Nexon
South Korean video game company
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| 2025 | Neople develops an upcoming cross-platform game for Nexon, targeting PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X, and PC |
| 2024 | Nexon announced The First Descendant, a cross-platform game developed by Nexon Games |
| 2024 | Nexon was fined a record-breaking amount by the Korea Fair Trade Commission for misleading players over microtransactions in MapleStory, violating South Korea's consumer protection laws. |
| October 30 2024 | Nexon announced the development of The Kingdom of the Winds 2, a sequel to its first-ever release from 28 years ago. |
| September 2024 | Nexon made Mintrocket a wholly owned subsidiary. |
| 2023 | Nexon announced that CEO Owen Mahoney will be succeeded by Nexon Korea CEO Junghun Lee in 2024. |
| 2023 | Nexon published Dave the Diver by Mintrocket and The Finals by Embark Studios, expanding into diverse game genres |
| August 17 2023 | The copyright infringement lawsuit against Ironmace was dismissed by the court. |
| April 20 2023 | Nexon filed a copyright infringement lawsuit against Ironmace in the United States regarding the game Dark and Darker. |
| March 2023 | Nexon filed a police complaint that led to a police raid of Ironmace's offices, related to allegations of stolen files and ideas from the canceled 'P3' project. |
| 2022 | DNF Duel was released and nominated for The Game Awards 2022 Best Fighting Game |
| May 2022 | Nexon launched Mintrocket, a sub-brand focusing on games 'focusing on the essence of fun', with its first game Dave the Diver selling one million copies within ten days of launch. |
| May 2022 | Dungeon & Fighter Mobile was released in China. |
| March 2022 | Dungeon & Fighter Mobile was released in South Korea. |
| January 2022 | Russo brothers-owned film production company AGBO sold a $400 million minority stake to Nexon, with Nexon taking a 38% stake valued at $1.1 billion. |
| 2021 | Nexon announced a series of games for global release, with a focus on expanding into European and North American markets. |
| 2021 | A MapleStory user named Kim sued Nexon for failing to provide detailed probability information about in-game item draws, specifically alleging that Nexon had manipulated cube draw probabilities for a decade. |
| 2021 | Nexon's 'P3' project was canceled, leading to nine project members leaving the company and subsequently joining Ironmace game studio. |
| July 2021 | Nexon announced the formation of Nexon Film and Television division, based in Los Angeles. |
| February 2021 | Nexon announced significant pay increases for new and existing development talent in the company's Korean studios. |
| 2020 | Nexon restructured its internal teams, creating Nitro Studios and devCat studios. |
| August 2020 | Dungeon & Fighter Mobile in China generated over 60 million pre-registrations before being delayed. |
| July 2020 | Nexon launched The Kingdom of the Winds: Yeon for mobile in South Korea, becoming the top-grossing title on the Apple App Store and #2 on Google Play. |
| June 2 2020 | Nexon announced plans to invest $1.5 billion in listed entertainment companies. |
| November 25 2019 | The Lego Group announced the acquisition of Bricklink, a Lego fan community owned by Nexon's parent company NXC, with the sale expected to complete before the end of 2019. |
| July 2019 | Embark Studios in Stockholm, Sweden was acquired by Nexon, expanding the company's international game development presence. |
| July 2019 | Embark Studios was established in Stockholm, Sweden, further extending Nexon's global game development network. |
| July 8 2019 | Reuters reported that the planned sale of Nexon's stake was abandoned. |
| January 3 2019 | The Korea Economic Daily reported that Nexon founder Kim Jung-ju and associates had put their 98.64 percent stake up for sale. |
| 2018 | Nexon was fined for providing false probability information about loot box gambling in the game Sudden Attack, with the company claiming the phrase 'random provision' meant items would be provided randomly, not with equal odds. |
| October 2018 | A labor union was established at Nexon. |
| June 2018 | Nexon Games expanded with a new studio in Pangyo-dong, Seongnam City, Gyeonggi Province, Korea, previously known as Nexon GT. |
| 2017 | Nexon published LawBreakers for PlayStation 4, developed by Boss Key Productions. |
| November 2017 | Pixelberry Studios in Mountain View, California, United States was acquired by Nexon. |
| 2016 | Titanfall Online was licensed from Electronic Arts but never fully released |
| March 9 2016 | Nexon acquired Big Huge Games, a mobile game developer located in Maryland. |
| 2013 | Nexon began publishing Counter-Strike Online 2, which would later close its servers in April 2018 |
| April 2013 | Nexon America sued the programmer 'DrUnKeN ChEeTaH' for operating GameAnarchy, a cheat provider for Combat Arms, and was awarded $1.4 million in damages. |
| December 14 2011 | Nexon went public on the Tokyo Stock Exchange in an initial public offering, which was the largest in Japan for 2011 and the second largest by a technological company worldwide in 2011. |
| 2010 | Nexon published Vindictus (also known as Mabinogi Heroes) and Dragon Nest, expanding its game portfolio with action RPG titles |
| July 2010 | Nexon Games was founded in Seoul, previously operating as NAT Games. |
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