Nexon plans to release The Finals shooter by the end of 2023

The exact date of the launch of The Finals is unknown, but the release can occur during The Game Awards the Week. Yesterday, Nexon from Tokyo published a report on income for the third quarter of 2023, in which the company expressed satisfaction with the results of the beta testing of its destructive shooter from the first person The Finals. Beta version not only surpassed the expectations of the company, but also attracted the impressive 7.5 million players, despite the minimum marketing efforts. In addition, at the stage of the beta testing, The Finals became the best game of Steam in the number of additions to the desire list, which indicates great interest from the players. The publisher plans to spread the game according to the conditionally deposit model after release.

Nexon also shared exciting news that The Finals is planned to be released in 2023, which corresponds to the financial year of the publisher, which corresponds to the calendar year. Although the specific release date remains uncertain, it is expected that Embark Studios, the team of The Finals developers, will present the game trailer for The Game Awards in December. It is noteworthy that Embark Studios is a regular participant in The Game Awards. It is interesting that in the case of open beta version it was launched just a day after the announcement, which left a place for assumptions about the potential strategy for releasing a full game.

“Nexon plans to complete the year with two -digit revenue growth within seven quarters in a row. And after incredibly popular and successful open beta testing, The Finals is ready for launch this year-the first in the exciting line of new games in development, including Arc Raiders and The First Descentant, as well as the new creative platform of Embark. For our investors, this means an asymmetric possibility of growth: existing franchises bring stable income, and new issues offer potential for step -by -step growth, ”the president said. and general director Nexon.

The report published by Nexon also states that the current general director of Nexon Owen Mahoni leaves his position after ten years of management.

“Today we also announced that after an extremely pleasant decade, I will resign in March as the general director of Nexon – a decision that we have already worked on for some time. After the transition period and voting at our annual meeting of shareholders in March, the veteran of the company Chonhun Lee begins a new generation of leaders as the general director of Nexon, ”the report said.