The DeanBeat: Game acquisitions rise 23 percent to $3.4B in 2012

January 25, 2013 8:00 AM Dean Takahashi
Dean Takahashi

Editor's Pick The game industry set a new record for the money spent on acquisitions, but the number of deals dropped.

Korean game togetherness: Nexon acquires 14.7 percent of NCsoft for $688M

June 8, 2012 2:14 PM Dean Takahashi
Dean Takahashi

Nexon said today it has acquired a 14.7 percent minority stake in Korean online game publisher NCsoft for $688 million.

Nexon, which was started in Korea and moved headquarters to Tokyo, made the strategic investment by acquiring 3.218 million shares …