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Nexon announced the MapleStory summer major update Crown during a June 21 showcase. The update launches July 2 with growth support systems like Challengers World Season 3 and Hyper Burning BEYOND, job remasters for Kinesis and Wild Hunter, new bosses Brilliant Evil Star and Jupiter, the Gear Drack region, and the Sol Hecate common core. Content rolls out in stages through August.
At NEXON Developers Conference 26, NEXPACE blockchain lead Ryu Gi-hyeok presented a postmortem of five years building MapleStory Universe, the blockchain ecosystem around MapleStory. He described three walls the project hit after launch: the security risk of asset approvals, the friction of transaction fees, and the cost of vetting external builders on a permissioned chain. The talk centered on whether blockchain's permissionless ideal can coexist with a developer's responsibility to protect users.
Nexon opened Maple Island, a permanent area at Lotte World Adventure in Seoul, South Korea, in April 2026. The area features four attractions, a goods shop with about 90 types of items, and a food corner. A limited-time collaboration campaign that decorated the entire park has ended, but Maple Island remains open.
Nexon announced the SUMMER SHOWCASE 2026 CROWN official livestream for MapleStory, broadcasting June 21 at 19:00 on YouTube and X. The showcase will detail the major summer update CROWN. A teaser PV sharing campaign and an in-game countdown event with rewards run ahead of the broadcast.
Nexon opened a permanent MapleStory-themed area called Maple Island at Lotte World Adventure in Seoul on April 3, 2026. The 600-pyeong outdoor zone features attractions based on in-game areas like Henesys and Ludibrium, and hosted a 10,000-player event called Happy Maple Day. A dedicated PC cafe, MAPLE AGIT, opened in Gangnam in fall 2025.
NEXPACE, Nexon's blockchain subsidiary, announced a $10 million (1.6 billion yen) buyback of NXPC tokens for its MapleStory Universe project. The three-month program is framed as ecosystem support, not market intervention. The company cited 850,000 active wallets, first-time user spending exceeding rewards in Q1 2026, and 8.32 million NXPC burned. A content roadmap includes new classes, maps, and a boss, while the long-term vision shifts toward a builder-centric platform with AI-assisted game creation tools.