Fifty million users registered to MapleStory worldwide
Registering over 50 million users within days, Nexon Europe released an updated client of MapleStory, a two dimension, side-scrolling, massively multiplayer online role-playing game where gamers can enjoy a multitude of different skills, spells and abilities, as well as numerous community features including detailed friends lists, and even communication through humorous character animations and the facility to form Guilds and adventure parties.
MapleStory was a game developed by the South Korean company Wizet. Several versions of the game are now available for specific countries or regions, and each is published by various companies such as Wizet and Nexon. Although playing the game is free, character appearances and gameplay enhancements can be purchased from the “Cash Shop” using real currency. As mentioned earlier, MapleStory has a combined total of over 50 million subscriber accounts in all of its versions. MapleStory North America (Global), for gamers mainly based in North America and outside of East Asia, Southeast Asia and Europe, has over three million players.
