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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MapleStory tweaks explorer classes in latest update and takes applications for player-built content in Project MOD
The latest news coming out of MapleStory might come as a surprise to players and fans of the side-scrolling MMORPG. We begin with the...
Perfect Ten: Abrupt MMO sunsets that shocked us
Not all MMO sunsets are equal, when you look at them. Sure, all impact players who made those games a home, but some titles...
Massively Overthinking: The second big five MMOs
So here in the MMORPG genre, we've been working under the assumption for the last few years that the "big five" MMOs that dominate...
Elyon will make its way to the SEA region with Playpark as its steward
Do you live in the Southeast Asia region of the globe and have a hankering to play Elyon? You'd probably find yourself in rare...
MMO Business Roundup: Nexon, Roblox, and EA’s latest financials
Welcome back to a fresh roundup of MMO and MMO-adjacent business and industry news, today all of the financial report variety.
Roblox
Roblox's revenue reports have...
MapleStory SEA offers up cosmetics, pets, and mounts for blood donations
Have you ever seen a particularly nice cosmetic reward in an MMO and thought to yourself, "Boy, I'd literally give blood for that." If...
The MOP Up: MapleStory celebrates 17 years of two-dimensional adventuring
As of last month, it's been 17 years since MapleStory first released. To celebrate, Nexon released the Blooming Forest update with plenty of anniversary...
MapleStory prepares to celebrate 17 years of operation in the Blooming Forest
What better place to mark 17 years of being online than entering the lush locale of the Blooming Forest? That's just what MapleStory will...
Battle Bards Episode 211: Shops and services
When the Battle Bards get loaded up with money and jewels in MMOs, they head back into town for a shopping spree! And if...
MapleStory’s latest update lets players control the Yeti and the Pink Bean for a limited time
At one point in our lives, we've all wondered what it'd be like to live the life of the Pink Bean in MapleStory. For...
Side-scrolling 2-D MMO Element Quest has relaunched as Sunset World Online
You'd be forgiven for having missed Element Quest, the 2-D platforming MMO inspired by MapleStory that released in November 2021 and then shut down...
Obituary: Nexon founder Kim Jung-ju has passed away
The Nexon Corporation is mourning the loss of the man who started it all back in 1994, Kim Jung-ju. The billionaire founder of the...
MapleStory will update to a 64-bit client with its March 16 patch
"64 bits of mega power!" Those of a certain age will remember boasts of this sort from ye olde console dayes. Nowadays, a game...
Element Quest is relaunching as Sunset World Online on March 1
Just in the last few weeks, we've been covering the rise and fall of Element Quest, an indie MapleStory-esque 2-D MMO that had rolled...
Nexon is counting on a strong MMO pipeline to offset losses in 2021
Nexon didn't have the best year, and I feel as if I've been saying this a lot with MMO company investor reports the last...
Element Quest is already sunsetting as devs lament a lack of players and funds
Well, damn: Element Quest, that cutesy MapleStory-esque MMO we covered last month, isn't gonna make it. Developer Musclebird announced on Steam last week that it's...
MapleStory M kicks off 2022 with new dungeons and events in latest update
The start of 2022 in mobile MMO MapleStory M is already full of stuff for players to do. The game's latest update has added...
Grab an Element Quest promo code for some free cash shop cosmetics
Last week, we covered a new-to-us MMORPG called Element Quest. It's essentially a 2-D sidescrolling MMO with roguelike expedition content that reminded us of...
Element Quest is a side-scrolling MMO in the vein of Glitch and MapleStory
As we all know well, combining the elements of earth, water, fire, and air will summon either Captain Planet or a new 2D MMORPG...
Choose My Adventure: All the MMOs you made us play in 2021
It’s been quite a year of Choose My Adventure columns, hasn’t it? We did a pretty good random skip around of different games, in...
