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Nexon continues to update its free-to-play first person shooter Combat Arms with new content that almost seems to come in monthly doses. This week players of the game will be able to check out the new Last Man Standing gameplay mode. The mode is pretty self-explanatory; up to 16 soldiers fight it out to be the only one left in matches that can go up to nine rounds.

There's also a new variant on the game's zombie-filled Quarantine Mode called Quarantine Mode: Regen. This time the zombies can regenerate their hit posts by keeping still for three seconds. The update also adds new weapons and items such as the M39 EMR Desert sniper rifle (which you can see above). Finally the game gets a UI and HUD makeover with this new update.

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Nexon America's free-to-play first person shooter Combat Arms is breaking out the holiday cheer a few days early with some new content and holiday-themed items. The new addition is a all new Fireteam map called Cabin Fever where players will have to fight off waves of zombie . . . er, infected soldiers in an abandoned building.

In addition to the new map a new mercenary character, Maxine (she prefers Max) along with some new weapons and items. There are also some new holiday-themed items like a Christmas backpack and horn. You can even equip your character with a Santa Claus beard and hat or a red nose if you go for the Rudolph look.

The free-to-play first person shooter Combat Arms from publishers Nexon is celebrating the Thanksgiving holiday with a bunch of new content for players to "feast" (hehe) over. A new character, pictured above, called Hawk has been added to the game's line-up. He's described as a "mysterious newcomer coming from an elite group of Specialists". Well, of course he is.

A new map (shown above) called Road Kill has also been added to the game. It's described as a winding road filled with abandoned trucks that make it perfect for some sniper kills. There's also a new napalm strike designator that's been added to the game and for Thanksgiving players can hit enemies with a turkey leg melee weapon or wear a turkey balaclava as head gear. On Black Friday, Combat Arms will have its own in-game item sale with some Black Market items discounted down 25 percent. The full game client can be downloaded here.

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The free-to-play model for online PC games seems to be working for some game developers. Earlier this week we reported that the change to such a model for Turbine's fantasy MMO Dungeons and Dragons Online has been a big success. Now Nexon America, which runs a number of similar games. has announced big percentage increases for revenues for its third quarter and September time periods

According to their press release, revenues for their third quarter (July-September) were higher by 36 percent. Revenues for September were up 44 percent. As usual, Nexon America did not reveal specific revenue numbers nor did they reveal if the company generated profits. Nexon America's launched the open beta for their next game, Dungeon Fighter Online, earlier this month and that will certainly generate even more money for the company.

In related news, Nexon announced that their FPS game Combat Arms will add a "casual server" called Foxtrot for new players. In addition new weapons, including a rocket launcher, are available for use in the game.

[via email press release]

If you are a fan of Nexon's free-to-play online games like Combat Arms and most recently Dungeon Fighter Online, you might have seen some weird animations show up on top of the Nexon.net web site this week. It's OK, you can go ahead and click on them. If you do they reveal some big changes in store for the Nexon.net site.

The biggest change is that Nexon.net will soon be no more. It will be replaced by Blockparty.com, a new site that will have a lot of Facebook-like social networking features. Yes you will still be able to access all of your Nexon games at the new site but you will also be able to do things like create a profile, message buddies and in general have more of an interactive experience with Nexon gamers even when you are not playing the games. There's no word on when Blockparty.com will go live.

After launching their early access beta test for certain people this week, Nexon America has announced that their online fighting game Dungeon Fighter Online will begin their open beta on Tuesday, September 22. If you happen to be part of the current early access beta there's no need to panic; your account will still be good when the open beta begins.

The open beta will allow gamers to check out five of the game's character classes (Fighter, Gunner, Mage, Priest and Slayer) in the game's 2D side-scrolling fighting gameplay. No final launch date for Dungeon Fighter Online has been announced yet.

Just a quick reminder this morning that we are currently running a giveaway contest to give out 25 beta codes for Nexon's next free-to-play game Dungeon Fighter Online. People can head over to the contest page right now to leave a comment and get a chance to win one of the beta codes to the online 2D fighting game.

Remember, the comments must be made by 11:59 pm ET tonight. After that we will pick 25 random commentors and each will be mailed a beta code to play Dungeon Fighter Online during the game's early access beta. Thanks once again to Nexon America for the donation of the beta codes.

While the economy is still on shaky ground, the folks at Nexon America are apparently raking in the money from their many free-to-play online games. Last month the company announced that revenues from their games had increased 35 percent compared to the same time period a year ago. Now Gamasutra reports that Nexon America has told them their August revenue numbers were up 32 percent compared to the same time period a year ago.

Unfortunately, Nexon America has chosen not to give specific numbers for those revenue increases nor give out any profit numbers, although Gamasutra notes that Nexon's US sales were recorded as $30 million back in 2007. Nexon America supports a number of Asian-based online games such as MapleStory, Combat Arms, and Mabinogi in the US.

The fantasy MMO MapleStory has 6 million registered users in the US and in July Nexon said they had 70,000 concurrent users play the game at one time. The online FPS Combat Arms has 3 million registered US users and Nexon said they have seen "double digit growth" for the game over the past several months. They have also seen revenues go up for their other fantasy MMO Mabinogi. They are close to officially launching their next game in the US, the online fighting title Dungeon Fighter Online.

Nexon is getting close to the launch of its next free-to-play game Dungeon Fighter Online. The Online 2D side-scrolling fighting game will begin its early access beta on September 15 but you can win one of 25 beta keys for the game right now at Big Download.

All you have to do is post a comment on this page (one comment per person please). Comments must be made by 11:59 pm ET on Wednesday, September 16. After that we will pick 25 random commentors and each will be mailed a beta code to play Dungeon Fighter Online. Thanks to Nexon America for the donation of the beta codes.

Nexon America's free-to-play first person shooter Combat Arms recently launched its Quarantine (a.k.a. Zombie) gameplay mode. Now the developer has expanded the mode to include two more maps (Showdown and Two Towers) in the game. The game has also added a new mercenary character, Hauser, which you can see above. As you might have guessed Hauser is a bit of a throwback to the blow-em-up 1980's action movie types. He comes with a Commando Vest for taking more damage than normal.

Combat Arms has also added the Search & Destroy gameplay mode to its Power Surge map and the Specialists characters can now use the powerful Minigun in their arsenal.