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Previously, MapleStory Worlds was solely available in South Korea with a global launch date set for the second half of 2024. Now, Game Rant can exclusively confirm that MapleStory Worlds will soft launch in North and South America on October 16 for PC, Android, and iOS.
MapleStory has been available since 2003 and, in that time, has seen several releases like MapleStory 2, MapleStory DS, MapleStory M, MapleStory: Reboot, MapleStory 3DS, and Pocket MapleStory. Its social and community elements, as an MMORPG, have been important since day one, and MapleStory Worlds is a way to give the power of those elements back to players and creators, leveraging everything the IP has amassed over the years.
MapleStory was one of the first free-to-play MMOs, and it introduced a few alternative revenue models that are seen in almost all MMOs today.
In Nexon's MapleStory Worlds, players will be able to join together to create and play in developer-made and user-generated Worlds. Players will be able to leverage over 30 million assets in MapleStory Worlds to create these worlds, either through simple drag-and-drop tools or advanced Lua Scripting. Players are not limited to the 2D or MMORPG-oriented gameplay of MapleStory...
