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[MapleStory] NA Players Explode with “Big Bang” Update(12/25/2010)
Dec 25, 2010 08:55:08
MapleStory took a big gamble when it pressed the reset button and launched the “Big Bang” update this December. It could have easily imploded and turned into a black hole, but it didn’t. Instead, “Big Bang” is attracting a fresh wave of North American fans eager to explore Maple World.
The side-scrolling, 2-D MMO registered more than 136,000 concurrent users earlier this month, beating the previous record set in July 2009 when it launched a popular summer-themed update. Nexon America CEO Daniel Kim attributes this milestone to the “highly engaging content” of the “Big Bang” update, which includes three new playable classes that are too good to pass up during the free-time holidays.
MapleStory “Big Bang” Update is so huge, it had to be split into three phases. Phase 1 and Phase 2 already brought in the Battle Mage and Wild Hunter classes as part of the Resistance storyline, and appear to be quite popular in the fight against the cult-like Dark Wings who resurrected an evil mage in the most banal of places–a mining village called Edelstein. (Couldn’t they have found a blood-bathed temple or a dark tower to do all these destructive scheming?)
