market Monitor: Korean Publisher Performance, Q3 2016 and Q4 OutlookDecember 07, 2016As expected, NCSOFT saw its revenue decline in Q3, when flagship titles Lineage and Blade & Soul (B&S) performed poorly thanks to lessened in-game promotional activity driving sales.Subscribers Only
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Games Market Monitor: Korean Publisher Performance, Q2 2016 and Q3 OutlookSeptember 02, 2016As in 2015, Nexon’s lead has once again lessened, with Q2 market share of 47% of the whole PC games business. This downturn in revenue was partly due to a seasonal quiet time in both China and South Korea.Subscribers Only
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Games Market Monitor: Korean Publisher Performance, Q1 2016 and Q2 OutlookJune 22, 2016As during 2015, Nexon enhanced its leading role in Q1 2016, capturing 57% share of the whole PC games business due to the strong performance of Dungeon & Fighter in China.Subscribers Only
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Games Market Monitor: Korean Publisher Performance, Q4 2015 and Q1 2016 OutlookMarch 22, 2016Compared to generally flat or declining revenues experienced in Q3 by the domestic market, many publishers enjoyed an uptick in Q4. This was due to the Korean Thanksgiving (the biggest holiday of the year), plus some deregulation on web-based board & card games.Subscribers Only
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Korea: PC games continue to shut down in 2016March 18, 2016Compared to China, the Korean PC gaming market is facing greater challenge from the mobile sector, as well as having to deal with regulatory changes. We expect the PC games market will shrink slowly but inevitably over the coming years.Subscribers Only
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Korea - 2015 spending on PC online games, and impact on forecastsMarch 04, 2016With the Korean PC gaming market facing challenges from both the mobile sector and regulatory changes, we have made some adjustments to our forecast for spending on Korean PC online games.Subscribers Only
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Southeast Asia PC online games: 2015 market and industry review: PC games present overall decline when major publishers divert investment to mobile sectorDecember 18, 2015Southeast Asia is one of the fastest growing gaming markets in the world considering its large population as well as rapid growing Internet penetration. IHS, however, expects the growth to come mostly from mobile segment rather than traditional PC games market.Subscribers Only
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Games Market Monitor: Korean Publisher Performance, Q3 2015 and Q4 OutlookDecember 11, 2015As expected, the national ChuSeok Holiday at the end of September resulted in a delay to content updates and related in-game promotional campaigns, meaning we saw no boost in player traffic or spending in Q3.Subscribers Only
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Netmarble’s Grand Chase shuts down Korean operationsNovember 20, 2015Netmarble’s Grand Chase Korea will officially close down on December 31st after 11 years of service, and the developer KOG has stopped working on the game as well. Poor user engagement and yearly decline in revenue contributed to the closure but the game’s mobile version has been launched recently published via Netmarble.Subscribers Only
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Nexon sells off NCSOFT shares for $535 millionOctober 22, 2015Nexon ordered the immediate sale of all its shares of NCSOFT for $ 535 million, a sharp drop-off compared to $688 million by which the company purchased a 14.7% stake in NCSOFT in 2012 to become the largest third party shareholder. Nexon officially announced that this transaction is due to “no significant synergies have been realized between the two parties”. During this sell-off, the CEO of NCSOFT increased his stake to 12% with a 440,000 share buy.Subscribers Only
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NHN's Echo Of Soul shuts down Korean operationsSeptember 18, 2015NHN Entertainment's Echo of Soul Korea will officially close down on October 22nd, and from September 24th, the publisher will cease all recharging services. The game launched into open beta on PC in September 2013, and would often reside within the top 10 games in terms of Internet Cafe playtime: According to Gametrics, Echo would see up to 2.5% share of playtime (Lineage would see around 3% share, concurrently).Subscribers Only
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Games Market Monitor: Korean Publisher Performance, Q2 2015 and Q3 OutlookGames Market Monitor: Korean Publisher Performance, Q2 2015 and Q3 OutlookSeptember 16, 2015As in 2014, Nexon’s lead has once again lessened, with market share of 46% of the whole PC games business in Q2. This is a seasonal quiet time when the company usually slows its promotional activity, in order to prepare major updates or in-game events for Q3 that take advantage of upcoming holidays in the period. Its share was mostly captured by NCSOFT, whose MMOG Lineage is holding on to a solid user base.Subscribers Only
