The Nexon beast continues to grow, insatiable in its hunger to devour profitable studios and gaming properties. The relationship between publisher Nexon and developer Nat Games got even closer this month as the former acquired controlling interest in the latter.
It’s not a dumb move. Nat Games has been riding high on the international success of its mobile game Heroes of Incredible Tales, which has racked up over 25 million downloads in the past few years. Nexon helped to publish the game when it went live back in 2016.
Nexon increased its stake in Nat Games by 30% to a 48.3% majority to call the shots at the studio. This is all in time for Nat Games’ follow-up to HIT, creatively called Overhit. Nexon should be bringing Overhit to global markets later in 2018.
