2K Sports announced today an agreement with Nexon to create and publish an online baseball simulation for South Korea. 2K Sports’ Visual Concepts team will be working closely with Nexon on the title, which is currently unnamed.
“Nexon is a pioneer in the online gaming space and its track record of creating quality online titles makes them an ideal partner,” said Christoph Hartmann, president of 2K. “We view this as a great opportunity to deliver an outstanding simulation game to a population that enjoys online gaming and has a passion for baseball. We look forward to reaching new audiences with our authentic simulation titles.”
"As Korea's number one spectator sport with nearly six million fans in 2010, baseball has a massive untapped audience to whom we believe our game will appeal,” added Hubert Larenaudie, president of Take-Two Asia. “I’m very pleased about the partnership with Nexon, a company that has remarkable experience in developing and publishing popular online game titles. With the combined expertise of Nexon and Visual Concepts, our goal is to create the best online baseball game in Asia.”
“This partnership is an opportunity to demonstrate the scope of our development capabilities by creating a new type of online game,” said Min Suh, CEO of Nexon Corporation. “We’re confident that Visual Concepts’ proven success in developing sports simulations coupled with our online gaming expertise will result in a new kind of baseball experience for Korean online gamers.”
