November 14, 2023 Rising Revenues Nexon’s Q3 2023 smashes records with 78% revenue rise in North America and Europe This marks the sixth consecutive quarterly report with double-digit growth
October 31, 2023 Adventurous Achievement Seven Knights Idle Adventure pushes Netmarble to second biggest Korean mobile publisher Idle Adventure has generated $40 million just under two months of global launch
September 20, 2023 Announcements Devsisters announces new game CookieRun: Tower of Adventures The title is the latest entry in the popular runner franchise
August 16, 2023 Financials Netmarble financials sees 49% slump in earnings and 8% drop in sales Their quarter two results echo a difficult year for many mobile companies
August 10, 2023 Financials NCSoft financials show almost 75% drop in profit year-on-year The majority of the company’s revenue comes from mobile games
July 7, 2023 Stocks NCSoft stock down 36.6% since January, with further dip after lacklustre pre-reg for Blade & Soul 2 The company has taken big hits in the past year due to slow performance
June 16, 2023 New Studio Krafton opens new deep learning-focused studio, ReLU Games The studio will be Krafton’s 11th independent developer
June 12, 2023 Partnerships WeMade acquire 20% stake in external developer StandEgg StandEgg will be the first external developer to work with WeMade, and will produce two titles based on Anipang
April 7, 2023 Week That Was Week in Views - What caught our eyes in the last seven days Dragons, gamers and Kpop, oh my.
April 5, 2023 Blackpink The Game BLACKPINK The Game coming from developer Takeone BTS sparked major success in Cookie Run Kingdom, now fellow K-idol band Blackpink are following suit
January 6, 2023 Pledges Netmarble joins United Nations Global Compact Netmarble has taken steps towards greater equity and sustainability by joining the United Nations Global Compact initiative
December 9, 2022 Updates Seven Knights 2 sees additional updates with two new heroes Netmarble’s RPG battler is seeing two new heroes and an even further extended anniversary event for it’s latest update
August 10, 2022 Quarterly Report Korean market key as Nexon experiences a record-breaking quarter FIFA Online 4 and Dungeon&Fighter Mobile were the company's biggest mobile hits
July 1, 2022 Racing To Success Uma Musume Pretty Derby's South Korean release nets $2.3 million within 24 hours June 20 release tops the charts on App Store and Google Play
May 13, 2022 Football And Fighting Nexon predicts doubling of mobile revenue following Q1 2022 financials Record year for FIFA ONLINE 4 M and launch of Dungeon&Fighter Mobile bolster Nexon's mobile confidence
March 2, 2022 Offering Condolences Nexon founder Kim Jung-ju passes away at 54 Cause currently undisclosed
October 17, 2021 Asia's Finest Tickets for G-STAR conference available now Korea's games event returns this November with b2b discounts available when you buy a Pocket Gamer Connects ticket
August 13, 2021 Quality Inbound Nexon highlights new games as Q2 2021 sales decline 21% to $510 million Waiting for new blood to emerge
March 15, 2021 Playx4 Korean B2B gaming event PlayX4 to take place online on 10th - 14th May Almost 300 games companies attended in 2019
December 3, 2020 Growing Market The Asia-10 market will have 826 million gamers by 2024 It is expected to generate $42 billion in 2024
October 9, 2020 This Week In Asia This Week in Asia: Genshin Impact generates $60m in revenue while Voodoo preps to launch titles in China Our collection of the latest news and stories from Asia
August 17, 2020 All Your Bases Why the best is yet to come for Asian powerhouse Nexon CEO Owen Mahoney talks geopolitics and secular shifts
June 11, 2020 Penalty! FIFA Mobile scored 1.2 million downloads a day after launching in South Korea Nexon signed an agreement with EA to launch the game
May 14, 2020 China Hit Worst Nexon's revenue and profit falls year-on-year in Q1 due to Covid-19 pandemic "Nexon has been spared the turbulence due to minimal physical contact with consumers"
October 22, 2019 Global Launch Korean top grosser The King Of Fighters Allstar launches globally 100 million fighters have been collected so far
September 19, 2019 Booming G-STAR 2019 makes it easier for indie studios in the Korean market worth $9 billion Explore massive opportunities at Asia's largest game exhibition
September 6, 2019 Products Webzen explores new ventures with the release of its MU: Fairy Elf Figurine Korean developer and publisher branches out to diversify its portfolio
August 30, 2019 Event Last week's Games Mixer 2019 near Gamescom was a great success An international audience learned about the potential in the Korean games market with G-STAR
June 3, 2019 East Meets West East Meets West: Roblox partners with Tencent, Gamescom heads to Asia, and Konami talks two years of Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Links Keeping up with the news from the world's most influential games market
October 29, 2018 Event Free expo space for indies at G-STAR Big Indie Awards open access to free booth spaces at Korea’s leading exhibition and conference
October 19, 2018 G-star 2018 Indies: Sign up now to be part of G-STAR's Indie Game Zone in November Limited space available, register now to not miss out
October 5, 2018 Event Judging starts for the Big Indie Awards at G-STAR Which of the 400 entries will make it through to the live awards ceremony in Korea?
October 4, 2018 Korea Jagex joins the Big Indie Awards at G-STAR as sponsor Runescape firm supports international celebration of independent game developers this November
October 2, 2018 Event G-STAR trade visitor pre-registration now open Korean games industry event also puts business matching system live
July 30, 2018 Brand Power The curious tale of how Lineage’s mobile releases shook up (and didn’t) South Korean gaming Shots of adrenalin
December 8, 2017 Big Indie Pitch Arcade shooter Defenoid shoots down the competition to win the Big Indie Pitch at G-Star 2017 Dead 2048 and GWARP take second and third spots
September 5, 2017 A Wonderful Partnership Steel Media and G-STAR celebrate successful Gamescom and look ahead to next Big Indie Pitch The Pocket Gamer company continues its partnership with South Korea’s flagship game show G-STAR
August 14, 2017 Ok Korea 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
July 26, 2017 A Fine Lineage NCSoft's Lineage M reported to have generated over $233 million in revenues in first month of release Beats Lineage 2: Revolution's record by a fair chunk
May 18, 2017 Lost Its Marbles Netmarble share prices fall 8.3% from its IPO price despite $610 million revenues in Q1 Financial results apparently weren't good enough
May 18, 2017 Giant Deal Gamevil signs publishing deal with South Korean developer Singta on upcoming 3D RPG Giant Might not be called Giant when it launches
May 15, 2017 Com2us Financials Q1 Fy17 Com2uS scores $108 million in revenues in Q1 as it eyes eSports future for Summoners War Three years gone and still plenty of life in the game
May 11, 2017 Ncsoft Financials Q1 Fy17 NCSoft earned $35 million in royalties from Lineage 2 Revolution in Q1 FY17 But profits slumped by 60%
April 21, 2017 Big In Korea Netmarble to raise $2.3 billion in IPO that values mobile games publisher at over $11 billion South Korea's second biggest ever public offering
April 21, 2017 Player Preferences South Korean mobile game user analysis for February 2017 A look at the most popular genres for men and women in South Korea
April 14, 2017 Industry Event South Korea games show G-Star 2017 dated for November 16th to 19th Key expo returns to Busan
April 11, 2017 South Korea Playtimes Mobile gamers in South Korea spend 46 minutes a day playing games Lineage 2: Revolution remains king of the market