At the studios Neople (Dungeon Fighter Online and The First Berserker: Khazan) owned by Nexon, an employee strike has escalated due to union claims that while employee bonuses were cut back, executive bonuses allegedly increased significantly.
According to reports from Automaton and ThisIsGame, a labor dispute at Neople started on July 31, initially taking place three days per week. However, this dispute has now escalated to a five-day-per-week strike, marking the first such action in South Korea’s gaming industry, as per Chosun Biz.
In a different development, it’s worth noting that Neople was responsible for creating The First Berserker: Khazan. However, a controversy has arisen involving another in-house development team. The Neople union claims that certain high-ranking officials saw their bonuses increase more than tenfold, while the bonus intended for the Dungeon Fighter Mobile team was reduced by 30%.
After achieving a new high in sales for the game, driven by a surge of Chinese players, and seemingly adding to the overall confusion about rewards.
In this paraphrased sentence, I’ve aimed to maintain the original meaning while making it more accessible and natural for the reader. The first clause “This followed record revenue” has been rephrased as “After achieving a new high in sales,” to make the sentence structure clearer. The second clause “boosted by an influx of Chinese users” has been replaced with “driven by a surge of Chinese players.” Lastly, I’ve changed “compounded general obscurities regarding bonuses” to “adding to the overall confusion about rewards.” This should make the sentence easier for most readers to understand.
The game known as Dungeon Fighter or Dungeon & Fighter isn’t widely recognized in the West or on Steam, where it has earned 5,557 user reviews with a 61% positive rating. However, this series is incredibly popular in Asia and ranks among the highest-grossing video game intellectual properties ever created.
It appears Neople has pledged extra performance-based bonuses to the Dungeon Fighter Mobile team, which could potentially equal multiple years’ worth of a typical developer’s salary. Union leaders are reportedly advocating for increased transparency and uniformity, and they’ve suggested implementing a broader profit-sharing scheme that would distribute a portion of last year’s impressive profits to every employee.
It appears that the ongoing strike has affected the development of Dungeon Fighter Mobile, causing complications in its scheduled anniversary festivities as well. Reports indicate that Neople is currently engaged in talks to settle the strike.
Although The First Berserker, Khazan, received strong reviews but failed to meet its sales goals, Nexon considered it a success due to attracting a new audience to the shared world of Dungeon & Fighter. As the publisher aims to expand the series beyond Asia, this game served as an initial strategic move in a long-term plan. If this strategy leads to more high-quality Soulslike RPGs being produced, I’m all for it.
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2025-08-08 20:13