A promotional image for Nexon's Crazy Arcade online gameSCREEN CAPTURE
Korean game publisher Nexon's classic online game Crazy Arcade is shutting down after 25 years.
Nexon said on its website Thursday that it would end service for Crazy Arcade on Aug. 13
"We are sincerely sorry to cause such disappointment with this sudden news," the development team said. "We will do our utmost with follow-up steps and guidance so that players face no inconvenience during the remaining period."
Nexon will stop selling paid items and halt ongoing events, and up until the shutdown, it will give away free the characters and items it had previously sold.
Items already purchased will be refunded. Eligible are all products bought with paid Nexon Cash between March 11 and Thursday, along with items left unclaimed in the temporary storage box since June 11 of last year.
A notice uploaded to Crazy Arcade's official site announcing the game's shutdownSCREEN CAPTURE
Crazy Arcade, an online video game inspired by the Bomberman series of games, became widely loved after its 2001 launch. With Nexon recently moving to clear out unprofitable operations, the game, which now draws few new users, is getting wound down as well.
The company shut down the servers for its hit online racing game KartRider back in 2023, which uses the same characters from the Crazy Arcade franchise.
BY SHIN HYE-YEON [cho.yongjun1@joongang.co.kr]
This article was originally written in Korean and translated by a bilingual reporter with the help of generative AI tools. It was then edited by a native English-speaking editor. All AI-assisted translations are reviewed and refined by our newsroom.
