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Maple Story : MapleStory adds the CannoneerDec 08, 2011 06:30:00 PM News Item: 17805
Filed under: Fantasy, Trailers, Video, MapleStory, Classes, Patches, News items, Free-to-play
Are you ready to solve all of your problems with the application of cannons? Up until now, MapleStory has allowed gamers to solve maybe a fifth of all your problems via the application of cannons. But the newest toontype in the game, the Cannoneer, solves the vast majority of his problems via... well, you can guess. He also makes use of bombs and perhaps the odd aerial bombardment as well, just in case you wanted to diversify your problem-solving skills a bit.
To show off this first update in the Legends patch, we have posted not one, not two, but three videos just past the break. There is, of course, a gameplay trailer for the Cannoneer and a trailer for the patch as a whole. But there's also the "audition" trailer for the Cannoneer as the team at Nexon tries to decide on the next class to add to the game. Check out the videos just past the break, and get ready to open fire.
[Source: Nexon press release]Continue reading MapleStory adds the Cannoneer  MapleStory adds the Cannoneer Thu, 08 Dec 2011 18:30:00 EST.
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Maple Story : MapleStory breached, 13 million accounts exposedNov 26, 2011 06:00:00 PM News Item: 17804
Filed under: Fantasy, MapleStory, MMORPG industry, Free-to-play, Legal
The famously hacked Sony has a sympathetic shoulder this week, as Nexon in recent times discovered a massive breach that's exposed over 13 million MapleStory gamer accounts to cyber ne'er-do-wells. Discovered this past Thursday, the breach was solely limited to South Korea, as Nexon hosts separate countries on their own worlds.
This means that any South Korean MapleStory gamer's information is at risk, including user IDs, names, passwords, and residential registration numbers. This information could potentially be stolen and used for a variety of crimes.
While there's been no word whether actual personal information has been stolen, Nexon nevertheless urged these 13+ million subscribers to change their passwords. The company has contacted the police to ask for a formal investigation.
This comes at an unfortunate time for the company, as Nexon is poised to present its IPO on the Tokyo Stock Exchange in December.MapleStory breached, 13 million accounts exposed Sat, 26 Nov 2011 18:00:00 EST.
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Maple Story : MapleStory Legends trailer introduces three new charactersNov 15, 2011 08:00:00 PM News Item: 17803
Filed under: Fantasy, Trailers, Video, MapleStory, Classes, Patches, News items, Free-to-play
The next substence update coming to Nexon's popular sidescroller MapleStory, known as MapleStory Legends, brings three new playable characters to the mix. The Cannoneer's name should be self explanatory: He carries a massive cannon with which to blast enemies to kingdom come. Mercedes rocks a pair of crossbows and specializes in ranged combat, while the Demon Slayer boasts a pair of devilish wings that can be used both for flight and for combat. To take a look at these new classes in MapleStory Legends' debut trailer, just click on past the cut. Continue reading MapleStory Legends trailer introduces three new characters MapleStory Legends trailer introduces three new characters Tue, 15 Nov 2011 20:00:00 EST.
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Maple Story : Take to the skies with MapleStory AscensionSep 22, 2011 10:00:00 PM News Item: 17802
Filed under: Fantasy, MapleStory, Classes, Patches, News items, PvE, Free-to-play, Dungeons
Rise up, MapleStory gamers! The new Ascension update is coming on September 28th, and it's bringing gamers a wealth of new features to enjoy. Warriors, Magicians, and Bowmen are all receiving class revamps that update the classes with "new strength and new looks."
Players can also band together to take on the challenges of Spiegelmann's Monster Park, which grants an extra 50% experience for parties as well as higher drop rates. For the lovebirds in the crowd, the team is implementing new wedding quests. Meanwhile, team gamers are being given three new party quests as well as six updated ones, and the rewards from party quests are "more lucrative than ever." To top it all off, a new event calendar has been added to the game, so gamers will always be up to date on current events.
To get in on all the Ascension action, head on over to the official site and register for an account. Take to the skies with MapleStory Ascension Thu, 22 Sep 2011 22:00:00 EST.
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Maple Story : 75% of MapleStory's marriages suffer the heartbreak of divorceSep 15, 2011 11:00:00 AM News Item: 17801
Filed under: Fantasy, MapleStory, Culture, Free-to-play, Browser, Roleplaying
Monogamy isn't in the cards for most MapleStory gamers, and neither are faithfulness, silver anniversaries or alimony-free lifestyles. You see, MapleStory boasts an incredibly high rate of divorces with its marriage system, as a whopping 75% of gamers who get married in-game end up getting those unions annulled.
MapleStory's marriage system is fairly popular, with 26,982 such events occurring last year in North America alone. Each marriage costs $25 for the couple, but it seems that the initial investment wasn't enough to keep a majority of the gamers together for long. Within a year, over 20,000 of those marriages broke up.
Due to the high divorce rate -- much higher than the real-world version by far -- Nexon investigated individual stories of in-game divorce trying to figure out why these virtual marriages aren't sticking. One gamer named Seth realized that his "Maple spouse" was merely using their relationship to bum free items off of him, which led to their break-up.
Marriage in MapleStory is a detailed process involving an official engagement, two rings, real-world cash, and a spiffy in-game item that gives the happy pair a big boost to stats. However, if a marriage is annulled, each partner has a 10-day cooling off period before he or she can remarry.
[Source: Nexon press release]75% of MapleStory's marriages suffer the heartbreak of divorce Thu, 15 Sep 2011 11:00:00 EST.
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Maple Story : The MMORPG Report: In-game marriage is for losers editionSep 08, 2011 09:00:00 PM News Item: 17800
Filed under: Fantasy, Sci-fi, Video, MapleStory, Culture, belief, Star Trek Online, Free-to-play, The Secret World, Humor, DC Universe Online, The MMORPG Report, Miscellaneous
This week's MMORPG Report finds Casey Schreiner in a celebratory mood, and why not? After all, G4TV's massively multigamer-spotlighted video blog has been entertaining work-bound slackers for four years now, and it's his birthday tomorrow.
The show hits all the MMORPG news highlights for the past week including DC Universe Online's new substence pack, Minecraft's new adventuring trailer, The Secret World's sub-plus-cash-shop business model reveal, and Star Trek Online's foregone conclusion of a free-to-play pronouncement. Casey has a bit of fun with fans of the F2P model, saying that STO is "answering the call of thousands of underpaid comics and collectible store team members who can't afford 15 bucks a month."
If that's not enough for you, consider that Casey also spends a bit of time talking about the merits of in-game marriage, and more specifically, why so many of MapleStory's pairings end in annulment. Seriously. Check it out after the break.Continue reading The MMORPG Report: In-game marriage is for losers edition The MMORPG Report: In-game marriage is for losers edition Thu, 08 Sep 2011 21:00:00 EST.
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Maple Story : Exclusive: Maplestory Age of Triumph trailerAug 10, 2011 12:00:00 PM News Item: 17799
Filed under: Fantasy, Trailers, Video, MapleStory, Patches, News items, Free-to-play
Last week, Nexon announced the conclusion of the Chaos series in their free-to-play fantasy side-scroller MapleStory -- Age of Triumph. Today, the studio offers an exclusive video trailer for a peek at the action that is scheduled to release on August 17th.
The video highlights the three main features coming up in this patch: The new Player vs Player game Capture the Flag; footage of the new Silent Crusade story line, a full-length quest for gamers level 37-110; and even the new Crusader Codex, a book highlighting the different monsters that roam Maple World which gamers can add to after defeating new monsters.
Click past the cut for a look at these upcoming features in Age of Triumph.Continue reading Exclusive: Maplestory Age of Triumph trailer Exclusive: Maplestory Age of Triumph trailer Wed, 10 Aug 2011 12:00:00 EST.
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Maple Story : Nexon concludes MapleStory's Chaos series with loads of new substenceAug 05, 2011 07:00:00 PM News Item: 17798
Filed under: Fantasy, Galleries, Screenshots, MapleStory, Patches, News items, Free-to-play
MapleStory's Chaos series of updates is ending with a bang with the Age of Triumph, which according to Nexon, is "a enormous update that brings unique substence exclusively to those gamers who traverse Maple World on Global MapleStory worlds."
So what does the final update have in store for Maple World? Well, for starters it brings an all-new storyline titled The Silent Crusade. The storyline quests are obtainable for gamers in the incredibly broad level range of 37-110, and they introduce gamers to a force that specializes in the elimination of Master Monsters (a new faction of enemies). Alongside the new storyline, the update will also introduce Player vs Playerers to the new Capture the Flag mode. And lastly, gamers will find in their inventory a Crusader Codex, which is essentially an encyclopedia of the monsters of Maple World. Each page can be filled with Monster Cards, which drop from different enemies. Once a page is finished, the page will display the monster's information such as levels, scenes, and item drops, and gamers will receive unique prizes such as medals. For some new screenshots of the upcoming update, look into the gallery below.
Nexon concludes MapleStory's Chaos series with loads of new substence Fri, 05 Aug 2011 19:00:00 EST.
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Maple Story : Nexon releases new MapleStory map and two new classesAug 04, 2011 09:00:00 PM News Item: 17797
Filed under: Fantasy, Trailers, Video, MapleStory, Events, in-game, Game mechanics, MMORPG industry, Patches, News items, Free-to-play  MapleStory's Big Bang patch series is reloading for a second round of substence updates, and this time the new stuff includes a new map, two new classes, and a new story.
Nexon's free-to-play fantasy side-scroller now features the Wild Hunter and Battle Mage classes, which gamers can commandeer in an effort to stem the tide of the relentless Black Wing menace that threatens to destroy the Resistance. Surprisingly, the Battle Mage isn't a bring-up-the-rear kind of DPSer like most mages you may have met. Nexon's press release says he'll be "the first into danger, placing himself between his teammates and the forces of darkness."
The Wild Hunter, on the other hand, is very much a keep-'em-at-range kind of gal who "will shoot down her targets with deadly accuracy [while riding] on the back of a jaguar." MapleStory will also be featuring another Hot Time event on August 6th, so mark your calendars and be sure to log in, grab an SP reset scroll and get some double XP. Finally, don't forget to click past the cut for a couple of videos spotlighted on the new classes.Continue reading Nexon releases new MapleStory map and two new classes Nexon releases new MapleStory map and two new classes Thu, 04 Aug 2011 21:00:00 EST.
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Aug 04, 2011 08:00:00 PMMaple Story : Nexon invests in social gaming
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Apr 01, 2011 01:00:00 PMMaple Story : MapleStory goes Greek: New island coming to the game April 6th
Mar 24, 2011 02:30:00 PMMaple Story : MapleStory exclusive cartoon: New Leaf Saga
Mar 05, 2011 12:00:00 PMMaple Story : GDC 2011: Nexon's future is so bright, it's gotta wear shades
Feb 26, 2011 02:00:00 PMMaple Story : Exclusive: MapleStory video preview of upcoming class
Feb 10, 2011 12:00:00 PMMaple Story : Further developments in MapleStory Europe's hacking madness
Feb 07, 2011 01:00:00 PMMaple Story : Nexon's Daniel Kim talks demographics, pre-paid gaming cards
Feb 01, 2011 02:00:00 PMMaple Story : MapleStory Europe's economy collapses due to currency exploit [Updated]
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Jan 13, 2011 01:00:00 PMMaple Story : Item-swap controversy hits MapleStory Europe
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Nov 03, 2010 09:00:00 PMMaple Story : Nexon changes everything about MapleStory in one Big Bang!
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Sep 22, 2010 01:30:00 PMMaple Story : Exclusive: MapleStory's Visitors arc entering stage four with new video
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Jul 23, 2010 06:00:00 PMMaple Story : Two blades are better than one: MapleStory announces dual blade class
May 28, 2010 11:00:00 AMMaple Story : Nexon acquires controlling interest in GameHi
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May 06, 2010 08:00:00 PMMaple Story : MapleStory celebrates five years by asking you: cake or pie?
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Apr 02, 2010 03:00:00 PMMaple Story : MapleStory's Dragon Master Evan blazes to the live worlds
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May 29, 2009 04:30:00 PMMaple Story : MapleStory joins the wild world of Twitter
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