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1 NEXON M and Big Huge Games Reveal Dominations Oct. 28, 2014 NEXON Co., Ltd. NEXON M and Big Huge Games Reveal DomiNations An innovative mobile combat strategy game by Brian Reynolds TOKYO – Oct. 28, 2014 – NEXON Co., Ltd. (“Nexon”) (3659.TO), a worldwide leader in free-to-play online games, today announced that its mobile game publishing subsidiary, NEXON M and the Maryland-based game development studio, Big Huge Games, formerly known as SecretNewCo, has announced its debut mobile combat strategy game DomiNations. DomiNations is an innovative free-to-play mobile strategy game that allows players to lead the world’s greatest civilizations from the Stone Age to the Space Age. Players can explore, advance, and grow their civilizations while conquering the world through single-player campaign and cooperative game play modes. Big Huge Games was initially formed in 2013 following founder and CEO Brian Reynolds’ departure from Zynga, where he served as the company’s chief game designer, responsible for creating innovative social mechanics for popular titles including FrontierVille and CityVille 2. Prior to Zynga, Reynolds led the founding of the first incarnation of Big Huge Games in 2000, where he and his team created award-winning titles Rise of Nations and Rise of Legends prior to the studio closing in 2012. Reynolds was also a founder of Firaxis Games, along with Sid Meier and Jeff Briggs. He rose to prominence as the lead designer and lead engineer on Civilization II, his first multi-million selling title, and led the creation of renowned games such as Sid Meier’s Alpha Centauri. Nexon made an equity investment in Big Huge Games in July, 2013 and acquired worldwide publishing rights for DomiNations, which is scheduled for its launch by NEXON M on iPhone and iPad and Android mobile devices next year. For more information on DomiNations, please visit www.dominations.com. 1 The trailer for DomiNations can be seen from http://youtu.be/S3gDVElv6ng. Materials for DomiNations are available for download from the below link. http://public-ftp.nexon.co.jp/corporatepr/141028_DomiNations.zip ID: nxpr2013_1 PW: S8eACMx5 About Big Huge Games http://www.bighugegames.com/ Big Huge Games specializes in mobile strategy games. The studio was founded in 2013 by 23-year game industry collaborators Brian Reynolds and Tim Train, along with several other long-time veterans, and hopes to keep the flame alive of the original Big Huge Games which ran from 2000 to 2012. We build prototypes and improve them constantly until we love playing them ourselves – we know you won’t love our game until we love it. Big Huge Games is represented by Ophir Lupu of United Talent Agency. About NEXON M Inc. http://nexonm.com/ NEXON M is the mobile publishing arm of Nexon Group, a pioneer of interactive entertainment software and the world’s leader in free-to-play online games. Counting Big Huge Games, Shiver Entertainment, Ndoors, and Turbo Studios among its development partners, NEXON M’s goal is to support the world’s best mobile talent in making fun and unique games. About NEXON Co., Ltd. http://company.nexon.co.jp/ NEXON Co., Ltd. (“Nexon”) (3659.TO) is a worldwide leader in free-to-play online games. Founded in Korea in 1994, Nexon developed one of the world's first graphics-based massively multiplayer online games. Nexon also pioneered the concept of microtransactions and the free-to-play business model, setting a new standard in which play is free, and users have the option to purchase in-game items to enhance their experience. Nexon currently services nearly 150 titles in more than 100 countries and since its founding, Nexon has generated more than 1.5 billion player registrations. The Company is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan and its shares are listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange. Contact Information For Nexon Corporate PR Team [email protected] 2 .
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