Major Korean studio famed in the west for Mabinogi and Maplestory, among many other MMOs.
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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...
MMO Business Roundup: ArenaNet’s pro-choice stance, Blizzard’s new VP, and Nexon’s new CEO
Welcome back to another quick roundup of MMO and MMO-adjacent industry news.
Human rights - ArenaNet and NCsoft have lent their voices - or at...
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...
Neople’s ‘parallel universe’ Dungeon & Fighter MMO changes project names, shifts to console-only focus
Allow us to recap this one because the development of this particular Nexon and Neople project has been going on for a while: Back...
Mabinogi celebrates 14th birthday, plans server merges and new server too
This weekend's a big one for long-running anime sandbox Mabinogi: The game is turning 14 years old on Sunday, complete with a full round...
12-year-old Nexon MMO Vindictus just launched its 20th playable hero, Letty
Well here's a name we haven't heard in a long time: Vindictus. Nexon's long-running action-combat MMORPG this week released a brand-new hero - heroine,...
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...
The MOP Up: Fiesta Online logs into the Realm of Love
"The loveliest season of the year has begun and the little bees are busy transporting love letters from town to town. Bells are ringing...
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...
Neowiz will transfer service and development of Bless Unleashed PC over to Valofe on January 26
It appears that publisher and developer Neowiz is going to be passing the Bless Unleashed PC torch. The studio announced on the game's Steam...
