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Habbo China Shuts Down

-Habbo.cn, the Chinese Habbo, has shut down, according to the following message on its site:

Dear visitors:
unfortunately we have some bad news for you: since August 24, 2007 Habbo.cn has been closed at least temporarily, and possibly for a long time. :( Our Habbo Staff is currently working hard to find a way to continue the service in the future - you will be informed about the situation as soon as we know. We are really sorry about this. Meanwhile you can choose to visit other Habbo services all over the world.

Chinese blogger billsdue, who spotted the shuttered doors, says Habbo struggled in China due to minimal Shockwave penetration there -- something worth considering for other Shockwave MMOs hoping to go international, it seems.

[Via billsdue]

Comments (5)

can you like do something to habbo hotel i want play lah!!! and you batter be fast

bum:

im playing habba just fine...i hacked in while it was closed and took every thing i could in guest rooms...mwa hahahaha

carlos123:

coñaso you have to be kiddin me how they gonna close it after i was rich as a mother.

Bibo:

GOOGLE HABBO.CN AND GO TO SECOND OPTION AAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHH

Lucky Charm:

i dont really care because i play on habbo uk bwa-ha ha ha ha ha i was just gonna try it out right now when i saw i just down XD

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