Chuan Korea online gaming company Nexon consider acquiring EA

Nexon's "Running kart" and other online games in East Asia is quite popular.

Sina Science and technology News http://www.aliyun.com/zixun/aggregation/17197.html "> Beijing time April 27 morning, according to South Korean media reports, South Korean online gaming company Nexon is considering acquiring EA, an American video game manufacturer. Influenced by the news, EA shares rose more than 6% in early Thursday.

The report originated in unnamed industry insiders, but a person close to the Nexon said it had not yet been heard. Both spokesmen declined to comment.

Nexon is a famous Korean game manufacturer, with "Underground City and Warriors", "Running kart" and "Dragon Valley" and other popular games. At the end of last year, the company landed in the Japanese stock market, raising 1.2 billion of dollars.

Nexon CFO Owen Mahani, Owen Mahoney, has said it is interested in acquiring mobile game developers who have excelled in the smartphone sector. Given that EA has a variety of best-selling games in Apple's App Store and Google's Android harsh, it is likely to be a target for nexon.

It is unclear whether EA will accept Nexon's offer. Although EA shares have been down since the 2008 financial crisis, it is still the world's highest-value and most profitable video game distributor.

With a variety of online games in Asia's best-selling, Nexon ten years has been rapid development. The company's "Maple Story" and "running kart" have attracted a large number of users.

But Nexon's money may not be enough to buy EA in its entirety. Earnings showed that the company's total assets at the beginning of this year were close to $3 billion trillion, only half the value of EA. However, the advantages of Nexon in the Asian online gaming market may be attractive to EA, and the merger can be mutually beneficial.