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Blizzard has reportedly chosen Nexon as a associate for the distribution rights for Overwatch Cell and a brand new Starcraft title.
Korean information website Cash Right now Broadcasting (MTN) discovered that Nexon has been chosen as the popular bidder. Nexon has now commenced essential negotiations to collaborate on the ‘Starcraft IP and safe distribution rights for ‘Overwatch Cell’ in Korea and Japan.
Because the fourth quarter of final yr, Blizzard has been bidding for main Korean sport corporations, providing content material improvement rights for the ‘Starcraft’ IP and Korean and Japanese service rights for ‘Overwatch Cell’ as a package deal.
It’s reported that Nexon, NCSoft and Netmarble all participated actively within the bidding course of.
Proposed rights
A bidding proposal for the Starcraft IP was made with out restrictions on style and content material sort.
Overwatch Cell which is informally being known as Overwatch 3 by home sport corporations concerned within the bidding, is reportedly a MOBA fashion title.
Blizzard proposed a situation for Overwatch Cell the place distribution rights could be restricted to Korea and Japan, which didn’t meet the expectations of home sport corporations in search of world distribution rights.
NCSoft co-CEO Park Byung-moo led the bidding and confirmed robust enthusiasm, whereas Netmarble held a contest for its builders to suggest new Starcraft IP improvement plans. The particular bid submitted by Nexon was not disclosed.
