MapleStory

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Here's tonight's F2P MMO Roundup: Combat Arms is undergoing brief maintenence tonight to add new channels to the game servers. MapleStory is taking down the ...

It localized the Asian MMO MapleStory for American audiences years before any other companies thought to use microtransactions. It continued the trend by ... Dungeon Fighter Online producer talks about the broad appeal of 2D ...Neoseeker all 2 news articles »

Two major changes in MapleStory today: the temporary changes to the EXP curve have become permanent, and a new patch has made Cygnus Knights available at ...

 CA As was evidenced at 2009's E3 in Los Angeles, free-to-play massive-multiplayer online (MMO) gaming has taken huge steps forward since its inception and has been growing in popularity and quality. Since the popularity of games like MapleStory and Second ...

By William Dobson Filed under: Betas, Fantasy, Business models, Game mechanics, Interviews, MMO industry, New titles, Free-to-play, WonderKing originally appeared on Massively on Wed, 03 Jun 2009 11:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Permalink | Email this | Comments

Dragonica Online' Screens: Casual MMO Skills & Combo System ... Illustrating the skills and combo system, check the press release after the cut for all the details on why your younger siblings will be glued to the computer playing this, MapleStory and Habbo Hotel on their PCs in the Fall. ...

By James Egan Filed under: MapleStory, Business models, Events, in-game, MMO industry, News items, Free-to-play, Casual originally appeared on Massively on Sat, 09 May 2009 18:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments

The most interesting part about this entire piece is, and this might not be news to some of you, but "MapleStory" publisher Nexon also charges players a fee to divorce. To put it into perspective, Nexon gets money from players when they want to get ...

 CA Starting with subscriptions (including the world’s first million-subscriber MMO, NCsoft’s Lineage), the Korean industry eventually shifted to F2P games that made money from micro-transactions, such as Nexon’s KartRider and MapleStory. ...

 Netherlands Based in Shanghai, Shanda is the developer of “The World of Legend” and “The Age” and also publishes many titles for the Chinese market, including “MapleStory” and “Dungeons and Dragons Online.” Well, this new data once again proves the worldwide ...

 CA - Feb 15, 2009 But the business model is lucrative enough to be the lone source of revenue for a “lightweight” or “mid-session” MMO — games like Nexon’s MapleStory or Gaia ...

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 Netherlands especially considering the MMO reached 11 million subscribers in late October. At an estimated $150 - $500 million in revenue, the title for second place is divided between the free-to-play titles “Fantasy Westward Journey,” “MapleStory,” and ...

By Shawn Schuster In an upcoming "comprehensive study" by DFC Intelligence, they take a look at the top money-makers in the MMO space worldwide. To no one's surprise, World of Warcaft has topped the list, followed by several Asian MMOs like MapleStory, Lineage I and II, Shanda and Fantasy Westward Journey....

 Netherlands - Jan 17, 2009 It wasn’t time efficient to kill monsters in MapleStory that didn’t die in single hit, as you could get significantly more experience one hitting lower ...

Maplestory also has a surprisingly good quest system. The quests in MapleStory aren’t good because they’re well written or tell an epic tale, ... Atlantica Online Honored as One of the Year's Best MMORPGs Gameinfowire.com MMO Game or MMO Grind? mmohub.org

 Malaysia - By SHAUN A. NOORDIN ASIASOFT — you may recognise them as the publishers of MMO games like MapleStory and Cabal Online — recently gave members of the press ...

 NY - Nov 26, 2008 The adorable MMO platformer MapleStory will be discounting different items every hour during the course of their event, with limited quantities available ...

 UK - Nov 26, 2008 MMO) games, welcomes bargain hunters to take advantage of Black Friday sales in three of its most popular games: Combat Arms, Mabinogi and MapleStory. ...

By Michael Zenke We hope you enjoyed yesterday's NCsoft giveaways. Today we're doing a potpourri of giveaways from some Titans of the MMO game industry. Titan Tuesday kicks off with an import from the nation of South Korea that's become a huge winner in the North American market: Nexon. This innovative comp...

By Tateru Nino Filed under: MapleStory, News items, Legal

By James Egan Today marks the commercial launch of Nexon's newest title, Combat Arms, a free-to-play hybrid first person shooter/MMO. If the words 'free-to-play' make you cringe, have a look at the trailers on their main page, which show gameplay and customization options. You might just change your...

By Maggie Greene The flow of free to plays coming from Asia to Western markets doesn't seem like it's going to stop any time soon; THQ has announced plans to bring Dragonica, a Korean-developed casual MMO, to North America next year in partnership with Chinese game operator ICE. Dragonica will be free to pl...

 UK - Nexon is the Korean company that pioneered the free-to-play MMO with its massive (in all senses) RPG platformer, MapleStory, and cartoon racer KartRider. ...

 UK - such as RuneScape and MapleStory, and are due out sometime next year. The Secret World, on the other hand, is the fully-fledged MMO being worked on by a ... Age of Conan on an Xbox 360 pad HEXUS all 3 news articles

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By alleysky MMO developers are definitely getting lazier and lazier and are simply looking to older games for inspiration rather than trying to be creative on their own. The single best scenario of a game copying another is the case with MapleStory ...

 UK - Nexon America has unveiled the new Crimsonwood Keep expansion for free-to-play MMO, MapleStory. It is one of the largest updates the game has received, ...

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The announcement last September that the massively popular casual MMO MapleStory by Korean games-maker Nexon Corp. was bound for Nintendo’s (NTDOY) DS handheld system stirred a lot of excitement. And with good reason, a true blue mobile ...

 CA - Nexon America's director of game operations, Min Kim, will share his experience from working with immensely popular MMO MapleStory and other games in a ...

 - Nexon America, publisher of MapleStory, has announced the closed beta for a new free-to-play, FPS-centric, MMO. The new "Combat Arms" is planned for a full ...

By Shawn Schuster Filed under: Betas, New titles, War, Free-to-playFrom Nexon America, the publisher of the wildly successful MapleStory, comes Combat Arms, a new free-to-play online first-person shooter which shares many qualities of both an MMO and an FPS in one. With persistent worlds, customizab...

By Akela Talamasca Filed under: Fantasy, MapleStory, Culture, Events, in-game, Game mechanics, News items, Free-to-playNexon's super-popular MMO Maple Story is celebrating its third anniversary with a slew of new content. Among the new items and events players can look forward to are the ability to te...

By Michael Zenke Filed under: MapleStory, Business models, Culture, Interviews, MMO industry, Free-to-playToday Gamasutra has up a massive interview with Min Kim, public face for the Korean gaming powerhouse Nexon. Kim has spoken on numerous occasions at various industry events on overcoming chal...

By Michael Zenke Filed under: Fantasy, MapleStory, Business models, MMO industry, Free-to-playThe Korea Times has up a piece on Nexon's MapleStory, a title that the article refers to as a homegrown success story. Though it's long been known that the game has runaway worldwide popularity, the article a...

Focus On Korea: N-Log Soft's Cho Talks Bots, IP Ownership Gamasutra, CA - Apr 1, 2008 With the rise of microtransactions and the rise of titles such as MapleStory in the casual MMO business, South Korean gaming has been growing in respect and ...

Nexon, the company behind the popular MapleStory MMO is set to bring another free-to-play MMO to the U.S. on March 27. This one is called Mabinogi and already has 7 million register players across Asia. Mabinogi takes a different stance on keeping the player entertained when compared to your...

By Dan O'Halloran Filed under: Fantasy, MapleStory, Interviews, MMO industry, New titles, Pirates of the Caribbean Online, Club Penguin, News items, Toontown Online, Habbo Hotel, Free-to-play, Casual, Virtual worlds, Free Realms, Hello Kitty Online, FusionFall

By Michael Zenke Filed under: At a glance, Huxley, MapleStory, Business models, Culture, Economy, Interviews, MMO industry, News items, Free-to-play, Academic The CMP games-flagship site Gamasutra has up a Massive article about the state of Korean gaming, which basically means it's almost entire...

By Samuel Axon Filed under: Aion, Dungeons and Dragons Online, Legend of Mir: The Three Heroes, MapleStory, MMO industry, Ragnarok Online, News items Shandra Interactive Entertainment, the Chinese operator of MapleStory, Dungeons & Dragons Online, The Legend of Mir, and the positively gino...

The hugely popular MapleStory is now available to play across Europe and it's completely free.

The 67-million subscriber MMO is now officially supported in Europe; client available in five languages.

By beans Via Gamespot Recent Updates [News].) Nexon touts numbers, taps Source: “Microtransaction-based MMO MapleStory hits 3 million registered users in North America; publisher taps Valve’s Source engine for next project.” (Via Gamespot Recent Updates [News].)

By Ceasar S. Cute, 2D side-scrolling MMORPG MapleStory now bubbles up over three million registered users in the U.S. alone. Probably the fastest growing MMO games to date, MapleStory is popular for its free-to-play, microtransaction business model, allowing users to freely play and exchange real...

PR-inside.com) LOS ANGELES, March 19 /PRNewswire/ -- Nexon America Inc., the U.S. division of Asia's leading online games company Nexon Corporation, is proud to announce its first release, MapleStory, has exceeded three million registered users in North America, making it one of the fas...

By beans Los Angeles, CA – March 19, 2007 – Nexon America Inc., the U.S. division of Asia’s leading online games company Nexon Corporation, is proud to announce its first release, MapleStory, has exceeded three million registered users in North America, making it one of the fastest growing MMO game...

By beans Via Gamasutra News.) Q& A: Nexon America Talks Maple Story: “South Korean MMO developer and publisher Nexon Corporation is best known for MapleStory, an online casual RPG aimed primarily at teens. The title, which was first released in South Korea in 2002, is currently distributed w...