Official Site: MapleStory
Studio: Nexon
Launch Date: May 11, 2005 (NA); April 29, 2003 (KR)
Genre: Fantasy Sandbox
Business Model: F2P (Cash Shop)
Platform: PC
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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...
MapleStory adds ‘an absolute unit’ of a boss, MapleStory M brings the Pathfinder class online
Are you ready to fight the biggest, chonkiest, most angelic of slimes? Prepare for the voluminous and luminous majesty of the Guardian Angel Slime...
Nexon America will now accept cryptocurrencies as payment for in-game cash shop items
You read that headline correctly; cryptocurrencies will now be as acceptable a form of payment as cash if you're buying in-game things from Nexon...
MapleStory’s new anima mage Lara the Earthseer is now playable
Last month, MapleStory released the On Air: Glimpse of Joy update, which added among other things a new character by the name of Lara....
MapleStory M lets players pre-build a Pathfinder and applies ‘substantial’ class rebalancing in latest patch
The edgy, dark, arrow-firing Pathfinder class is on its way to MapleStory M in December, but the game's latest update is letting fans of...
MapleStory adds quality-of-life changes, events, and a new character in today’s update
That face you're seeing in the header image isn't a waking anime nightmare; it's the face of the latest character addition that's part of...
Nexon recaps Maplestory Fest ‘At Home’ 2021
The legion of MapleStory fans couldn't get together in person this year for a huge fanfest -- but they didn't let that stop them...
Nexon’s Q3 2021 financials tease ‘virtual worlds’ from Embark Studios
Nexon this week released its Q3 2021 financials, which were down 4% year-over-year, largely thanks to the fact that Q3 2020 was so lucrative...
Battle Bards Episode 203: The music of mobile MMOs
For this week’s episode, the Battle Bards turn their attention to an oft-neglected realm of MMO music — that of mobile titles. Will Steff...
MapleStory will hold its fourth MapleStory Fest event in digital form on November 13
For the fourth year in a row, MapleStory will be holding its own festival to celebrate its players and unveil new announcements for the...
The MOP Up: Ashes of Creation won’t date Alpha 2 testing – at least, not yet
Ashes of Creation has yet another chunky batch of question-absent answers to the community that it posted on the forums. Intrepid said that it...
MapleStory M adds the Dual Blade class and the Victoria Road region in recent patch
If your MMO doesn't have a character that can expertly wave two bladed weapons about with precision, guile, and agility, then what are you...
Battle Bards Episode 200: Battle Bards Bicentennial!
Can you believe it? The Battle Bards have hit 200 amazing episodes! Join Steff, Syl, and Syp as they take a victory lap around...
