MapleStory Universe’s Blockchain Evolution with Avalanche Partnership

On Mar 15, 2024

Nexon Group’s MapleStory Universe, designed to enrich a vast virtual world centered around the MapleStory IP, has embarked on a partnership with Avalanche. This collaboration focuses on utilizing Avalanche’s ‘Subnet’ technology to offer a gaming experience, capable of handling high transaction volumes.

Elevating the Blockchain Gaming Experience

This partnership aims to enhance the MapleStory Universe blockchain ecosystem, ensuring stability and continued innovation through tech collaborations. Over the past year, MapleStory Universe has made its mark at prominent industry events like GDC and TOKEN2049, showing its commitment to pushing beyond the traditional limits of online gaming.

The universe of MapleStory is vast, consisting of four unique experiences that enrich the virtual world centred on the beloved MapleStory IP. MapleStory N introduces a new era of PC MMORPGs, integrating NFT technology to provide a unique gaming experience. Next, the mobile version MapleStory N Mobile aims to ensure players enjoy consistent gameplay across devices.

From pioneering free-to-play to championing blockchain gaming: Maplestory continues to evolve!
MapleStory, one of the most legendary games from Korea’s largest game studio, Nexon, is now coming to Avalanche with @MaplestoryU on a Subnet.
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— Avalanche 🔺 (@avax) March 11, 2024

MapleStory N Worlds offers a platform for player-created content, allowing for the creation of new game modes and experiences using elements from the MapleStory universe. Finally, to support the growth of this ecosystem, the MapleStory N SDK equips developers with the tools needed to create MapleStory-themed digital experiences, including mobile apps.

The announcement of ‘MapleStory N’ rolling out in select countries signals the start of a phase, with more tools and applications on the horizon to deepen the MapleStory experience, according to the announcement.

GDC 2024: A Spotlight on Blockchain Integration in Gaming

Looking ahead to the 2024 Game Developers Conference (GDC) in San Francisco on March 20th, MapleStory Universe and Avalanche will host a panel discussion. This event will feature Angela Son and Edward Chang, exploring how blockchain technology can be woven into gaming projects.

Through this strategic partnership, MapleStory Universe and Avalanche are not just improving the gaming landscape for players. Still, they are also laying the groundwork for the future of blockchain in gaming. This move promises to create a dynamic ecosystem where innovation and gaming converge, setting new benchmarks for what’s possible in blockchain gaming.