{"id":12760,"date":"2026-04-09T12:44:22","date_gmt":"2026-04-09T12:44:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nextlevelnews.co.uk\/blog\/2026\/04\/09\/the-first-berserker-khazan-development-team-reassigned-amid-reports-of-sales-falling-short-of-market-expectations\/"},"modified":"2026-04-09T12:44:22","modified_gmt":"2026-04-09T12:44:22","slug":"the-first-berserker-khazan-development-team-reassigned-amid-reports-of-sales-falling-short-of-market-expectations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nextlevelnews.co.uk\/blog\/2026\/04\/09\/the-first-berserker-khazan-development-team-reassigned-amid-reports-of-sales-falling-short-of-market-expectations\/","title":{"rendered":"The First Berserker: Khazan Development Team &#8216;Reassigned&#8217; Amid Reports of Sales Falling &#8216;Short of Market Expectations&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"article-page\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets-prd.ignimgs.com\/2025\/03\/25\/khazanthumb-1742908377455.png\" \/>\n<section data-transform=\"mobile-ad-break\"><\/section>\n<p>A year on from the release of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ign.com\/games\/the-first-berserker-khazan\"><u>The First Berserker: Khazan<\/u><\/a>, the action RPG set in the Dungeon Fighter Online universe, Nexon has reportedly reassigned a large portion of its production staff due to alleged poor performance.<\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yna.co.kr\/view\/AKR20260408114500017\"><u>Yonhap News<\/u><\/a>, which reports that a Nexon official has revealed that despite hitting a Steam concurrent peak of just shy of 33,000 players at launch, sales &#8220;declined and fell short of market expectations.&#8221; This, coupled with licensing delays in getting the game out in China, has resulted in around 100 members of Khazan&#8217;s team being told yesterday, April 8, that they have now been moved to the &#8220;R Team,&#8221; a reassignment division at Neople (thanks, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gamesradar.com\/games\/action-rpg\/despite-good-reviews-the-first-berserker-khazan-development-team-reportedly-dissolved-over-disappointing-sales-just-days-after-nexon-ceo-praised-the-game\/\"><u>GamesRadar<\/u><\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s true that player numbers have fallen \u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/steamdb.info\/app\/2680010\/charts\/\"><u>SteamDB<\/u><\/a> suggests the highest concurrent peak of the last 24 hours is just 1013 players \u2014 but it sits on a &#8216;Very Positive&#8217; Steam score, with 85% of all Steam reviewers leaving a positive review. It also secured a respectable 78 on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.metacritic.com\/game\/the-first-berserker-khazan\/\"><u>Metacritic<\/u><\/a>, and publisher Nexon <a href=\"https:\/\/pdf.irpocket.com\/C3659\/vAfC\/ZVvB\/oOWE.pdf\"><u>said<\/u><\/a> back in May that the game had &#8220;achieved our objective as a strategic first step in a multi-year plan to introduce Dungeon&amp;Fighter IP to a global audience,&#8221; albeit admitting Q1 revenue was &#8220;below our outlook.&#8221;<\/p>\n<section data-transform=\"ignvideo\" data-slug=\"the-first-berserker-khazan-official-khazan-f-trailer\" data-loop=\"\"><\/section>\n<p>&#8220;As the roadmap for the large-scale Kazan Project enters its completion phase, we have decided to separate the organization responsible for completing the remaining missions from the personnel assigned to other projects that require a concentration of human resources,&#8221; a Nexon spokesperson told the outlet (as translated by machine). <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We plan to actively support the personnel with the expertise who led the completion of a global AAA title through the Kazan Project so that they can be assigned to projects where they can utilize their respective experience and capabilities.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The company insists the team has not been disbanded entirely, but it leaves plans for DLC plans or future ports beyond its current availability on PC, PS5, and Xbox Series X and S in limbo.<\/p>\n<p>The First Berserker: Khazan is described as a \u201chardcore action role-playing game\u201d with a 3D cel animation graphical style and a dark fantasy setting. It returned a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ign.com\/articles\/the-first-berserker-khazan-review\"><u>&#8216;Great&#8217; 8\/10 in IGN&#8217;s review<\/u><\/a>, where we described it as a &#8220;brutal but impressive soulslike that makes pushing through its devastating bosses worth the effort.&#8221; Earlier this week, the action RPG celebrated its one-year anniversary, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ign.com\/articles\/the-first-berserker-khazan-adds-immortal-fury-set-to-celebrate-anniversary\"><u>awarding players with an anniversary armor and weapon set<\/u><\/a> called Immortal Fury that includes the Greatsword of Chronicles, Dual Wield of Immortal Adamantine, and Sanguine Vanguard Spear.<\/p>\n<section data-transform=\"divider\"><\/section>\n<p><em>Vikki Blake is a reporter for IGN, as well as a critic, columnist, and consultant with 15+ years experience working with some of the world&#8217;s biggest gaming sites and publications. 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