Online game publisher Gamania Digital Entertainment Co (遊戲橘子) said yesterday it would maintain its management independence and fight an attempted acquisition by a stronger South Korean rival.

The company made the statement in a filing to the Taiwan Stock Exchange after local media reported that Nexon Co had been buying up stock in the Taiwanese firm, increasing its shareholding to 33 percent of the company in less than one-and-a-half years, from nearly 20 percent.