South Korean studio Dynamis One has been raided by way of native legislation enforcement after being accused of illegally exporting building fabrics owned by way of Nexon.
As reported by way of native information outlet ChosunBiz, the Seoul Metropolitan Police Company’s Business Generation Safety Investigation Crew raided the studio’s headquarters on February 24, 2025.
It is claimed officials have secured proof that signifies Dynamis One illegally acquired key building fabrics when it comes to a Nexon mission codenamed ‘MX Blade’ with the aim of the usage of that knowledge to broaden long run titles.
Dynamis One used to be established by way of a cohort of former Nexon Video games staff in 2024. Studio CEO Park Byeong-rim in the past oversaw building of Nexon’s free-to-play RPG, Blue Archive.
Nexon has accused Byeong-rim of violating the Unfair Pageant Prevention Act and claims plenty of Dynamis One builders leaked key details about MX Blade all the way through their tenure on the corporate.
Dynamis One unveiled its debut recreation, Undertaking KV, final yr however briefly halted manufacturing following an argument over purported similarities with Blue Archive.
In a remark acquired by way of ChosunBiz, Nexon described the incident as a “severe crime that undermines the rules of the sport building atmosphere.”
The MapleStory and Dave The Diver developer pledged to cooperate with legislation enforcement during their investigation. It additionally defined plans to reinforce inside safety programs to steer clear of a repeat incident.
Police now reportedly intend to concentrate on figuring out whether or not the leaked knowledge used to be actively used by Dynamis One’s building group.
Nexon used to be in the past thinking about a an identical incident. Again in 2021, the corporate accused Ironmace founder (and previous worker) Ju-Hyun Choi of the usage of leaked supply code to broaden a name known as Darkish and Darker.
Nexon filed a lawsuit in opposition to the corporate in 2021 alleging copyright and business secret infringement. Previous this month, the Seoul Central District Courtroom (Department 63) cleared Ironmace of copyright infringement however ordered the studio to pay 8.5 billion gained ($5.87 million) in damages to Nexon for business secret infringement.
