Nexon signs Chernin deal to adapt Ark Raiders, The Finals

Ark Raiders is a PvPvE survival-action game set on a post-apocalyptic Earth ruled by machine lifeforms called Arcs. Players take the role of “Raiders,” securing resources and balancing cooperation and competition to survive. Embark released Ark Raiders last October; within two weeks it hit 700,000 simultaneous players across all platforms and has since sold more than 16 million copies worldwide. The game has also collected several major awards, including The Game Awards’ Best Multiplayer, D.I.C.E. Awards’ Online Game of the Year, and a BAFTA award in the Multiplayer category. Embark plans Ark Raiders’ largest update yet, titled “Frozen Pass,” for October 8.

The Finals is a team-based FPS staged as a fictional combat game show, with fast-paced shooting in destructible arenas inspired by real locations like Monaco and Las Vegas. The title emphasizes physics-based, server-driven environmental changes that alter each match in real time. Over its three-year run The Finals has accumulated more than 30 million players, and the team will release a new season on October 20. Both Nexon and Chernin pointed to the games’ cinematic visuals and immersive worlds as fertile ground for long-form storytelling: Patrick Söderlund, Nexon chairman and head of Embark Studio, said Embark’s developers will work “closely with Chernin Entertainment throughout the entire production process” to carry each game’s creativity into new formats. David Ready, president of film at Chernin, called the two IPs “promising global properties” with franchise potential across film and TV.