Pudgy Penguins Waddle into MapleStory N for a Month-Long Event

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Blockchain games frequently feature collaborations, and the new partnership between Nexpace’s MMORPG *MapleStory N* and the prominent crypto IP *Pudgy Penguins* is expected to generate significant excitement among players.

This collaboration runs until January 28th and includes a variety of activations and a special shop offering limited edition items. These items include the King Pengu Pet, the Magic Igloo (which contains 22 cosmetic items), and a raffle for the exclusive, limited-edition Pengu Winter Snowcatcher costume set.

All items, including raffle tickets, can be purchased using the NESO currency, though a coupon is required to obtain the King Pengu Pet.

As for events, players must complete the “Welcome Pudgy World” event and the “Pudgy Jelly Shop” – where Pudgy Jelly is an event-exclusive reward exchangeable for special items – before unlocking the following events:

Raise Pudgy to Hero – Help Strong Pudgy and Smart Pudgy level up, also earning rewards such as V Coin or Pudgy Jelly.

Penguins and the Sea – go ice fishing to catch fish and rewards including Pudgy Jelly and EXP.

Pudgy Pink Bean’s Mystery Staff – use the Mystery Staff to gain massive amounts of EXP.

Pudgy Fireworks – set off Pudgy Fireworks to earn special rewards.

Pudgy Power Crystal Airdrop – Ride the Power Crystal Shed and scatter Power Crystals.

Nexpace to start quarterly NXPC token burn

25th November: Nexpace has announced its intention to begin a quarterly token burn of its NXPC token.

The burn event – which involves sending tokens to a blockchain address without an accessible key – will occur after each of the company’s financial quarters. These end on January 31st, April 30th, July 31st, and October 31st, with 20% of the tokens Nexpace accumulated from its *MapleStory Universe* fees being burned on each occasion.

However, to initiate the process, the first burn will take place on Thursday, November 27th, which will see 3.8 million NXPC tokens burned. This represents 20% of the tokens Nexpace acquired during Q2 and Q3 2025.

NXPC has a total supply of 1 billion tokens, with 23% currently in circulation.

Find out more here.

Nexpace announces $50 million MapleStory Universe ecosystem fund

20th November: Six months after the successful launch of its PC MMORPG *MapleStory N* on its dedicated Avalanche-based Henesys blockchain, Nexpace has laid the groundwork for future long-term expansion.

Nexon’s web3 division, located in Abu Dhabi, has launched an ecosystem fund that will invest up to $50 million to expand both *MapleStory Universe* and what it hopes will be “the broader Nexpace ecosystem”.

This initiative will support a wider range of web3 sectors, including UGC, tokenized real-world assets, AI, and financial infrastructure.

Through this approach, Nexpace aims to evolve *MapleStory Universe* from solely a blockchain game-focused project into one that embraces the entire consumer on-chain experience.

However, the fund will be based on the NXPC token and will require supported projects to interact with *MapleStory N* as a foundational layer, while also encouraging what Nexpace describes as “entirely new ways of experiencing the *MapleStory IP*”.

Funding for the Ecosystem Fund will come from Nexpace and a consortium of strategic advisory partners, including VCs such as Altos Ventures, Chainlink Labs, GSR, and Hashed Ventures.

Beyond capital, these partners will provide additional services, such as guiding early-stage projects with support and mentorship, and co-developing ecosystem initiatives.

An internal project review and approval process will be conducted before any funds are distributed.

“This initiative reflects our belief that the future of gaming experiences and interactive entertainment relies on real-world utility and sustainability,” stated Nexpace’s CEO Sunyoung Hwang.

“The Ecosystem Fund plans to serve as a catalyst for the expansion we’ve already been driving beyond games. It will accelerate our vision of building a connected universe where digital finance, AI, and builder innovation together form the foundation of a sustainable, player-driven economy.”

Over 37% of MapleStory Universe’s accounts banned for botting

10th November: Highlighting the extent of malicious activity faced by games, particularly blockchain games, Nexon’s web3 arm Nexpace has detailed its ongoing efforts to combat players attempting to gain unfair advantages in *MapleStory Universe*.

As explained in a Medium post, Nexpace reports having banned 640,000 accounts since the launch of the PC game *MapleStory N*.

This figure represents 37% of the 1.75 million lifetime accounts total that was announced a couple of weeks prior. Positively, Nexpace states that these efforts have resulted in an “82% drop in such activity”.

The impact is clearly visible in the number of new wallets logging into the ecosystem, which peaked at 70,000 in June 2025 before Nexpace implemented its initial wave of anti-botting measures, including its Credit Level system.

However, the battle is continuous, with Nexpace outlining its new KYC reverification system, designed to address abusers purchasing pre-verified accounts or otherwise bypassing KYC requirements.

To date, this system has flagged 28,000 accounts for further checks, which only 155 accounts successfully completed.

The success of this approach means Nexpace will deploy reverification more aggressively, including a credit card-based verification option, which it believes offers low friction for legitimate users and high friction for large-scale malicious actors.

In this context, it’s interesting to note that *MapleStory Universe* has maintained a fairly consistent daily active wallet count of 60,000 to 70,000 over the past few weeks.

MapleStory Universe hits lifetime 1.75 million accounts with monthly ARPU of $13.40

24th October: MapleStory Universe has released its Q3 2025 ecosystem report, titled “A quarter of steady progress and continued foundation building.”

In terms of key statistics, the ecosystem, which includes the PC game *MapleStory N* and its NFT marketplace, has now reached 1.75 million lifetime accounts.

The underlying Henesys blockchain is averaging around 70,000 daily active unique wallets.

Financially, in September 2025, there were 374,183 accounts holding the in-game NESO currency and 404,682 wallets holding the game’s NXPC cryptocurrency, marking increases of 41% and 21% respectively compared to August totals.

Average monthly revenue per active user decreased by 14%, from 65 NXPC in August to 56 NXPC ($13.40) in September.

It’s also worth noting that the dollar price of NXPC continues to fall, down 44% in the past month to $0.35.

Total revenue during September was 2.5 million NXPC ($856,000), most of which was spent on enhancing in-game characters and items, with approximately 10% of the volume consumed through marketplace fees.

Regarding future plans, in Q4, the ecosystem intends to further expand its openness for third-party builders with the rollout of its extended API and builder affiliate program.

The *MapleStory N* game will also receive its 5th job advancement update, various monthly events, and an update to the Credit Level System and other anti-bot measures.

*You can check out more data via the MapleStory Universe Explorer page.*

*Source: https://www.blockchaingamer.biz/news/41284/nexon-nexpace-maplestory-n-universe-news/*

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