Nexon said on the 13th that ARC Raiders, a new extraction adventure developed by its subsidiary Embark Studios, won in the "online game of the year" category at the D.I.C.E. Awards.
The D.I.C.E. Awards, organized by the Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences (AIAS), is a global game awards show where more than 33,000 game developers and industry experts worldwide directly vote to select the winners. The "online game of the year" category is awarded to a title that delivered the year's most outstanding online play experience and service completeness, selected through a comprehensive evaluation across gameplay, technology, and operations.
With this win, ARC Raiders became a triple winner at global game awards within about 100 days of launch, following The Game Awards (TGA) and the Steam Awards, and now the D.I.C.E. Awards. Since its release at the end of Oct. last year, ARC Raiders has surpassed cumulative sales of 14 million copies, and last month it recorded a peak concurrent user count of 960,000.
ARC Raiders is credited with significantly contributing to Nexon's revenue growth in the fourth quarter last year. In an earnings announcement the previous day, Nexon said that, driven by the performance of the new ARC Raiders and the existing MapleStory franchise, revenue rose 6% year over year to 475.1 billion yen (about 4.5072 trillion won). This is the highest annual revenue on record.
Elon Musk, Tesla's chief executive officer, also noted that despite a busy schedule, he enjoys ARC Raiders. On his X (formerly Twitter) account, he said, "These days, aside from squeezing in about 15 minutes of ARC Raiders here and there, I hardly play games," adding, "The workload is just too much."