Tag: Nexon

Maplestory 2 Receives Biggest Update Yet


Maplestory 2 has revealed the first phase of the Skybound Expansion, introducing a new class, new events, and special rewards.

The update promises to be the game’s biggest yet, bringing with it the new Soul Binder class. The Soul Binder is a hybrid magic damage dealer and healer. Players will continue their Epic Quests with new missions assigned by each faction leader and travel to the Sky Fortress, a new staging ground warship that flies high above the world. Additionally, Skybound sees the release of the Maple Arena, a 1-on-1, best of three matchup where players can show off their skills and obtain new PvP gear. New chaos raids are being added with hard adventure dungeons adjusted to help players gear up for them.

For the first month of the update, players over level 10 will receive a care package including 30 elixers, 30 master potions, and a level up booster ticket. Once players hit level 60, they can claim additional items including a level-up potion to instantly boost an alt to level 50.

For more information, check out the official website.

Nexon Announces SINoALICE Global Release


Nexon this week announced that they will be bringing SINoALICE to global markets on iOS and Android. SINoALICE is being codeveloped by Square Enix and Pokelabo, and is a grim retelling of popular fairy tales including Alice in Wonderland, Cinderella, Three Little Pigs, and more.

Gamers will likely recognize game director Yoko Taro, moon-faced developer who brought his talents to Nier: Automata. Players will be tasked with braving dangerous lands, fighting tough enemies, and solving mind-bending puzzles when this game releases on mobile devices in the coming future.

More information regarding SINoALICE is on its way, for now you can check out the official website.

Maplestory Starts Gathering of Heroes Event


Nexon today released the latest event for Maplestory. Dubbed Gathering of Heroes, the event adds the Maple Alliance outpost where players can get set up and prepare for the battle against the Black Mage. The goal of the Alliance is to gather “Determination” and power up the holy light in the outpost to be able to fight the Black Mage.

The event runs from November 14 to the 28, and rewards for the event include exclusive pets, items, beauty and money boxes. Also starting today, players can reach level 200 by participating in the Tera Burning Project event. For the duration of the event, you’ll be able to create and assign new characters as your Tera Burning Character and receive a Snail pet and gain two extra levels each time they level up until reaching 200. Characters level 61 and up can accept the Destiny Awaits quest to unlock new areas and new enemies.

Players level 200 and up will have access to Moonbridge and all of the hordes of monsters that come with it.

Maplestory 2 Brings the Turkey, New Holiday Event Available


Nexon this week announced a new update and event for Maplestory 2.

Beginning now and running through December 6, the Turkey Terror event is available to all players level 10+. In the event, players can take on a daily quest to defeat the wild turkey and complete it to earn the dashing turkey mount. There will also be a maple harvest event along the same time frame which will hand out maple leaf coins to purchase items from NPC Bobby’s shop.

In addition to the turkey themed events, Maplestory 2 has also been granted a number of quality of life improvements including a dismantle function, wardrobe function, piano roll, house size reduction, and more. Players can also join in on chaos raids in two dungeons; shadow altar and moonlight fortress.

More information on Maplestory can be found on the official website.

Nexon Announces Frame Arms Girl Crossover for Master of Eternity


Nexon this week announced that Frame Arms Girl, the anime series from Kotobukiya Corporation, will be joining the cast of Master of Eternity in an event kicking off later this month on iOS and Android. The crossover event starts on November 15, but there are events going on in the game throughout the month that pit Frame Arm Girls against MOE pixies.

Novice and veteran players alike will find much to do in this event. More information can be found on the official Facebook page.

Weekly Character Unveilings – Players will engage in battle with various characters from the Frame Arms Girl series, boasting unique classes, skills and more. Playable characters will be released weekly throughout the crossover event, including:

  • Week One: Gourai
  • Week Two: Stylet
  • Week Three: Baselard and Jinrai

Exclusive Collaboration Celebration – Players can participate in the Master of Eternity x Frame Arms Girl Crossover News Share Event until Wednesday, Nov. 14. Prizes include:

  • 500,000 credits for over 100 shares
  • 5 Enhancement Tickets and 5 AP Tickets for over 200 shares
  • Two guaranteed Grade S3 Tickets and Four Collaboration Mini-minis for over 500 shares

More Events – The ‘Guess Whose Skill is This’ Event from Thursday, Nov. 8 to Wednesday, Nov. 14 offers players the chance to win either 300 Gems or 500 Gems.

Romance of the Three Kingdoms Hits Mobile: Pre-Register On iOS


Romance of the Three Kingdoms is a series of turn based RPGs that has been pushing out sequels since the first game hit the PC-88 way back in 1985 Japan, although western gamers may be more familiar with its spinoff series Dynasty Warriors. The next installment of this RPG is come to the west is titled Legend of Caocao and has already become one of the top 5 downloaded games in Korea and Taiwan.

Pre-Registration for Legend of Caocao is available on iOS in North America, Europe, and Southeast Asia with the grand launch coming on February 22. Pre-registration is not going to be available for Android systems, however the game will be available on that platform as well.

For more information leading up to launch, check out the official Facebook page.

MapleStory M Launches Globally This Year, Beta Available Now


MapleStory M is the mobile spinoff of the widely popular MMORPG MapleStory. The title has seen immense success since it launched in Korea back in 2016, the game quickly rose to the top of the charts with over two million downloads within the first two weeks. While the game doesn’t launch globally until later this year, players will be able to get their hands on the beta starting today.

Those who take part in the beta will have the opportunity to check out five original characters. The full launch will feature daily dungeons, private mini-dungeons, a challenge tower, raids, and more.

Based on the original side-scrolling MMORPG franchise, MapleStory M offers the same endless amount of customization, immersive storylines and epic boss raids that fans come to expect from the epic MapleStory franchise – now playable on the go.

The beta period for MapleStory M will be available for run until January 30 on Google Play. Beta access is available in all regions except for Korea, China, and Japan.

MapleStory M beta will be available to download until Jan. 30 through the Google Play Store in all regions excluding Korea, China and Japan. To download the game, please visit the storefront here. Interested gamers can follow MapleStory M on Facebook and Twitter.

(Source: Press Release)

Fantasy War Tactics R Celebrates 800 Days With Anniversary Event


Nexon’s Fantasy War Tactics is hitting its 800 day anniversary and if you don’t know what kind of present to buy for that kind of event then don’t worry about it. The presents are coming to you. Starting yesterday (November 11) and running for eight days, players can log in and gain daily gifts and participate in events revolving around dishing out gold and diamonds.

The anniversary update delivers tons of new in-game giveaways and events for players to enjoy. Beginning on Thursday, Jan. 11, players who log-in daily will hail the 800-day milestone with 8 days of valuable item drops, such as:

  • Day 1 – Random Rune Box x3
  • Day 2 – Unknown Fruit x40
  • Day 3 – 15,000 Soul Stones
  • Day 4 – 8,000,000 Gold
  • Day 5 – Dungeon Subjugation Ticket x100
  • Day 6 – Universal Transcendence Ticket x1
  • Day 7 – 5-Set Selection Ticket x1
  • Day 8 – 6-Equipment Piece Selection Ticket x1

Those who seek more information can find it on the official Facebook page.

Nexon Announces Biggest Third Quarter Ever In Earnings Release


Nexon has released its third quarter revenue results and the times are looking pretty good for the developer/publisher. Driven by strong performance of its top titles including Dungeon & Fighter, Fifa Online 3, and the Maplestory 2 test in China, Nexon enjoyed a 36% increase in revenue over last year with net income up 157% over the same period.

Q3 was a great quarter for Nexon, with revenues, operating income and net income well above our expectations. It was also the biggest Q3 ever. These strong results reflect continued growth in our key existing titles in China and Korea, as well as strong starts in new games both PC and mobile.

Over in North America, Nexon placed blame for lower than expected revenues squarely on the shoulders of Lawbreakers, which launched in August and never managed to develop a following. The earnings call indicates that Nexon is writing off Lawbreakers as a loss, as its impairment made up a majority of the losses for North America for this quarter, meaning that development will either be ceasing or there are plans to divest Nexon from Boss Key Productions.

Our results in North America in the third quarter were below our outlook, mainly due to the sales from LawBreakers being below our expectations. LawBreakers is a unique FPS developed for core users. We had very high expectations for its launch; however, the timing of its launch turned out to be unfortunate, specifically the blockbuster PC online game PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds came out right about the same time, making the market environment very tough for first-person shooters in general and for LawBreakers.

Nexon expects these fortunes to turn around in Q4 with the acquisition of Pixelberry Studios.

Nexon’s good fortunes are expected to continue into the fourth quarter and beyond with a strong schedule of games launching worldwide.

(Source: Report, Earnings Call)

[NM] Lawbreakers Discussing Marketing, Dismisses Free To Play


Lawbreakers launched nearly one month ago, and suffice to say the game hasn’t been that well received on PC. Despite boasting a “mostly positive” review score from those who did pick up the title, the population peaked at 3,000 and has plummeted to a present 163 concurrent users as of 9am EST on a Wednesday morning as of this writing (by comparison, the recently free Brink has 813 people playing). Cliff Bleszinski has called the game a “marathon, not a sprint,” dismissing concerns over population issues and expressing hope that the game will see an increase in players over time.

But if you’re holding out for free to play, it isn’t being discussed. Over on the Steam forums, when asked about plans to address low traffic, the following response was given:

To answer the original question “when”, I can only say “soon”. We had roadmap meetings with Boss Key last week on what they have planned for the rest of the year. We’re working out a marketing plan to support that new content and reach out to more people. We’re also doing regular updates to the game based on player feedback, so we are listening and acting on the issues that come up.

We are committed to the long-term success of the game. And no, we are not discussing F2P.

The person quoted is a representative of Nexon, the publisher of Lawbreakers. The statement was later reiterated in the same thread:

We are not discussing F2P, and the OP is correct, it doesn’t really solve more issues than it brings with it. We are still working on patches (next one is next week), future content as well as addressing player pop.

Boss Key’s plans to revitalize the game will have to be seen, but at its current trajectory the game is going to need a big marketing push in order to get its name out there.