JUST CAUSE 3: BAVARIUM SEA HEIST DLC COMING AUGUST 11th 2016

London (August 10^th 2016) – Square Enix® and Avalanche Studios™ today announced thatJUST CAUSE 3®: BAVARIUM SEA HEIST™, the third and final content pack of the AIR, LAND & SEA Expansion Pass, will be available to all expansion pass holders from August 11th and will go on sale as a separate add-on for everyone else from August 18th. To celebrate the release, a brand new launch trailer is now available.

“Our aim with the Air, Land & Sea Expansion Pass was to completely alter the way players tackle the game and we’ve achieved just that,” said Marcus Andrews, Lead Designer of the Air, Land & Sea content at Avalanche Studios. “Each of the three packs of new tools allows the player to wreak havoc in fresh, creative, and unique ways that ensures both new and existing fans of Just Cause 3 will have hours of additional content and an enormous number of ways to approach any situation”.

Brave the dangerous waters of West Medici in your new rocket boat and infiltrate the Stingray, a mysterious research facility, home of the rarest and strongest weapon ever created by the Eden Corporation. This content pack includes a brand new location to explore, missions, a new challenge type, the heavily armed rocket boat and the devastating “Eden Spark” lightning gun.

·         Liberate the Medici coastal waters of Scolio, home to Eden Research stations and the mysterious “Stingray” base.

·         Drive the deadly rocket boat “Loochador”, using its multi-lock missile launchers and miniguns to defeat the formidable Black Hand Fleet.

·         Infiltrate the Stingray base to steal the deadly “Eden Spark” lightning gun and unleash elemental death on your enemies in all new storyline and missions.

·         Power up the Eden Spark further with mods earned in the “Boat Invader” challenge.

The BAVARIUM SEA HEIST content pack is priced at $5.99 / €5.99 / £4.99 whilst the entireAIR, LAND & SEA Expansion Pass is available for $24.99 / €24.99 / £19.99.

Watch the Launch Trailer on YouTube here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mKMcUuxWRAo

Related Links
Official Homepage: justcause.com
Official Facebook® Page: facebook.com/JustCause
Official YouTube Channel: youtube.com/c/JustCauseGame
Follow @JustCause on Twitter®: twitter.com/JustCause

About JUST CAUSE 3
The Mediterranean Republic of Medici is suffering under the brutal control of General Di Ravello, a dictator with an insatiable appetite for power. Enter Rico Rodriguez, a man on a mission to destroy the General’s hold on power by any means necessary. With over 400 square miles of complete freedom from sky to seabed and a huge arsenal of weaponry, gadgets and vehicles, prepare to unleash chaos in the most creative and explosive ways you can imagine.

Features:
§  Explore a Mediterranean island paradise with complete vertical freedom – skydive, base jump and free dive in an open world with virtually zero limits.
§  Glide through the air and swoop across mountains with your Wingsuit giving a new way to rain death from above.
§  Use your Grapple and Parachute to scale buildings, hijack vehicles, move quickly or tether objects together for creative new ways to cause Chaos.
§  Cause massive chains of destruction in military bases, harbours, prisons, police stations and communications facilities to bring down a dictator.
§  Arm yourself with a wide range of explosive weaponry from shotguns and missile launchers to tank-busters and air-strikes.
§  Choose from a huge variety of different vehicles to drive including speedboats, jets, helicopters, turbo-fuelled sports cars and super bikes.
§  Get adventurous with dozens of challenge missions and collectibles to discover.
§  Online community features.

About Avalanche Studios
Avalanche Studios is the original creator of the award-winning Just Cause franchise, and most recently released Just Cause 3 (published by Square Enix). Just two months earlier, it released Mad Max (published by Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment). The studio has also created acclaimed twin stick shooter Renegade Ops (published by SEGA) and self-published free-to-play service theHunter (developed by subsidiary Expansive Worlds) with more than 6 million registered players across 190 countries. Avalanche Studios, which is based in Stockholm and New York City, was founded in 2003 by Christofer Sundberg and Linus Blomberg. The studio develops games built on its proprietary technology, the Avalanche Engine, enabling huge open worlds filled with emergent gameplay. More information is available at www.avalanchestudios.com .

About Square Enix Ltd.
Square Enix Ltd. develops, publishes, distributes and licenses SQUARE ENIX, EIDOS® and TAITO® branded entertainment content in Europe and other PAL territories as part of the Square Enix group of companies. Square Enix Ltd. also has a global network of leading development studios such as IO Interactive™, Crystal Dynamics®, and Eidos Montréal. The Square Enix group of companies boasts a valuable portfolio of intellectual property including: FINAL FANTASY®, which has sold over 115 million units worldwide; DRAGON QUEST®, which has sold over 68 million units worldwide; TOMB RAIDER®, which has sold over 45 million units worldwide; and the legendary SPACE INVADERS®. Square Enix Ltd. is a London-based, wholly-owned subsidiary of Square Enix Holdings Co., Ltd. More information on Square Enix Ltd. can be found at http://eu.square-enix.com/en
JUST CAUSE, CRYSTAL DYNAMICS, DRAGON QUEST, EIDOS, FINAL FANTASY, IO INTERACTIVE, SPACE INVADERS, SQUARE ENIX, the SQUARE ENIX logo, TAITO, and TOMB RAIDER are registered trademarks or trademarks of the Square Enix group of companies. AVALANCHE STUDIOS is a trademark of Fatalist Entertainment AB. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.
Square Enix Limited is a company registered in England & Wales under the number 01804186 whose registered office is situated at 240 Blackfriars Road, London, SE1 8NW, United Kingdom.

Nexon Announces Second Quarter 2016 Financial Results

Solid Fundamentals amidst Japanese Yen Appreciation, Continued to Strengthen Strategic Partnerships with Renowned Game Developers

TOKYO – August 10, 2016 – NEXON Co., Ltd. (“Nexon”) (3659.TO), a worldwide leader in free-to-play online and mobile games, today announced financial results for its second quarter ended June 30, 2016.

“Our solid second quarter results reflect strong execution and good performance from our China business,” said Owen Mahoney, President and Chief Executive Officer of Nexon. “I am also pleased with the important strategic progress we made during the quarter, including our partnership with renowned Japanese developer Sansho Studios and our acquisition of wellgames, the Korean developer of SPECIAL SOLDIER, a high-quality first person shooter for mobile devices. Our best-in-class roster of partnerships remains a cornerstone of our strategy to deliver high-quality, tailored content to players around the world.”

Mr. Mahoney continued, “We are excited about our rich pipeline of mobile and PC online games for the second half of 2016 and beyond, including highly-anticipated titles such asMapleStoryM, Dungeon&Fighter 2D / 3D mobile (working title), LawBreakers andMoonlight Blade, and we look forward to delivering them to our global player base.”

Second Quarter 2016 Highlights:
·           Second quarter revenues were 38.1 billion yen, down 11% year-over-year on as-reported basis, up 4% on constant currency basis, around low-end of Nexon’s outlook.
·           Operating income was 13.4 billion yen, around high-end of Nexon’s outlook.
·           Net income attributable to owners of the parent was 7.6 billion yen, which was below Nexon’s outlook primarily due to FX loss in U.S. dollar-denominated cash deposits.

Third Quarter 2016 Outlook:
·         Revenues expected to be in the range of 38.4 to 41.3 billion yen.
–    PC online game revenues expected to be in the range of 29.4 to 31.4 billion yen.
–    Mobile game revenues expected to be in the range of 8.9 to 9.9 billion yen.
·         Operating income expected to be in the range of 10.6 to 12.9 billion yen.
·         Net income attributable to owners of the parent expected to be in the range of 9.6 to 11.6 billion yen.

Earnings Presentation, Conference Call and Replay:

Nexon management will host an earnings presentation for analysts, investors and media to discuss the Company’s financial results and outlook. The presentation will be conducted in Japanese with simultaneous English translation today at 5:00 p.m. Japan Standard Time (JST) / 4:00 a.m. Eastern Daylight Time (EDT). The earnings presentation materials will be available on Nexon’s Investor Relations website following the presentation.

A replay of the call will be available about 30 minutes after the conclusion of the conference call and can be accessed until August 17, 2016. A transcript of the call will be available within several days on Nexon’s Investor Relations website.

For additional information regarding Nexon’s second quarter 2016 financial results, please visit the Investor Relations section of Nexon’s website athttp://ir.nexon.co.jp/en/.

This press release is prepared to offer reference information about Nexon to investors and is intended to generally provide investors and analysts with financial and operational information about Nexon, but not to solicit or recommend any sale or purchase of stock or other securities of Nexon.

About NEXON Co., Ltd.  http://company.nexon.co.jp/
NEXON Co., Ltd. (“Nexon”) (3659.TO) is a worldwide leader in free-to-play online and mobile games. Founded in Korea in 1994, Nexon developed one of the world’s first graphics-based massively multiplayer online games. Nexon also pioneered the concept of microtransactions and the free-to-play business model, setting a new standard in which play is free, and users have the option to purchase in-game items to enhance their experience. Nexon currently services around 100 titles in more than 190 countries. The Company is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan and its shares are listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.