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 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...
The Daily Grind: Which dead MMORPG needs a resurrection *and* has a possible path to get it?
A while back, our team was working on a MapleStory piece when we did something we often do when writing about MapleStory: lament the...
Nexon’s MapleFest and Next On tease MapleStory’s Dark Ride, Mabinogi UE5, Nakwon Last Paradise, and more
Nexon has been busy hyping its MMOs this week with both MapleStory Fest and its Next On event, so let's dig in!
MapleStory Fest, which...
MapleStory Worlds makes its soft launch as it tries to entice creators with monetary incentive programs
Korean fans of MapleStory have already had their hands on Nexon's MapleStory Worlds since April, but now it's time for players in the Americas...
MapleStory’s Midnight Carnival arrives for the Halloween season
Don't look now, but MapleStory might be crushing the competition with its Halloween update this year. The V.254 release arrived on Wednesday with the...
MapleStory’s player-made creation game MapleStory Worlds confirms October 16 soft launch in the Americas
Have you ever wanted to make your own MapleStory game world but couldn't land a job at Nexon America? Well that dream became a...
MapleStory’s MapleStory Fest returns for its seventh consecutive year on October 26 in LA
Hey, west coast Maplers - and anyone else with the will and the way to travel - today's MapleStory announcement is for you. Nexon...
