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#REDIRECT [[Block Party]]
{{Infobox website
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| name = BlockParty
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| logo = [[Image:Blockparty_header.gif‎]]
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| owner = [[Nexon|Nexon America]]
| url = [http://www.blockparty.com/ www.blockparty.com]
| type = [[Game portals|Online Game Portal]], [[Social network service]]
| num_users = 12 million+
| language = English
| registration = Required
| launch date = TBA
| current status = Coming Soon
| slogan = Where Friends Come Go Live Gaming!
| products = [[MapleStory]], [[Mabinogi (video game)]], [[Combat Arms (video game)]], [[Dungeon Fighter Online]], [[Crazy Arcade|PopTag!]], [[Vindictus]], [[Dragon Nest]], [[Atlantica Online]]
| content license = Copyright
}}
}}
{{For|the [[game publisher]] servicing this [[Game portals|online game portal]]|Nexon America}}

'''BlockParty''' is an upcoming free online [[game portals|game portal]] and [[social network service]], which is serviced by the Los Angeles-based [[Nexon America]], a subsidiary of South Korean [[Nexon Corporation]]. BlockParty will succeed the [http://www.nexon.net current Nexon America game portal] by taking over the portal service of [[MapleStory]], [[Mabinogi (video game)|Mabinogi]], [[Combat Arms (video game)|Combat Arms]], [[Dungeon Fighter Online]], [[Crazy Arcade|PopTag!]], [[Vindictus]] and [[Atlantica Online]] as well as future [[Nexon America]] games.<ref>http://www.virtualworldsnews.com/2009/09/nexon-announces-block-party-for-the-postpenguin-generation.html</ref>

BlockParty will service a large variety of games from the casual [[Crazy Arcade|PopTag!]], to the hardcore action [[Vindictus]] and the [[first-person shooter]], [[Combat Arms (video game)|Combat Arms]]. Many more online games are scheduled for publishing through BlockParty including [[Dragon Nest]], an action MMORPG scheduled for early 2011.<ref>http://www.1up.com/news/nexon-america-shows-latest-free</ref>

[[Nexon Corporation]] also runs game portals servicing [[South Korea]], [[Japan]] and [[Europe]] with partners in [[People's Republic of China|China]], [[Taiwan]], [[Thailand]], [[Singapore]], [[Malaysia]], [[Brazil]], [[Vietnam]], [[Russia]], [[Indonesia]] and [[The Philippines]] with over 30 games and 350 million registered users.

==Portal Features==
BlockParty will have many features that the [http://www.nexon.net current Nexon America game portal] does not.
* The latest news on all of Nexon America's games in one place.
* Connecting with friends at any time.
* Seeing what your friends are up to.
* Creating personal profiles.
* Showing off of in-game avatars.
* Sharing short bits of text with the public.

==NX==
The [[Virtual currency]] that will be used by BlockParty is known as ''NX''. The NX can be used to obtain virtual game items that other users normally wouldn't have. Players can use this virtual cash to buy items for their characters in games that support a ''Cash Shop''. NX can be obtained using [[credit cards]], Pay by Cash, PayPal, charging through the mobile phone via Bill to Mobile, through Nexon Game Cards or through earning free NX through surveys courtesy of SuperRewards.<ref>http://billing.nexon.net/WZ.ASPX?PART=%2fPurchasing%2fAccount&Lref=ANA-22&Lref=ANA-24</ref>

===Nexon Game Cards===
The prepaid cards contain amounts of 10,000 ($10 USD) or 25,000 ($25 USD) NX currency that can be redeemed for NX Cash. As of October 2010, ''NEXON Game Cards'' are available at the following retailers.<ref name='NXGC'>http://billing.nexon.net/WZ.ASPX?PART=/Item/GameCard</ref> Various American university campuses (unlisted) also carry these cards in their bookstores courtesy of [[Barnes & Noble]] <ref>http://maplestory.nexon.net/News/News.aspx?boardNo=100&contentNo=007G6&pageIndex=1</ref>
====United States====
* [[Toys "R" Us]]
* [[Blockbuster Inc.]]
* [[7-Eleven]]
* [[GameStop Corporation]]
* [[Fye#f.y.e.|Fye]]
* [[Duane Reade]]
* [[Rite Aid]]
* [[CVS/pharmacy]]
* [[Walgreens]]
* [[Speedway SuperAmerica LLC]]
* [[Barnes & Noble]]
* [[Hastings]]
* [[H.E. Butt Grocery Company]]
* [[BJ's Wholesale Club, Inc.]]
* [[K Mart]]
* [[Shopko]]
* [[Wawa Food Market]]

====Canada====
* [[Future Shop]]
* [[Shoppers Drug Mart]]
* [[7-Eleven]]
* [[Zellers]]
* [[Best Buy]]
* [[Avondale]]
* [[Hallmark Cards]]
* [[London Drugs]]
* [[GameStop Corporation]]

====Australia====
* [[Toys "R" Us]]
* [[EB Games]]

====New Zealand====
* [[Toys "R" Us]]

===Earn Free NX===
As of August 2010, Nexon America users can earn free NX by completing surveys or taking advantage of great offers from Nexon's marketing partners.<ref name='NXGC'></ref>

==Games==
{{Main|List of NEXON games}}

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Game !! Launched !! Status !! Official Website
|-
| [[MapleStory]] || May 11, 2005 || Live || [http://maplestory.nexon.net maplestory.nexon.net]
|-
| [[Audition Online]] || April 2, 2007 || New Publishers ([[Redbana]]) || [http://audition.redbana.com audition.redbana.com (Redbana)]
|-
| [[Kart Rider]] || - || Discontinued after [[Open_Beta#Beta|Open Beta]] (March 2008)|| [http://kart.nexon.net Website Closed]
|-
| [[Mabinogi (video game)|Mabinogi]] || March 27, 2008<ref>http://mabi.nexon.net/News/View.aspx?boardNo=101&contentNo=00038&pageIndex=57</ref> || Live || [http://mabinogi.nexon.net mabinogi.nexon.net]
|-
| [[Combat Arms (video game)|Combat Arms]] || July 11, 2008<ref>http://combatarms.nexon.net/News/View.aspx?boardNo=101&contentNo=000ja&pageIndex=26</ref> || Live || [http://combatarms.nexon.net combatarms.nexon.net]
|-
| [[Sugar Rush (video game)|Sugar Rush]] || - || Discontinued after [[Closed_beta#Beta|Closed Beta]] in December 2008 || [http://sugarrush.nexon.net Website Closed]
|-
| iTCG Online || January 20, 2010 || Discontinued on June 10, 2010 <ref>http://msupdate.wordpress.com/2010/05/27/itcg-itcg-is-closing-down/</ref>|| [http://itcg.nexon.net Website Closed]
|-
| [[Crazy Arcade|PopTag!]] || January 26, 2010<ref>http://poptag.nexon.net/News/View.aspx?boardNo=101&contentNo=0066Q&pageIndex=5</ref> || Live || [http://poptag.nexon.net poptag.nexon.net]
|-
| [[Dungeon Fighter Online]] || June 9, 2010<ref>http://dungeonfighter.nexon.net/News/Content.aspx?boardNo=101&contentNo=007xm&pageIndex=6</ref> || Live || [http://dungeonfighter.nexon.net dungeonfighter.nexon.net]
|-
| [[Vindictus]] || October 27, 2010<ref>http://msupdate.wordpress.com/2010/10/19/vin-vindictus-to-officially-launch-october-27/</ref> || Live || [http://vindictus.nexon.net vindictus.com]
|-
| [[Atlantica Online]] || March 22, 2011 (Service Taken Over From Ndoors<ref>http://atlantica.ndoorsgames.com/center/news/notice_view.asp?list_seq=1776</ref>|| Account Transfer Period<ref>http://atlantica.ndoorsgames.com/center/news/notice_view.asp?list_seq=1777</ref>|| [http://atlantica.ndoorsgames.com/center/default.asp atlantica.ndoorsgames.com/ ([[Ndoors]])]
|-
| [[Dragon Nest]] || Summer 2011 || Upcoming<ref>http://www.massively.com/2010/06/18/e3-2010-dragon-nest-hands-on/</ref> || [http://dragonnest.nexon.net dragonnest.com]
|}

== See also ==
* [[Nexon Corporation]]
* [[MapleStory]]
* [[Mabinogi (video game)]]
* [[Combat Arms (video game)]]
* [[Dungeon Fighter Online]]
* [[Crazy Arcade|PopTag!]]
* [[Vindictus]]
* [[Dragon Nest]]
* [[Atlantica Online]]

==External links==
*{{en icon}} [http://www.blockparty.com/ BlockParty]
*{{en icon}} [http://www.nexon.net/ Current Nexon America game portal]
*{{en icon}} [http://company.nexon.com/eng/ Nexon Corporation Website]
*{{ko icon}} [http://company.nexon.com/ Nexon Corporation Website]
*{{ko icon}} [http://www.nexon.co.kr Nexon Korea game portal]
*{{ja icon}} [http://www.nexon.co.jp Nexon Japan game portal]
*{{en icon}} [http://en.nexoneu.com/NXEU.aspx?PART=/Main Nexon Europe game portal]
*{{de icon}} [http://de.nexoneu.com/NXEU.aspx?PART=/Main Nexon Europe game portal]
*{{fr icon}} [http://fr.nexoneu.com/NXEU.aspx?PART=/Main Nexon Europe game portal]
*{{es icon}} [http://es.nexoneu.com/NXEU.aspx?PART=/Main Nexon Europe game portal]
*{{nl icon}} [http://nl.nexoneu.com/NXEU.aspx?PART=/Main Nexon Europe game portal]
*{{tr icon}} [http://tr.nexoneu.com/NXEU.aspx?PART=/Main Nexon Europe game portal]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

[[Category:Nexon Corporation|*]]

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