South Korean game publisher Nexon Group announced its partnership with Ava Labs on Monday to launch its 2D mass multiplayer online role-playing game MapleStory on the Avalanche network.

The collaboration aims to offer its players a Web3-enabled experience under the name, MapleStory Universe, the company said in a statement.

“MapleStory Universe has migrated to Avalanche for the network’s security and how successfully Avalanche has onboarded and supported various Web3 games over the years,” Nexon said in the statement. 

Nexon said in the release that MapleStory Universe will be supported by its own Avalanche Subnet, which can be seen as a network inside of a network that is designed for its gaming ecosystem.

The first game from the Web3-updated line, named MapleStory N, intends to …