Tencent, a Chinese technology and holding company with a global footprint, is reportedly exploring the possibility of acquiring game developer and publisher Nexon.
Representatives from the tech company contacted the family of Nexon founder Kim Jung-ju to explore a potential deal, but no concrete terms have been reached and a deal is not guaranteed, according to data-ct-non-breakable=”null” href=”https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-06-12/tencent-said-to-study-deal-for-15-billion-game-developer-nexon?embedded-checkout=true” rel=”noopener nofollow” target=”_blank” title=”null”>Bloomberg.
Nexon is the South Korean video game developer behind the MapleStory series, a massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) that first data-ct-non-breakable=”null” href=”https://cointelegraph.com/magazine/binance-killing-airdrops-maplestory-crypto-nxpc-asia-express/” title=”null”>gained popularity in the early 2000s…

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