Heads up, players of MapleStory! Nexon has just made two announcements for the 2D MMORPG. One is for the weekly maintenance check and the other one is about the Tespia test server client. Find out the details after the jump!

If playing MapleStory Europe is your thing, then you will be happy to know that Nexon will be updating the game beginning this January 17 and in February by adding a new map and job upgrades respectively.

The said map was based from the real-life city of Singapore while the job upgrades count as the third-tier for the game. Several other skills were added as well. To know the full details, click the "read more" link below.

The popular 2D MMORPG, NEXON's MapleStory, enters winter season with an updated Cash Shop and addition of a new map. "My Boyfriend" and "My Girlfriend" effect items are sure to make MapleStory Europe players feel more warm, while the Mushroom Shrine Map is open for all brave adventurers to explore.

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If you are a player of the free "anime-fantasy" MMORPG called Illutia, be advised that there'll be some server upgrades coming soon. The live test of the upgraded server software will be starting in the next day or so.

Players are advised that over the course of the test, there may be more bugs, some downtime, and frequent server reboots. New features are on their way, but the technicians will be adding these slowly - one at a time - so they can be tested thoroughly.

Published by Crazed Monkeys, Illutia was released three years ago under the title Aspereta. The original idea was to find out if there was still a market for 2D MMORPGs. Apparently there is, because the game in its current incarnation has over 50,000 players. Featuring the ever-popular Japanese "anime" style, Illutia is set in a land called Vita Genero, where two kingdoms - Patrian and Ipcus - are fighting over the nature of some rather destructive beasts known as "Nosaerons," and are attempting to "seal them away" forever.