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Nexon was the main character of the “Korea Game Awards 2022”, which selects the best work in Korea. Nexon's "Dungeon & Fighter Mobile" won the Grand Prix, the highest honor of the “Korea Game Awards 2022”.
"Dungeon & Fighter Mobile" was selected as the best of the best games at the ceremony of “Korea Game Awards 2022” held in Busan, Korea's second-largest city, on the evening of the 16th of this month.
Hosted by MCST (Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism), the "Korea Game Awards 2022" is an event that determines the best games served in the past year.
Nexon became the second company to develop its fourth Grand Prix award with the award of "Dungeon and Fighter Mobile."
Nexon, which had strong pride as a representative game company in Korea, regained its pride with this award.
The Korean game company, which produced the most Grand Prix winners at the "Korea Game Awards 2022" held in mid-November every year, won a total of four awards with NC Soft. Finally, Nexon won the same four Grand Prix as NC Soft.
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| ▲ “Dungeon & Fighter Mobile” title scene. Courtesy of Nexon |
Nexon and NC Soft are forming an outstanding rivalry in the Korean game market. Nexon is showing strength in the casual genre, and NC has an unrivaled position in the hardcore MMORPG genre.
In fact, Nexon has the largest sales and profits among Korean game companies. Nexon shares were listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange in Japan, with a market capitalization of 24 trillion won. This is more than twice the size of NC Soft listed on Korea's KOSPI.
“Dungeon and Fighter Mobile” is a mobile ARPG(Action Role Playing Game) developed by Neople, a subsidiary of Nexon. Neople is famous as a star game developer in Korea and Asia for its online ARPG called “Dungeon and Fighter”. The game is serviced by Tencent in China, and is a steady-selling game that earns trillions of KRW a year.
“Dungeon and Fighter Mobile” is not just a mobile version of the original “Dungeon and Fighter”. The game was highly praised by the judges of the main award of the "Korea Game Awards 2022" for giving a different fun and impression by optimizing the background of the "Dungeon & Fighter" and for its smartphone platform environment.
"We did our best to create the best ARPG in a mobile environment," said Young Myung Jin, director of Neople. “We are very happy to receive a good award as “Dungeon & Fighter Mobile” is gaining popularity from users. "I want to thank my fellow developers and many fans for their efforts," he said.
The best excellence award at the "Korea Game Awards 2022" was won by Motif's "Origin in the Age of Navigation." NetMarble's "Merge Kungya Island," Comtus' "Summoners' Chronicle," and Nexon's "HIT 2" jointly won the Excellence Award.
WeMade's blockchain-based MMORPG “Mir M”, which competed fiercely with Nexon's “Dungeon and Fighter Mobile” for the best of the best games, unfortunately failed to win the Grand Prix.
At the "Korea Game Awards 2021" last year, "Odin: Balhala Rising," developed by Lion Heart Studios and serviced by KaKaO Games, won the grand prix.
Which company's game will win the grand prix of the "Korea Game Awards 2023" scheduled to be held in November next year. The "Korea Game Awards," which distinguishes Korea's best games every year, is one of the main concerns of the game industry in Korea as well as around the world.
