Nexon partners with Chernin Entertainment to bring ARC Raiders, The Finals to screen

Nexon has signed a partnership with Hollywood production company Chernin Entertainment to develop film and television adaptations of its video games ARC Raiders and The Finals, the Tokyo-listed game company said Tuesday. Under the deal, Chernin Entertainment will lead the development of film and TV projects based on the two titles, both made by Embark Studios, Nexon's Stockholm-based subsidiary. Financial terms and release schedules were not disclosed. ARC Raiders is a survival action game set on a post-apocalyptic Earth ruled by machines called ARC, in which players scavenge for resources while fighting both the machines and one another. Released last October, it drew 700,000 concurrent players across all platforms within two weeks and has since sold more than 16 million copies worldwide, Nexon said. The game won best multiplayer game at The Game Awards, Online Game of the Year at the D.I.C.E. Awards and the multiplayer prize at the BAFTA Games Awards. Its largest update since launch, Frozen Trail, is due Thursday. The Finals is a team-based first-person shooter set in a fictional comba