On November 27 2020, Alastair took a step back from the screen in his Singapore home and, as he puts it, refocused himself on the real world. The 27-year-old had finally recouped the heavy losses he’d ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. David Jagneaux is a writer and analyst, covering MMOs and retro games. I have a lot of fond memories from playing Habbo ...

Sulake is diving into the metaverse with a plan to launch a new, fully integrated web 3 Habbo server, dubbed Habbo X. That means it will create a new hotel for socializing in a world fueled by ...

The end of Flash was a bittersweet moment for many in the industry. Fertile ground for small creators and lucrative for a great many businesses, Adobe's decision to finally bring its 25-year run to an ...

Habbo Hotel, an online game beloved among young people in the 2000s, has returned. But the revival has proven so popular that new players are struggling to get into the game, because of the “huge” ...

The Habbo Hotel community — yes, there’s still a community — is celebrating the announcement of Habbo Hotel Origins, a rerelease of the original game as it was in 2005. Habbo Hotel Origins goes live ...

"I'm Unicorn_farts and welcome to your official Habbo Intelligence Agency Training Session!" I was in a strange room filled with black couches, ebony walls and various elevators trapped behind glass ...

If you were a kid who grew up using the internet in the early 2000s, there is a good chance that you heard of Habbo Hotel. Once a massively popular virtual world with millions of players, the game ...

LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Virtual Piggy, Inc. (OTCBB: VPIG), an innovator in safe youth payments, today announced that it has successfully integrated into Sulake's Habbo Hotel. Habbo Hotel is the ...

Since a Channel 4 News investigation two months ago into the online game Habbo, lots has changed both on the site and behind the scenes. Here is what has been happening. Back in June, Channel 4 News ...

Four Habbo Hotel players, aged 15 to 20, debate the future of the game after Channel 4 News revealed explicit sexual language is commonplace – and rarely moderated. Amber: “I’ve been on Habbo for ...

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