Nexon confirms reorganizaton at The First Berserker: Khazan developer however says it is merely ‘a strategic reallocation of expertise’ as improvement winds down

Nexon has confirmed that it has “reorganized” the groups at The First Berserker: Khazan developer Neople, however says the modifications have been made not due to points with the sport’s efficiency, however merely “to allocate assets extra successfully” throughout ongoing tasks.

The reshuffling at Neople was first reported by Korean company Yonhap (through GamesRadar), which mentioned (Google translated) numerous workers on The First Berserker: Khazan had been reassigned “as a result of poor efficiency.” The sport had a powerful launch, and presently holds a “very optimistic” score on Steam throughout almost 20,000 person opinions, however the report claims that gross sales subsequently tailed off and failed to satisfy expectations.

In an announcement supplied to PC Gamer, nonetheless, a Nexon consultant mentioned the change was made just because, as a standalone singleplayer recreation, The First Berserker: Khazan is just about completed, and they also’re wrapping issues up.

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“The First Berserker: Khazan is the primary of three video games designed to introduce our Dungeon & Fighter to a world viewers,” the rep mentioned. “The sport bought off to a stable launch with good crucial scores in Western Markets on each PC and console.

“As the event roadmap for The First Berserker: Khazan enters its last stage, Neople has reorganized its groups to allocate assets extra successfully throughout present and upcoming tasks, together with Dungeon & Fighter franchise video games for world markets. This adjustment is a strategic reallocation of expertise, not a workforce discount or crew dissolution, supporting dwell service operations and future initiatives throughout Neople and Nexon associates.”

The rep confirmed that staff haven’t been laid off on account of the change, simply moved to new issues.

Dungeon & Fighter, identified exterior of South Korea as Dungeon Fighter On-line and abbreviated as DNF, debuted in 2005 and has spawned a number of sequels, together with The First Berserker: Khazan, which takes place 800 years earlier than the occasions of DNF. It is a massive factor for Nexon, and it clearly has massive plans for it.

So it isn’t nice information for The First Berserker: Khazan followers holding out hope for future DLC or expansions, however frankly I am glad sufficient that builders have been put onto new work as a substitute of simply being laid off. And regardless of lacking gross sales targets, with two extra DNF video games within the works. I believe there’s additionally an actual risk of a Khazan sequel: If Nexon is decided to make it a world franchise, a follow-up to a recognizable and well-reviewed recreation would definitely not be the worst approach to go about it.