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 hands out compensation after 35-hour ’emergency’ downtime
If you haven't been in MapleStory's orbit as of late, you might have missed the big downtime that struck this MMO last week. Nexon...
MapleStory’s Stargazer patch introduces the new Sia Astelle job and the new Oort region
The Oort Cloud is thought to be a cloud of icy matter that exists on the outer boundary of the solar system. First proposed...
MapleStory previews new character, new event, and boost worlds arriving June 11
Wednesday, June 11th, is going to be full of stars and the gazing upon them. Or at the very least it's going to be...
The Daily Grind: Which MMORPG deserves a theme park or ride of its own?
In February, we learned that MapleStory is getting its very own theme park attraction in Seoul, South Korea. And I have to admit I...
Perfect Ten: Dead MMORPGs that were weird and I’m glad they existed
I am going to make what may be a contentious statement here: I am not particularly sad about a lot of MMORPGs that shut...
Nexon Q1 2025: MapleStory and Mabinogi Mobile are keeping The First Descendant afloat
Nexon has clocked another solid quarter in Q1, with revenue of ¥113.9B ($777.7M US) - up 5% compared to this same quarter last year....
MapleStory marks its 20th anniversary with an event-filled content patch
It does seem as if the MapleStory franchise is blitzing the news as of late, what with the global rollout of MapleStory Worlds and...
MapleStory Worlds expands its reach to the entire world with this week’s global launch
While Nexon's MapleStory Worlds fully launched this past January, that was only in North America and Europe. Now the Roblox challenger has its sights...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 515: Palia’s purple paradise
Justin and Bree discuss Defiance, Palia, Dune Awakening, and MapleStory Classic, with adventures in LOTRO, Classic Guild Wars, WoW Classic, and WoW, plus a mailbag topic on the future of MMOs.
Global MapleStory is bringing back its OG lead dev for Classic MapleStory
From our vantage point, the splitting of Global MapleStory from its Korean version a year ago has been more than a success, with multiple...
The MOP Up: World of Peaky Tanks
When you think "World of Tanks," naturally you free-associate the TV series Peaky Binders along with it. And a good thing too, because Wargaming...
Kickstarted cozy MMO Loftia recaps worldbuilding and MMO-inspired social systems
Kickstarted cozy MMO Loftia is back with another development blog this week, this time recapping the last month of effort over at indie studio...
MapleStory opens a new region, improves skills, and launches multiple events in latest patch
We're not going to tell the MapleStory fans among our readership their business, but we do have to say that visiting a place known...
MapleStory is getting its own real-world themepark attraction in South Korea early next year
Thanks to financial reports, we already knew that MapleStory is a big deal in its native South Korea, but even we were pretty surprised...
Nexon Q4 2024: MapleStory and MapleStory Worlds offset FC and The First Descendant’s shortfalls
Ladies and gentlebeings, I give you the latest contender for Mystery Chart of 2025! It's Nexon's growth chart for Q4 2024, which seems to...
MapleStory Worlds goes from a global soft launch to a full launch
What's the true difference between a "soft" launch and the regular thing? Probably only the number of potential excuses that can be made for...
MapleStory’s second portion of The Dark Ride adds new boss, Dark Maplemas, and more XP bonuses
MapleStory players already knew that The Dark Ride update was broken up into two halves, so the fact that this week brought more of...
MapleStory adds an all-new Dark Ride event, revamps classes, and opens the Page of Memories in latest patch
Most of the time the events and updates applied to the global version of MapleStory are from the Korean version; this shouldn't come as...
G-Star 2024: Nexon teases Supervive, Project Overkill, and Arc Raiders as it celebrates its 30th birthday
Nexon brought its A-game to G-Star 2024 in Busan, South Korea, and by A-game, we really mean its whole game because the company has...
Nexon Q3 2024: DNF Mobile and MapleStory propel Nexon to record-high revenues
Nexon is celebrating its Q3 2024 financials this week - and we do mean celebrating, as the company claimed "record-breaking quarterly revenue" of ¥135.6B...
