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Nexon unveils teaser for new MMORPG \'Overgeared\', set for release this year
Nexon will launch its new massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) \'Overgeared\', based on the web novel and webtoon intellectual property \'Item-Bearing\', in Korea and in Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macau later this year. The company released a cinematic teaser on Sept. 9 for the title being developed by Gray Games. Nexon plans to offer the game as a cross-platform service for PC and mobile and to disclose development updates and key content from October.
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Nexon posts record first-half revenue of 2.56 trillion won, driven by MapleStory and Arc Raiders
Nexon said growth in the MapleStory franchise and the success of Arc Raiders helped it post record first-half revenue, operating profit and net profit. Second-quarter revenue rose 2 percent to 1.14 trillion won, while operating profit fell 17 percent and net profit jumped 77 percent. First-half revenue reached 2.56 trillion won. Nexon also plans a 3 trillion won special dividend in late September and provided third-quarter guidance ranges.
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Game makers put proven IP front and center to cut new title risk
As development costs rise and hits become harder to predict, South Korean game companies are turning to proven intellectual property to reduce release risk. Rather than building new worlds and characters from scratch, they are adapting web novels and webtoons that already have readers and fandoms to secure early users and ease marketing burdens. Nexon, Netmarble and Kakao Games are preparing new titles based on such IP, though the industry says strong execution still determines success.
