I blogged about Maplestory being on the DS. I ordered and received the Japanese edition of the game and currently playing it. I do ask myself, why can't EVERY MMO do the same thing?

Nexon is still running Maplestory globally and it's still very strong and with communities still playing Maplestory. With players stating and beliving companies are making money playing the MMOs, I do believe that Maplestory shows that an MMO and a single player experience from spin off from an MMO can co-exsit.

It doesn't mean we should all boycott MMOs, shut it down and wait for an SP, by doing that, it's show that we don't care about the IPs and developers that make these games.

I do hope their companies that would be so successful in their MMOs which they've started and then make a single player experience game spun off and still run their MMOs and show off that they can do both at once.

Officials from NCsoft Europe, subsidiary of the South Korean massivelymultiplayer online (MMO) game publisher, have announced that thecompany is to expand its offices in Brighton, England, following amajor investment from the South East England Development Agency (SEEDA).

NCsoft has made use of SEEDA’s Selective Finance for Investment inEngland (SFIE) grant system to facilitate the expansion of its currentBrighton offices and support a move to the new CityPoint development inBrighton, in two years time. The offices have already expanded fromjust three people in September 2004 to a current total of 112 staff.

A total of 116 new high skilled jobs are expected to be created at theEuropean headquarters by 2010. The exact size of the grant has not beenmade clear although the money will also be used to diversify thecompany’s output further, presumably involving the creation of titlesaimed specifically at the European market.

Geoff Heath, NCsoft Europe’s CEO, commented: “Brighton is a lively andgrowing hub for the creative and software sector. Our expansion willstimulate local competition and the exchange of best practice in theregion. SEEDA’s support of our investment will help grow the bus

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