Nexon’s MapleStory turns four
Online games company Nexon has announced that its flagship title MapleStory will reach its fourth anniversary on Monday with the news that the game now has over 92 million users worldwide, including 6 million in North America. 
The free-to-play title, launched on May 11, 2005, also boasts over 200,000 player-created videos, according to a statement.
“After four years of service in North America, MapleStory continues to evolve and surprise us all. We are very grateful to our loyal fans and this celebration is for them,” said Min Kim, Nexon America’s VP of marketing. “MapleStory fans have helped create something special and we’re going to reward them with new, exciting content to enjoy throughout the summer and beyond.”
A number of game enhancements are planned to coincide with the title’s birthday, including new weapons, item upgrades and special events.
Temporary special events being only a part of today’s update, MapleStory Europe also features a striking new content, the anticipated “Monster Carnival”. Players are invited to team up and to participate in a whole new idea of competition party-quest, where they can summon monsters to attack the opposing team and use various skills to either help themselves or to harm their opponents. During the battle, each team will gain Carnival Points (CP) which can be turned into various attacking or healing skills – but they’ll have to be used wisely and well proportioned, as the team with more CP at the end will win the battle and be rewarded respectively.
