Nexon America saw revenue jump more than 36 percent in the third quarter amid the economic downtown, a sign customers are enthusiastic about the company's slate of games and content.
While the rest of the games industry is struggling this year, and had a major drop-off in revenue this July compared to last, free-to-play online game publisher Nexon America has announced that their company's revenue increased 35% in July.
If flying mounts are the new cool thing to put in your MMO, then Mabinogi is riding the cool train with the rest of the MMO developers. The new mounts, the eagle and the pelican, are two of the new additions in the game's latest patch.
Mabinogi is adding the well known mimic as a pet for players. There will be two types of mimics: wooden and antique.
The massive content addition Pioneers of Iria is set to go live for Mabinogi users on February 26th, introducing two new races and a brand new continent for the low, low cost of free.
Nexon America has provided WarCry with a bunch of screenshots and a fact sheet for Pioneers of Iria, the upcoming expansion for their free-to-play MMORPG Mabinogi - including two new player races.
Nexon America Inc. is adding a new dimension of game play to Mabinogi with the addition of pets as in-game companions. This exceptionally popular feature supplies players with an exciting new enhancement to Mabinogi's already massive offering of gaming features.
IGN reports: "Nexon America Inc., the U.S. division of Asia's leading online gaming company Nexon Group, presents the commercial launch for Mabinogi, its latest free-to-play, massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) on March 27. This follows its popular open beta and offers the first of many expansions to the Mabinogi world, including the first chapter of its epic storyline, known as Generation One: The Advent of Morrigan".
Mabinogi, Nexon's upcoming hyper-adorable fantasy MMO, will enter open beta on March 5. The beta will be available from Fileplanet.com and (a day later) Nexon's official Mabinogi website.
Kotaku Brian Ashcraft writes: