Neowin News Feed for: Nexon

CYGNI: All Guns Blazing and DNF Duel are free to claim on the Epic Games Store

Pulasthi Ariyasinghe — Thu, 08 Aug 2024 15:00:12 +0000

The free games offer of the Epic Games Store is presenting two games to grab for PC gamers this week. For the next seven days, CYGNI: All Guns Blazing and DNF Duel are free to claim. Read more...

The Finals Season 2 will add a new map, more gadgets and a new game mode on March 14

John Callaham — Mon, 11 Mar 2024 18:20:01 +0000

Embark has announced that Season 2 of its free-to-play shooter, The Finals, will begin on March 14. It will add a new map to the game, along with new weapons and gadgets and a new 5v5 game mode. Read more...

Microsoft's Xbox Partner Preview streaming event will show off third-party games on March 6

John Callaham — Mon, 04 Mar 2024 16:36:01 +0000

Microsoft has announced it will stream an Xbox Partner Preview event on its YouTube and Twitch channels on Wednesday, March 6, showing off upcoming games from EA, Capcom, Nexon, and more. Read more...

The Finals hits the 10 million player mark since launch; new update adds holiday content

John Callaham — Fri, 22 Dec 2023 18:46:01 +0000

Embark's free-to-play multiplayer shooter The Finals has already hit the 10 million player mark since it officially launched on Dec. 7. Its latest update includes some holiday-themed content. Read more...

The Epic Games Store begins its holiday daily free game event, starting with DNF Duel

John Callaham — Wed, 20 Dec 2023 16:34:01 +0000

The Epic Games Store begins its annual holiday daily free game event. It starts with DNF Duel, the 2.5D fighting game from Nexon that will be free to download and keep until Thursday, Dec. 21. Read more...

The free-to-play first person multiplayer destruction shooter The Finals is officially live

John Callaham — Fri, 08 Dec 2023 04:24:01 +0000

After a series of closed and open betas, Embark Studios' free-to-play multiplayer destruction shooter The Finals has officially launched for the PC via Steam, and also on PS5 and Xbox Series X|S. Read more...

Embark backtracks somewhat on its claims of AI voice actor use for The Finals

John Callaham — Wed, 01 Nov 2023 06:04:01 +0000

A spokesperson for developer Embark now says their multiplayer shooter The Finals uses "a combination of recorded voice audio" and AI text-to-speech, rather than using AI for nearly all the voices. Read more...

The Finals has some detractors for its use of AI text-to-voice features for its commentators

John Callaham — Mon, 30 Oct 2023 17:58:01 +0000

The current open beta test for the upcoming free-to-play multiplayer shooter The Finals has received some criticism for its use of AI text-to-voice features for its in-game commentators. Read more...

The Finals open beta test has a temporary login queue while it works to add more servers

John Callaham — Fri, 27 Oct 2023 16:40:02 +0000

Developer Embark Studios launched the open beta test for its free-to-play multiplayer shooter The Finals this week. It's proven to be so popular it has gotten close to hitting its server capacity. Read more...

The Finals open beta begins the destruction October 26 for PC, Xbox Series X|S, and PS5

John Callaham — Wed, 25 Oct 2023 18:19:17 +0000

The upcoming free-to-play and highly destructible first-person shooter The Finals will hold its first open beta test from October 26-November 5 for the PC, Xbox Series X|S, and PS5 platforms. Read more...

The First Descendant will be the debut game to support the HDR10+ GAMING standard

John Callaham — Mon, 21 Aug 2023 07:40:01 +0000

Samsung is helping game publisher Nexon promote the upcoming Unreal Engine 5-based game The First Descendant as the first game to support the HDR10+ GAMING display standard for some Samsung monitors. Read more...

Sign up for Embark's ARC Raiders closed beta coming this summer while we wait for The Finals

John Callaham — Tue, 16 May 2023 19:34:01 +0000

This will be the first time outside players will be able to check out Embark Studios' upcoming sci-fi PvPvE shooter since it was first announced at the December 2021 Game Awards event. Read more...

LawBreakers could be revived but creator Cliff Bleszinski just wants to be its consultant

John Callaham — Mon, 24 Apr 2023 15:12:01 +0000

Cliff Bleszinski would like to see a developer bring back his shutdown arena shooter LawBreakers, but even if that does happen, he says he won't be leading its development this time. Read more...

Samsung Galaxy Fold may release in July along with an exclusive game, Traha

Namerah Saud Fatmi — Fri, 07 Jun 2019 22:00:01 +0000

After several delays and cancellations, a new report hints that Samsung might finally launch its Galaxy Fold next month. Additionally, the Fold might come with a game exclusive to the device, Traha. Read more...

Electronic Arts swoops in, buys Titanfall dev Respawn Entertainment

Florin Bodnarescu — Fri, 10 Nov 2017 16:24:02 +0000

In a deal worth more than $450 million in cash, milestone bonuses, and equity, EA will be acquiring Respawn Entertainment. No layoffs, restructurings, or cancellations are tied to the acquisition. Read more...

Rumor: Nexon in talks to buy Valve?

John Callaham — Thu, 27 Sep 2012 14:00:10 +0000

A Korean media outlet claims, via unnamed sources, that Nexon and Valve representatives met earlier this week in Hawaii, with Nexon proposing to buy Valve for $893 million. Read more...

Nexon games to be made available on Steam

John Callaham — Sun, 24 Jun 2012 18:47:44 +0000

Nexon has announced that it will make some of its free-to-play PC games available to download via Valve's Steam service. It has already started with the fantasy MMO Vindictus. Read more...

EA stock rises on Nexon acquisition rumors

John Callaham — Thu, 26 Apr 2012 22:32:17 +0000

Electronic Arts' stock went up over six percent today as rumors floated online that Korean-based game publisher Nexon had made some discussions towards acquiring EA. Read more...

Zynga listed as E3 2012 exhibitor; Atari and others skip event

John Callaham — Wed, 21 Mar 2012 17:31:15 +0000

Zynga is listed for the first time as an exhibitor for June's E3 video game trade show. However, Atari and other major game publishers won't be attending this year. Read more...

Nexon America reports 59 percent higher revenues in latest quarter

John Callaham — Wed, 04 May 2011 22:37:01 +0000

The free-to-play MMO game publisher Nexon America announced that revenues for the quarter that ended on March 31 grew a massive 59 percent compared to the same time period from a year ago. In its... Read more...