Commenting on reports of The First Berserker: Khazan developer Neople being broken up and reassigned over weak sales, parent company Nexon says the move was "not related to workforce reduction or team dissolution" but rather a "planned reallocation" of staff.
On April 8, Korean outlet Yonhap News reported that the Neople team behind The First Berserker: Khazan had been reassigned as a consequence of the game's poor sales, just days after Nexon CEO Junghun Lee praised the game in a company financial presentation. Khazan reviewed well and only improved with significant post-launch support, which included the surprising but welcome addition of a female main character, but the game was seemingly viewed as a commercial flop.
