{"id":41060,"date":"2024-12-09T16:42:22","date_gmt":"2024-12-09T07:42:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/?p=41060"},"modified":"2024-12-09T16:42:24","modified_gmt":"2024-12-09T07:42:24","slug":"nexon-to-team-up-with-tencent-to-launch-the-first-berserker-khazan-in-china","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/nexon-to-team-up-with-tencent-to-launch-the-first-berserker-khazan-in-china\/","title":{"rendered":"Nexon to team up with Tencent to launch The First Berserker: Khazan in China\u00a0\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>South Korean game company Nexon announced today that they have signed a publishing contract with Tencent to bring their upcoming hardcore action-adventure RPG <strong>The First Berserker: Khazan <\/strong>to players in mainland China.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As reported by <a href=\"https:\/\/gamebiz.jp\/news\/397192\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">GameBiz<\/a>, Nexon\u2019s subsidiary Neople, who is developing The First Berserker: Khazan, will work with Tencent on a localized version of the game.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The First Berserker: Khazan is an upcoming console and PC game set in the world of Nexon\u2019s highly profitable Dungeon Fighter IP. Up until now, the franchise has been most successful in Asia, particularly in mainland China. In fact, the Dungeon &amp; Fighter franchise grew 142% in FY2024 quarter 3 alone due to the extremely successful launch of Dungeon &amp; Fighter Mobile in China back in May (<a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/the-first-descendant-and-maplestory-drive-nexon-record-breaking-q3-results\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Related article<\/a>), with the title becoming one the most successful mobile games of all time in the country.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Nexon and Tencent also have a history of publishing games together- just this August,<s>.<\/s> they also entered into an agreement relating to the Chinese online services for Nexon\u2019s The Finals and ARC Raiders. With these factors in mind, it is hardly surprising that Nexon is teaming up with the Chinese game publishing powerhouse to bring The First Berserker: Khazan to players in China.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Nexon also has its sights set on the global market with The First Berserker: Khazan. Nexon CEO Junghun Lee <a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/with-the-first-berserker-khazan-nexon-hopes-to-push-its-multi-billion-dollar-dungeon-fighter-ip-past-asia\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">recently said<\/a> that the company is hoping that Khazan\u2019s release will boost the Dungeon &amp; Fighter franchise\u2019s recognition in Europe and the US too. The devs at Neople <a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/the-first-berserker-khazans-devs-dont-think-of-the-game-as-a-soulslike-but-rather-a-3d-successor-to-dungeon-fighter-online-for-consoles\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">described Khazan<\/a> as a satisfyingly challenging game that will bring the essence of Dungeon Fighter Online to a full-price, 3D console game.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The First Berserker: Khazan is scheduled to launch in early 2025 for the PC (<a href=\"https:\/\/store.steampowered.com\/app\/2680010\/The_First_Berserker_Khazan\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Steam<\/a>), PS5 and Xbox Series X|S. Specific release dates have yet to be announced.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nexon partners with Tencent to bring The First Berserker: Khazan to China, capitalizing on the Dungeon &#038; Fighter IP&#8217;s success in the country.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":61,"featured_media":41063,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_gspb_post_css":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[18],"class_list":["post-41060","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-global-news"],"blocksy_meta":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Nexon to team up with Tencent to launch The First Berserker: Khazan in China\u00a0\u00a0 - AUTOMATON WEST<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Nexon partners with Tencent to bring The First Berserker: Khazan to China, capitalizing on the Dungeon &amp; Fighter IP&#039;s success in the country.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/nexon-to-team-up-with-tencent-to-launch-the-first-berserker-khazan-in-china\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Nexon to team up with Tencent to launch The First Berserker: Khazan in China\u00a0\u00a0 - 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