Habbo

Finnish metaverse and online community

Habbo, or Habbo Hotel, is a virtual game on the Internet which is for teenagers. It is played by lots of people at once so is a Massively Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Game. The chain of websites is owned by the Sulake Corporation and has been online since 2000.[2] Habbo has services in many countries and have over 10 million unique visitors every month.

Habbo
Type of site
Social networking service
Available inMultilingual
OwnerSulake Corporation
Created bySampo Karjalainen
Aapo Kyrölä
Andrew Malinowski
URLSee list of websites
CommercialYes
RegistrationYes
Users278 million[1] (as of August 2012)
Current statusActive

About change

Habbo is a popular online community for teens to chat with each other, and establish their own creative world. This site was founded and launched in Finland, the main location in the gaming system is known as a hotel lobby.[3]

Habbo money is known as a “credit” which was be purchased in numerous ways, and in different currencies from other countries and can be paid for using a credit card, or registering with a mobile phone.[3]

This gaming site became popular in a few international countries, not online including the United States but also in the UK, Finland, Japan, Switzerland, Spain, Italy and Sweden.[3]

References change

  1. "Habbo Hotel - Where else?". Sulake Oy. Archived from the original on 19 July 2014. Retrieved 8 August 2014.
  2. http://www.sulake.com/habbo/?navi=2 Archived 2010-05-24 at the Wayback Machine Sulake Website
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 "Information about Habbo Hotel - Habbo Hotel News - www.mmook.com". www.mmook.com.

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