Epic Games announced on the 22nd that it has signed a strategic 10-year technical partnership with Nexon Korea. Under this agreement, Unreal Engine will be provided for Nexon's major titles and its long-term development roadmap, with Epic Games supporting the entire development process as a stable technical partner. This partnership is significant as it represents a rare, long-term, large-scale Unreal Engine collaboration within the domestic gaming industry.

Nexon is a developer with a diverse portfolio of globally competitive IPs, including 'MapleStory', 'FC Online', 'Dungeon & Fighter', and 'Mabinogi'. Through this agreement, Nexon will establish an environment where it can utilize Unreal Engine as a common development foundation across PC, mobile, and console platforms. Epic Games will provide integrated support throughout the entire development process, centered on 'Epic Pro Support', including engine optimization, technical collaboration, and quality assurance.

Through this, the company plans to provide long-term technical support to ensure a stable development environment and consistent quality standards for projects of various scales and genres. Nexon's strategy is to leverage Unreal Engine's high-performance rendering and highly scalable development pipeline to simultaneously boost development efficiency and quality. It expects to strengthen its long-term competitiveness by accelerating development and enhancing quality standards for new IPs and global projects.

Park Yong-hyun, Vice President of Development at Nexon, stated, "Through this partnership, Nexon will be able to use Unreal Engine as an integrated development engine to more aggressively target the global market, strengthening technical stability and expanding development capabilities across various platforms." He added, "We will do our best to strengthen the next-generation game development ecosystem with development capabilities aligned with global standards and provide a higher quality gaming experience to our users."

Park Sung-chul, CEO of Epic Games Korea, stated, "It is very meaningful to sign a long-term Unreal Engine partnership with Nexon, a global game development company representing Korea. To ensure that Nexon's development philosophy—which has consistently introduced not only AAA blockbusters but also experimental and fresh games—is further strengthened and developed through this contract, we will actively support the development process using Unreal Engine as a foundation that provides the performance, scalability, and quality required by Nexon's high project standards."