Neople, a subsidiary of Nexon, has begun a reorganization by reallocating development staff after "First Berserker: Kazan" fell short of expectations.
According to the game industry on the 8th, Neople held an internal briefing that day and shared a plan to reassign the "Kazan" development organization.
The game launched simultaneously in the global market in Mar. 2025 and initially logged about 30,000 concurrent users on PC, but sales later declined, reportedly falling short of market expectations.
On top of that, delays in issuing a license required for service in China added to the headwinds for its performance.
With this measure, a significant number of the roughly 100-person development team has reportedly moved to the in-house reassignment unit, Team R.
Neople says the move does not amount to disbanding the development team, but observers say previously expected plans for regular DLC releases or platform expansion have effectively become uncertain.
Earlier this month, Neople also appointed Chief Executive Yoon Myeong-jin as the DUNGEON & FIGHTER Mobile Deputy Minister and proceeded with organizational streamlining, including transferring the game's China service rights to Tencent for sole publishing.