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Top 50 Mobile Game Developers of 2016
The shakers, movers and moneymakers
Company Profile
Nexon
Website
www.nexonm.com
About
A pioneer in the world of interactive entertainment software, Nexon Mobile introduced the world to the first graphic MMORPG, The Kingdom of the Winds, back in 1995.
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Accolades
Articles featuring Nexon
Hitting Big
Nexon invests in NAT Games as it preps Korean smash HIT for global launch
From Korea to the world
Tale Of 2 Publishers
Nexon passes on Turbo's Super Senso, leaving GungHo to sign publishing deal
All change
Big Huge Acquisition
Nexon Korea acquires DomiNations developer Big Huge Games
Working together to add new content and create engaging experiences
Rapidly Growing
How to get a job at DomiNations publisher Nexon M
Recruiter Richard Diaz-Villanueva provides insights
Iap Inspector
At war with the system: the monetisation of Path of War
IAPs from the players' perspective
To Victory
FTUE: Path of War
A new strategy
Beyond A Clash
From C&C: Tiberium Alliances to Path of War: Can Envision successfully innovate core mobile strategy?
Martin Löhlein has a plan
Apply Now
US publisher Nexon M is hiring for senior marketing manager, community manager and more
DomiNations publisher hiring for marketing, engineering, and UA roles
New Wave Ua
2015 in Review: Nexon M's John Robinson on the adoption of alternative marketing channels
Future trends from the remembrance of things past
Tera Tease
Nexon Korea to publish T2, the mobile version of MMORPG TERA sometime in 2016
An MMO, or something else entirely?
Big Boots
Nexon and Respawn unite to bring Titanfall to mobile in 2016
Both invest in US startup Particle City
Strong Start
DomiNations surpasses 3 million downloads in Japan, Taiwan, and Korea after only one month
No signs of slowing for Nexon's strategy hit
Dominating Worldwide
DomiNations hits 12 million worldwide downloads in its first 5 months
Average player clocking 36 minutes in daily play
A Wonder
Dominations does 1 million downloads in Japan, Korea and Taiwan
Building a civilisation
History Ain't Bunk
Big Huge Games on taking the long view to strategy gaming success with DomiNations
Tim Train won't repeat his mistakes
Money For Nothing
Why Nintendo and Konami need to take heed of Nexon's cautionary tale of mobile failure
The hardest game in the world
Quality Mark
Nexon sees FY15 Q1 mobile sales up 16% to $70 million
Top of Tanker and DomiNations launched well
Strategy Evolved
Tracking DomiNations' rise up western top grossing charts
Big Huge Games rethinks strategy
Simply The Best
Top 50 Mobile Game Developers of 2015
The shakers, makers and movers
Level Up
Nexon buys Gamevil-published RPG developer Boolean
Studio behind Dark Avenger series gets acquired
New Fantasy
Square Enix partners with Nexon to make Final Fantasy XI Mobile
Due in 2016
Financial Roundup
Snapshot of Japanese mobile game company financials
Marking mobile gamings winners and losers
Building Connections
Nexon set to develop Asia-first LEGO game for iOS and Android
LEGO's first foray into free-to-play on mobile
Robotoki drops F2P from forthcoming Human Element, cans Nexon publishing deal
Hindered by model, says Bowling
Bright Sparks
Nexon sees FY14 Q3 mobile revenues up 41% to $88 million
Japan still down, but Korea on the up
Rise of Nations designer Brian Reynolds reboots Big Huge Games to revolutionise mobile strategy
DomiNations due in 2015, published by Nexon M
Dice Europe
Nexon: Working in games is like running a restaurant, and now's the time for your cuisine to go global
Min Kim on cooking up a storm
Financials
Thanks to Legion of Heroes and FIFA 3, Nexon sees FY14 Q2 mobile sales up 16% to $82 million
But native games only account for 38%
Deal
Nexon signs again; grabs rights to ex-Phenomic devs first mobile strategy title
Envision Entertainment is up and running
Deal
Nexon accumulates, adding "killer core" title from US startup Turbo to 2015 portfolio
Second publishing deal in 2 weeks
Deal
Nexon takes stake in Socialspiel in return for exclusive publishing deal
Deal chain combo builds
Financials
Nexon sees Q1 2014 mobile game sales down 4% to $70 million
Accounts for 15% of overall revenue
The Global View
Top 50 Mobile Game Developers of 2014
The shakers, makers and movers
PocketGamer.biz Week That Was: Farewell Flappy Bird, Supercell's $892 million sales, and Molyneux says F2P is a sledgehammer
The past 7 days in bite-sized portions
Nexon's mobile sales slip 5% to $64 million in FY13 Q4
Division made up 19% of total sales
Opinion: One year on, how does Nexon's $470 million acquisition of gloops stack up?
Rethinking price and timing
Nexon posts $70 million in mobile sales for FY13 Q3
Gloops now working with DeNA
Nexon didn't care about ARPDAU but whether our games were fun, says Rumble CEO Richardson
Reason behind $17.5 million investment round
Nexon leads $17.5 million investment in US core studio Rumble Entertainment
Betting on its F2P cross-platform multiplayer vision
China and Korea on the up as Nexon posts $76 million in Q2 mobile sales
Mobile now accounts for 20% of total revenue
Nexon's mobile games business does $81 million in Q1 2013
But expect this to fall in Q2
They're All Hot
Top 50 Mobile Game Developers of 2013
The shakers, makers and movers
Nexon predicts at least $85 million in mobile sales next quarter
Gloops deal revving ups
Nexon partners with DeNA to launch games through Mobage
'Global business alliance' announced
Nexon acquires Japanese dev gloops in $470 million deal
Mobage master joins Korean publisher
Nexon acquires 19.99% of mobile game developer Moyasoft
First deal since Nexon Mobile merger
Nexon to merge with Nexon Mobile as it plans aggressive smartphone strategy in 2012
Slate of 10 games on the way
Nexon IPO to raise $1.2 billion, largest in Japan during 2011
Goes live 14 December
Nexon to apply for $1.3 billion Japanese IPO
Could be biggest offering of 2011