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Nexon Co., Ltd. (formerly Korean: 주식회사 넥슨) is a South Korean video game developer and publisher.It develops and publishes titles including MapleStory, Crazyracing Kartrider, Sudden Attack, Dungeon & Fighter, and Blue Archive.
Rank Publisher Country Employees Ref 1. Microsoft Gaming: United States 20,100 [1]2. Ubisoft: France 19,011 [2]3. Electronic Arts: United States 13,700
Krafton Inc. (Korean: 주식회사 컴퍼니 크래프톤) is a South Korean video game publisher and holding company based in Bundang District, Seongnam.It was created in November 2018 to serve as the parent company for Bluehole, founded by Chang Byung-gyu in Seoul in March 2007, and its subsidiaries.
Prior to joining Nexon America, Min Kim operated the successful launch of Maplestory as the Vice President of Global Business Development in Wizet Corporation.Min started his career in video games as a senior associate of business development at Nexon Corporation pursuing new business opportunities such as a social networking service, a board game business, and online game licensing ...
Kim founded Nexon in 1994, while pursuing a doctorate in computer science and engineering at KAIST. [5] Under Kim's leadership, Nexon launched the world's first graphic massively multiplayer online role-playing game (), Nexus: The Kingdom of the Winds and released popular titles such as MapleStory, KartRider, Mabinogi and Dungeon&Fighter.
Nexon released a public beta of a MapleStory Adventures on July 27, 2011 as an adaptation for Facebook gaming format. The game consisted of mainly single-player play, but incorporated the main goals and themes of the full MapleStory game, which included creating an avatar, fighting monsters and completing quests. [ 108 ]
Nexus: The Kingdom of the Winds (Korean: 바람의 나라, lit. 'country of wind') is a pay to play massively multiplayer online role-playing game. Nexus began as a US version of the Korean game 바람의 나라 (Baramue Nara) developed by Nexon Inc., and is loosely based on Korean mythology and on a series of graphic novels by an artist named Kim Jin.
Kakao Games Corp. (Hangul: 카카오게임즈) is a South Korean video game publisher and a subsidiary of Kakao. [3] It specializes in developing and publishing games on PC, mobile, and VR platforms. [4]