Official Site:Â MapleStory
Studio:Â Nexon
Launch Date:Â May 11, 2005 (NA); April 29, 2003Â (KR)
Genre:Â Fantasy Sandbox
Business Model:Â F2P (Cash Shop)
Platform:Â PC
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MMO Business Roundup: Steam activity in decline, Sea of Thieves hits 5M players, MapleStory M downloaded 3M times
Time for a quick-and-dirty roundup of some industry news that appeals to the numerologists among our reading audience!
We'll start with a look at Steam,...
MapleStory 2 somehow ‘sells out’ of founder’s packs
Artificial scarcity or necessary action? Either way, fans are going to have a hard time securing a founder's pack for Nexon's upcoming MapleStory 2,...
MapleStory 2’s second closed beta begins today; here’s a look at the founder packages
Nexon's MapleStory 2Â is barreling toward its western closed beta launch today, complete with new dungeons, quests, the market, and plenty of network stress testing...
MapleStory 2’s second closed beta begins July 18 with founder packs full of poop
If you're a die-hard Mapler anxious for your next big thing, or someone wondering what the heck a Mapler is, then point your eyeballs...
Mobile MMO roundup: MapleStory M, Jurassic World Alive, Crossfire Legends, TERA M, and Icarus Mobile
Welcome back to another mobile MMO roundup, those MMOs that obviously don't count because they are played on a small screen instead of a...
Nexon posts strong Q1 2018 results, Final Fantasy XI mobile screens leaked
Nexon posted a strong first quarter in 2018, with its earnings call reporting that the game publisher raked in $827M in revenue (a 21%...
Perfect Ten: MMOs with different (camera) perspectives
By the time that World of Warcraft came on the scene in 2004, the MMORPG industry had already gravitated toward standard when it came...
Yes, even MapleStory 2 is prepping a battle royale mode
With beta and launch on the horizon, MapleStory 2 is pulling out all of the stops to get noticed and generate the largest audience...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 166: Russia breaks the internet
Justin and Bree discuss DDO, Secret World Legends, Star Trek Online, Trove, Ultima Online, the Russian Telegram crisis' effect on MMOs, TERA, Kritika, RIFT Prime, and MapleStory 2, with mailbag topics on zoning out in MMOs and finding classic play niches in modern crowdfunded MMOs.
MapleStory 2 unveils North American website, closed beta starts next month
It seems like a no-brainer to bring the sequel to the popular MapleStory westward. And yet we've been waiting for a while now to...
The MOP Up: Final Fantasy XIV gets primal (March 25, 2017)
The MMO industry moves along at the speed of information, and sometimes we’re deluged with so much news here at Massively Overpowered that some...
The MOP Up: Path of Exile reads your future in the cards (February 25, 2018)
The MMO industry moves along at the speed of information, and sometimes we’re deluged with so much news here at Massively Overpowered that some...
Save Evangelion pilots in Maplestory’s crossover event
Maplestory players are getting a fun treat in the form of a crossover with classic '90s anime Evangelion later this month.
"The heroes of Evangelion...
Guild Wars 2 makes SuperData’s top 10 list of ‘premium PC games by revenue for 2017’
If you want SuperData's complete 2017 Digital Games & Interactive Media market brief, you're... not going to have to pay for it. It's free,...
Maplestory mobile spinoff Maplestory M hits Android beta today
Maplestory is one of those MMOs that runs quietly under the radar but manages to have a massive following all the same. Will Maplestory...
The MOP Up: Honoring RIFT’s Wintercharm (December 24, 2017)
The MMO industry moves along at the speed of information, and sometimes we’re deluged with so much news here at Massively Overpowered that some...
Maplestory’s Nova: Liberation of Cadena update adds new job skills, achievements, and Cadena herself
Maplestory ought to be on your radar as one of those cutesy veteran sandbox MMOs with more content than you can finish in a...
Cadena whips her way into MapleStory
Break out the whips and chains: You've been a very good video gamer. At least, MapleStory hopes so, because you're being given one feisty...
The MOP Up: EVE Online eases you into its universe (November 12, 2017)
The MMO industry moves along at the speed of information, and sometimes we’re deluged with so much news here at Massively Overpowered that some...
The MOP Up: Eden Falling brings the turn-based apocalypse (November 5, 2017)
The MMO industry moves along at the speed of information, and sometimes we’re deluged with so much news here at Massively Overpowered that some...
