With the investment made on July 14, Nexon could gain the global publication rights of sports simulation games developed by Neptune. (image: kndynt2099/flicker)
SEOUL, July 16 (Korea Bizwire) – Nexon, Korea leading game developer, strengthened the partnership with mobile game maker Neptune by making a strategic investment. With the investment made on July 14, Nexon could gain the global publication rights of sports simulation games developed by Neptune.
Neptune, founded by former NHN Hangame CEO Chung Wook, is a proven mobile game developer in the sports simulation game genre like famous “Profession Baseball for Kakao” and “Nexon Baseball Master 2014.”
Its flagship game “Nexon Baseball Master 2014” is a simulation game turns the user into a professional baseball team manager and enables him to make play-by-play moves in baseball games based on a huge amount of the data of real profession baseball clubs in Korea.
Park Ji-won, CEO of Nexon, said, “Through close cooperation with Neptune that has proven game development capabilities, we will be able to strengthen the competitiveness in the sports simulation game genre.”
Chung of Neptune said, “Our close cooperation led to the strategic investment in our company. With the global publishing network of Nexon, we will aggressively advance into the global game market.”
Written by John Choi (johnchoi@koreabizwire.com)
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