Habbo
This article needs to be updated. (January 2024) |
Habbo (formerly Habbo Hotel) is an online virtual world.[1] It is owned and operated by Sulake. Habbo's main audience are teenagers and young adults. Founded in 2000, Habbo has expanded to nine online communities (or "hotels"), with users from more than 150 countries. Since August 2012, more than 273 million avatars have been registered with an average of 500,000 visitors per month.
Type of site | Social world-building game |
|---|---|
| Available in | Multilingual |
| Owner | Sulake |
| Created by |
|
| URL | See list of websites |
| Launched | See full list |
| Current status | Active |
In 2020, Habbo celebrated their 20th birthday with a two-month-long anniversary campaign and boosted user numbers due to the COVID-19 pandemic. As of October 2020, they have reportedly accumulated 316 million avatars in the game since the game launched in 2000.[2]
Users on Habbo can create a character and build and design rooms, chat with other players, take care of virtual pets, create and play games, and complete quests.[3]
History edit
Habbo stemmed from a 1999 hobby project by creative designer Sampo Karjalainen and technologist Aapo Kyrölä entitled Mobiles Disco, for a Finnish band. It was a virtual chat room running on Kyrölä's Fuse technology. After having been contracted to design a virtual game and chat called Lumisota (Snow Wars) for a Finnish internet service provider, they were contracted for another project. They developed Hotelli Kultakala (Hotel Goldfish) with a small team of developers. It launched in August 2000 on the ISP's web portal.
Kyrölä, Karjalainen and Dee Edwards, an entrepreneur from the UK, wanted to create an international business based on the virtual hotel concept, drafting a plan in autumn 2000, and raised finance. By the end of January 2001, Habbo Hotel had been launched in beta mode. The new hotel exited beta a few weeks afterwards, aimed at the teenage market, with marketing and payment partners in place, run from a HQ in London. It featured a new credits system with community and safety features.[4] The next hotel was launched in Switzerland a few months later, in four languages. It has since been expanded to over 31 countries in five continents, including Hotelli Kultakala in Finland which was made into a Habbo Hotel and has been invested in by venture capitalists.[5]
In May 2006, the service's domain names were changed from www.habbohotel.com (.co.uk, .com.au, etc.) to www.habbo.com (.co.uk, .com.au, etc.).
In August 2007, Habbo's Chinese community closed down temporarily, the first time a Habbo website has closed. The challenging Chinese market and high operational costs led to the decision of closing the service. Customers in China were redirected to other Habbo communities.[6] In December 2008, Habbo's Russian community announced it was closing in February 2009 as a result of low numbers. Those on the site with "furni" (virtual furniture that can be used to furnish rooms in the hotel that are bought with the use of Habbo Credits or Coins, that can be purchased with actual money) have been told they will receive credit codes for use on the USA Habbo community.
In January 2010, it was announced that Habbo US and Habbo Canada would undergo a merger, to be finalized in April 2010.[7] However, in April 2010, it was announced that all English-speaking hotels will be merged as one.[8] On May 5, the merger for Habbo US and Habbo Canada was complete.[9] On June 2, the Australian site merge was completed.[10] The Singapore site was officially merged on June 4.[11] On June 10, the final Hotel, Habbo UK, was merged and that completed the set, making Habbo.com the only English speaking site.[12] Accounts were migrated to the final English-speaking hotel with varying degrees of automation until March 2011 - after that date any accounts not migrated from the initial Habbo Canada, Singapore, UK and Australia hotels were deleted.[13]
On June 12, 2012, concerns about the site were raised by Channel 4 News.[14][15] A two-month investigation found users posting pornographic and violent messages – despite the fact that Habbo is intended for young teenagers. A reporter posing as an 11-year-old girl claimed that explicit sex chats were common within minutes of logging on to the service,[16] which she described as "very sexual, perverse, violent, pornographic."[17] As a result of the allegations, Sulake immediately suspended all chat on the service.[16] Speaking in a blog post, chief executive of Sulake, Paul LaFontaine, said that the firm "was reviewing the long-term plans for the Habbo community".[16] The chat services were reinstated in June 2012.[18] Two leading investors, Balderton Capital and 3i, withdrew their funding from Sulake,[17][19] and some UK retailers stopped selling Habbo gift cards.[20]
In August 2012, Habbo announced its new hotel, Habbo Turkey, fully localised for Turkish-speakers.[21] The then CEO of Sulake, Paul LaFontaine comments, "We're thrilled to announce we have launched in Turkey. This is a very important market for us and we expect Habbo Hotel to be a big success there, with many teenagers joining to converse with friends, meet people with similar interests and enjoy access to the global Habbo Hotel network. Our launch in Turkey is the next big step on our global roadmap."[21]
In May 2014, Sulake released a Habbo application for the iPad in the App Store worldwide.[22][23][24]
In 2021, Azerion reached an agreement with fellow Sulake shareholder Elisa Oyj to acquire the company fully. Azerion had a majority stake in the Habbo Hotel creator until it secured a deal with Oyj for the remaining 49 per cent of shares.[25] Azerion, which is a pan-European firm specialising in gaming and adtech, first purchased a controlling stake of 51% in Sulake back in 2018. It has since been helping to grow revenues, which have risen 46% between January 2019 and December 2020.[26] Habbo joined a block within Azerion’s gaming content business which consists of other leading acclaimed products, including Woozworld and Governor of Poker.[26][27]
In December 2020, Sulake released their new beta-version of Habbo. They have moved to the Unity platform, since Adobe Flash marks its end in 2020.[28][29][30]
In February 2021, Sulake released the AIR client alongside the Unity client with the plan to continue work on the Unity client and improve the user experience. In the official statement from the product owner, he acknowledged that the Unity client was lacking key features and did not reflect the needs of the community. The AIR client is a temporary solution to many of the concerns the community had initially about the Unity client and will eventually be retired when the new client is at an acceptable level and contains key features that the Habbo community rely on.[31]
In April 2021, Habbo brought back a popular mini game by the name of SnowStorm.[32]
In September 2021, an NFT collection was introduced. The collection consists of Habbo avatars that can also be used in the community.[33] In addition, a new NFT Habbo Hotel server named "Habbo X" entered Alpha access in December 2022. This new Hotel only allows access to those who own NFTs from certain collections.[34]
Gameplay edit
Habbo's main feature is the "Hotel", and consists of a client made using the Unity platform. The hotel can be accessed by logged-in users via the Habbo Homepage. When a user accesses the Hotel they are brought to a screen colloquially known as Hotel View/Landing View. From this screen, members can navigate to rooms via the Navigator and browse the rooms of the hotel, look for items to buy in the catalogue, private message friends on their Habbo friends list or enter their preset Home room.
Official rooms edit
Public Rooms are rooms which are available to all members. They often depict scenes such as restaurants, cinemas, and dance clubs. Most Public Rooms contain automated robots which shout pre-recorded messages and tips and can give members drinks and food items. Public rooms are designed by Sulake and are not customizable by users. Some rooms used to contain games called Battle Ball, SnowStorm, Wobble Squabble and diving, but these games were removed due to coding issues when they upgraded from Shockwave to Flash.
In June 2011, most official rooms were removed from the hotel. The popular games BattleBall and SnowStorm were replaced with Freeze and Battle Banzai to coincide with the Flash client. By buying certain furni, players can build their own rooms for other players to play these games.
Guest rooms edit
Guest Rooms are special rooms which users can customize with furniture, wallpaper, and floor patterns; these can be purchased with credits. Users can choose from pre-made room blueprints or create their own with builders club. Guest rooms can be created by any member and can be locked to allow access only to specific users or password holder. Many users create their own games in their guest rooms, which give furniture or coins as a prize. These rooms are categorized on the navigator in many categories such as "Trading", "Parties", and "Role Playing".[35] Virtual pets and bots can be bought and kept in Guest rooms. Users can interact with the pets and program bots, which will obey certain commands the player throws at them.[36][37]
Games edit
Users can create their own games in Habbo by buying furniture from the shop - from Puzzle Boxes to ice skating to football. Users can build an ice rink, Battle Banzai arena, or a never-ending maze. Users can also check out the hotel's Navigator and select the Games & Mazes category under the Rooms tab to play in other people's user-created rooms hosting games like Battle Banzai, Freeze, Ice Tag, and more.[38]
Role-play elements edit
Habbo users often create guest rooms which emulate real world businesses, police departments and other establishments. As the game's platform facilitates the creation of groups some users choose to design their groups based on a role-playing theme and go on to participate in activities which promote their groups to other users in the game.
Currency edit
There are three main types of currency on Habbo. Credits (or coins) are used to buy furniture in the catalogue, and Duckets (free currency earned by completing achievements such as logging in a number of days in a row) enable users to buy effects and 'Rentable furni' (furniture to decorate rooms for a period of time, before it is then removed).[39] Diamonds are used to buy rewards such as exclusive furniture items or Habbo Club and are gained by buying credits (one diamond for each credit bought). As well as that, seasonally themed currencies (e.g. "Snowflakes" for Christmas) are given out to players by staff for completing certain quests which can then be used to buy seasonal Furni for a short time.
In addition to these three, NFT credits (and credit furni) have been added shortly after the release of the NFT avatar collection.[40]
Credits edit
Credits (also called "coins" in some hotels) are an in-game virtual currency that can be purchased using a variety of different services, such as credit card, a telephone service, a prepaid card and via SMS. They can also be redeemed into Exchange, which displays the Credits as an item of virtual furniture; the furniture can then be traded among users, and redeemed back into Credits. Users can join Habbo Club (HC), which is a premium subscription purchased using Credits. Features of Habbo Club membership include a badge, new clothes and outfits for a player's avatar, more friends on their friends list, the ability to create groups, and a free piece of furni exclusive to club members every month.
Duckets edit
Duckets (a play on the word ducats) are part of a new and complementary currency introduced in February 2013. Users earn Duckets by completing certain achievements and quests.[41]
The Duckets currency can be used to purchase effects, room promotions, furniture and even as far as pets.
Diamonds edit
Diamonds are another currency on Habbo. It was introduced in early July 2014. Diamonds are received through purchases of Credits with real money. Diamonds are used to buy Habbo Club, buy rare furniture items or they can be redeemed for credits in furniture form.[42]
NFT credits edit
At the start of 2022 a new currency was added which is generated daily for NFT avatar holders (depending on the count and type of avatars held).
This currency can be used to buy exclusive furniture and clothes in a dedicated shop on the Habbo NFT website. Credits can also be exchanged for Credit Furni (NFT bank note items) which, together with the other NFT items, may be traded on Immutable X Marketplace for several common Cryptocurrencies.
Furthermore, owning a NFT avatar grants Habbo Club and Builders Club access (which both normally cost a monthly fee).
Moderation edit
Habbo's parent company Sulake has automated online moderation, and only house Community Coordinators are available for all hotels. Habbo stated in 2011 that the in-game moderators were tasked with tracking some 70 million lines of conversation worldwide every day, and blocking inappropriate users and filtering links to black-listed sites.[43]
Sulake also worked with child safety organizations and local police forces to stop inappropriate behavior. Habbo's moderation and safety systems were recognized as making the service as one of the safest social networks in a 2011 European Commission report.[44] In 2011, Habbo was also awarded the commendation of 'Safer by Design' from the Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre (CEOP).[45] Sulake encouraged users to take responsibility for reporting any abuses or any bad behaviour on the site, providing education and rapid-response support to users who may experience uncomfortable conversations or questions.[43]
As well as working within the Habbo online community, Sulake actively contributed to campaigns like Insafe and Safer Internet Day[46] to be used on relevant user safety issues and collaborates in more than 30 charitable partnerships around the world to educate teens about a load of topics including safe internet use, trolling, the dangers of drugs, bullying etc. Partners include NSPCC (ChildLine), UNICEF, the Red Cross, the National Safety Hospital, Frank, Child Right, Power Child as well as many other market specific organisations.[43]
Users in Habbo can report users breaking the Habbo Way (there are sets of rules on Habbo that everyone must obey)[47] by clicking on the offending avatar, scrolling through their information and clicking report then trying to highlight the offending pieces of chat. Users can also ignore their user by clicking on them and pressing ignore, and this will block every action and chat line that comes from that user into their view.[48]
Automatic moderation exists in Habbo's language filter, the "Bobba Filter", which replaces offensive text with the simple word "bobba". Replacement applies to anything from mild to highly offensive words, groups of 6 or more numbers, suggestive phrases, and websites.
From August 2000 to 31 December 2005, Habbo existed as a program for experienced members of each Habbo community to become a 'Hobba'. Hobbas were non-paid, volunteer moderators with limited powers that acted as Hotel Guides. On December 31, 2005, Sulake suspended the Hobba program completely due to major security issues and the rapidly growing Habbo community. It was decided that it needed a stronger, more professional moderation team, that would be followed by employees of Sulake.[49] The following requests for the program to be revived, in June 2012, it was announced that modernized Hobbas, called Guardians, would be introduced into Habbo.[50] These users will be limited and will be closely monitored to ensure safety is not compromised or advanced.[51][52]
In June 2012, there was a two-month investigation by Channel 4 News that uncovered lapses in Habbo's online moderation, such as cyber sex, sexual frequences and sexual predation on minors, which subsequently led to withdrawals from two of the company's biggest investors.[14][15][53][54] In response to the news, the company globally muted all chat and text, and launched "The Great Unmute",[55] which allowed users to express their views on the company's future, their experiences with Habbo, and their thoughts on the Channel Four News report.[56] Following this, launching The Great Go-Live, Habbo lifted the chat restrictions for Finnish users to allow testing on a new safety system.[55] Chat restrictions were lifted for users in Brazil and Spain, followed by France, Italy, United Kingdom, Germany and the Netherlands.[55] A Parental Advisory Summit was also launched, to allow parents and users the chance to answer how Habbo can deliver a safer experience, have a safe environment and influence what content children view on other social media platforms.[55][57] Restrictions on chat were lifted in Norway, Denmark and Sweden,[58] and finally in the English hotel on 6 July 2012.[59]
Habbo raids edit
Habbo has been a frequent target for organized raids by Anonymous.[60] In 2006, a meme began circulating on 4chan boards regarding racist conduct by Habbo moderators and arbitrary banning of players with darker-skinned avatars. As a result, users signed up to the Habbo site dressed in avatars of a black man wearing a grey suit and an Afro hairstyle (usually known as the nigra; see Patriotic Nigras) and blocked entry to the pool, declaring that it was "closed due to AIDS",[60] flooding the site with internet sayings, and forming swastika-like formations. When the raiders were banned, they complained of racism.
In January 2021, the live-streamer Quackity and his viewers raided the game with the hashtag "#NOTMYHABBO", protesting the recent restrictions on item trading.[61]
Sponsorship edit
As a website geared towards teenagers, Habbo has attracted sponsorship from outside entities and organizations. This sponsorship includes visits by musicians[62] (such as Gorillaz,[63] Skye Sweetnam,[64] Jamelia,[65][unreliable source?] and Akon[66][unreliable source?]) as well as various corporations. In 2014, Habbo associated itself with the company DitchTheLabel which hosts various anti-bullying sessions on Habbo.[67]
Reception edit
In November 2001, The Daily Telegraph listed Habbo as a top-10 chat and instant messaging site, describing it as "great-looking" and "proving popular with teenagers."[68] In 2005 and 2006, Habbo Australia received the NetGuide Online Web Award for "Best kids'/youth website".[69] In September 2006, Sulake won Deloitte's Fast 50 competition.[70][71]
Common Sense Media, a non-profit association advocating for children and families, and studying the effects that media and technology have on young users, reports that foul talk and sexy chat rooms dominate [this] virtual world, giving it one star out of five and not recommending it for kids of any age.[72]
In 2009, Habbo won the Most Innovative Launch Campaign 2009[73] in The Media Guardian Innovation Awards.
Websites edit
There are currently 10 websites in operation, with as many as 12 up until 29 April 2015. This date saw the closure of the Danish,[74] Norwegian[75] and Swedish[76] language hotels, having been in operation from December 2004, June 2004 and December 2003 respectively.
Open edit
| Country[77] | URL | Opening date | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Finland | habbo.fi | August 2000[citation needed] | |
| Spain | habbo.es | September 2003[citation needed] | |
| Italy | habbo.it | November 2003[citation needed] | |
| Netherlands | habbo.nl | February 2004[citation needed] | |
| Germany | habbo.de | March 2004[citation needed] | |
| United States | habbo.com | September 2004[citation needed] | Originally US, but is now merged with all English-language hotels.[citation needed] |
| France | habbo.fr | November 2004[citation needed] | |
| Brazil | habbo.com.br | February 2006[citation needed] | |
| Turkey | habbo.com.tr | August 2012[citation needed] |
Closed edit
| Country | URL | Opening date | Closing date | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | habbo.co.uk | 4 January 2001[citation needed] | 10 June 2010[citation needed] | Merged with Habbo.com[citation needed] |
| Switzerland | habbo.ch | August 2001[citation needed] | 4 October 2010[citation needed] | Merged with Habbo.de[citation needed] |
| Japan | habbo.jp | February 2003[citation needed] | 16 April 2009[citation needed] | |
| Sweden | habbo.se | December 2003[citation needed] | 29 April 2015[citation needed] | Closed due to low numbers[citation needed] |
| Canada | habbo.ca | June 2004[citation needed] | 5 May 2010[citation needed] | Merged with Habbo.com, now redirects to Habbo.com or Habbo.fr [note 1][citation needed] |
| Norway | habbo.no | June 2004[citation needed] | 29 April 2015[citation needed] | Closed due to low numbers[citation needed] |
| Portugal | habbo.pt | March 2006[citation needed] | 4 June 2010[citation needed] | Merged with Habbo.com.br[citation needed] |
| United States | habbo.com | September 2004[citation needed] | 10 June 2010[citation needed] | Merged with other English-language hotels.[citation needed] |
| Australia | habbo.com.au | November 2004[citation needed] | 2 June 2010[citation needed] | Merged with Habbo.com[citation needed] |
| Singapore | habbo.com.sg | December 2004[citation needed] | 4 June 2010[citation needed] | Merged with Habbo.com[citation needed] |
| Denmark | habbo.dk | December 2004[citation needed] | 29 April 2015[citation needed] | Closed due to low numbers[citation needed] |
| China | habbo.cn | July 2006[citation needed] | 24 August 2007[citation needed] | |
| Russia | habbo.ru | September 2007[citation needed] | 6 February 2009[citation needed] |
Notes edit
- ^ Habbo Canada was only available in the English language. Guests who previously had a Habbo.ca account were able to transfer it to the Habbo.com website. Following the shutdown of Habbo Canada, French Canadians are invited to visit the Habbo.fr hotel.
References edit
- ^ . Archived from the original on 19 July 2014.
- ^ Partleton, Kayleigh; Writer, Staff (15 October 2020). "Sulake's networking title Habbo celebrates its 20th anniversary". pocketgamer.biz. Retrieved 14 May 2021.
- ^ . help.habbo.com. Archived from the original on 9 August 2019. Retrieved 11 January 2022.
- ^ "Habbo Hotel 2001 - 2002 Changes and Updates". Habbo Ages. 2001–2002. from the original on 17 February 2013. Retrieved 18 February 2013.
- ^ Walker, Leslie (27 January 2005). "Venture Capital Checks In To Habbo Hotel". The Washington Post. Retrieved 18 January 2008.[dead link]
- ^ . Virtual Worlds News. 30 August 2007. Archived from the original on 2 September 2007. Retrieved 31 August 2007.
- ^ "Habbo Hotel US: News - Habbo.com + Habbo.ca Unite". Habbo. Sulake Oy. 22 January 2010. from the original on 26 January 2010. Retrieved 18 October 2018.
- ^ . Habbo. Sulake Oy. 8 April 2010. Archived from the original on 7 January 2016. Retrieved 18 October 2018.
- ^ "Habbo Hotel - News - Two Became One!". Habbo. Sulake Oy. 5 May 2010. Retrieved 6 May 2010.
- ^ "Habbo Hotel - News - Getting Together". Habbo. Sulake Oy. 2 June 2010. Retrieved 2 June 2010.
- ^ "Habbo Hotel - News - Another Day Another Step Closer". Habbo. Sulake Oy. 4 June 2010. Retrieved 4 June 2010.
- ^ "Habbo Hotel - News - Together at Last!". Habbo. Sulake Oy. 10 June 2010. Retrieved 10 June 2010.
- ^ . Habbo. Sulake Corporation. Archived from the original on 22 October 2016. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
- ^ a b "Striptease and cyber sex: my stay at Habbo Hotel". Channel 4 News. Channel Four Television Corporation. 12 June 2012. from the original on 17 August 2018. Retrieved 18 October 2018.
- ^ a b O'Brien, Paraic (12 June 2012). "Should you let your child play in Habbo Hotel?". Channel 4 News. Channel Four Television Corporation. from the original on 19 October 2018. Retrieved 18 October 2018.
- ^ a b c "Habbo 'muted' following explicit sex chat claims". BBC News. BBC. 13 June 2012. from the original on 11 November 2018. Retrieved 18 October 2018.
- ^ a b "Habbo investor pulls out after 'explicit' sex allegations". BBC News. BBC. 12 June 2012. from the original on 7 November 2018. Retrieved 18 October 2018.
- ^ Lafontaine, Paul. "The Great Unmute-The 24 hour countdown begins". Habbo. Sulake. Archived from the original on 23 June 2013. Retrieved 19 June 2012.
- ^ "Second Habbo Hotel investor 3i checks out". BBC News. BBC. 14 June 2012. from the original on 23 November 2018. Retrieved 18 October 2018.
- ^ Thornhill, Ted (13 June 2012). "Habbo Hotel Backlash: Tesco, WHSmith and GAME Stop Selling Gift Cards For Site Following C4 Investigation". Huffington Post. from the original on 11 August 2014. Retrieved 8 August 2014.
- ^ a b . Sulake. 8 August 2012. Archived from the original on 13 October 2012. Retrieved 8 August 2014.
- ^ "Habbo for iPad: Now in an App Store near you!". Habbo. Sulake Oy. 26 May 2014. Retrieved 7 July 2014.
- ^ Brown, Mark. "Iconic social game Habbo Hotel is coming to Android tomorrow". PocketGamer. Steel Media Limited. from the original on 11 July 2015. Retrieved 9 August 2015.
- ^ "HC Update and Price Change". Habbo. Sulake Oy. 30 March 2016. from the original on 15 April 2017. Retrieved 18 October 2018.
- ^ Partleton, Kayleigh; Writer, Staff (25 January 2021). "Azerion fully acquires Habbo Hotel dev Sulake". pocketgamer.biz. Retrieved 9 May 2022.
- ^ a b "Azerion fully acquires Habbo Hotel developer Sulake". GamesIndustry.biz. 25 January 2021. Retrieved 9 May 2022.
- ^ "Azerion acquires kids MMO Woozworld". pocketgamer.biz. 8 July 2019. Retrieved 26 April 2022.
- ^ "Habbo 2020 Open Beta". Habbo. Retrieved 28 December 2020.
- ^ "Why did you change the UI?". Habbo.com Customer Support. Retrieved 28 December 2020.
- ^ "Adobe Flash Player End of Life". www.adobe.com. Retrieved 28 December 2020.
- ^ "Habbo".
- ^ "Habbo". Habbo. Retrieved 14 May 2021.
- ^ "WE'RE RELEASING A #HABBO #NFT COLLECTION". Retrieved 20 June 2022.
- ^ "'Habbo X' Web 3.0 Spin-Off Enters Alpha With Immersive Communal Spaces". 13 December 2022. Retrieved 4 January 2023.
- ^ "Habbo Navigator". TinyPic. Archived from the original on 11 April 2013. Retrieved 18 February 2013.
- ^ "Pets Have Returned". Sulake. 11 August 2009. Retrieved 24 August 2009.
- ^ "The Incredible Bot!". Sulake Oy. Zendesk. from the original on 9 September 2017. Retrieved 8 August 2014.
- ^ . Sulake Corporation OY. Zendesk. Archived from the original on 9 September 2017. Retrieved 8 August 2014.
- ^ "Duckets FAQ". from the original on 30 March 2014. Retrieved 8 August 2014.
- ^ "Habbo NFT Roardmap".
- ^ "Duckets info". from the original on 30 March 2014. Retrieved 31 May 2014.
- ^ "Diamonds have arrived!". Habbo. Sulake Corporation Oy. Archived from the original on 12 August 2014. Retrieved 8 August 2014.
- ^ a b c "Loading site please wait…". www.sulake.com. from the original on 2 June 2017. Retrieved 12 January 2018.
- ^ "Digital Single Market". Digital Single Market. from the original on 6 June 2012. Retrieved 12 January 2018.
- ^ . pixelweekly.com. Archived from the original on 21 June 2012. Retrieved 12 January 2018.
- ^ "Habbo Hotel campaign on passwords". Insafe. 9 May 2011. Retrieved 12 June 2012.
- ^ "The Habbo Way". from the original on 9 August 2014. Retrieved 8 August 2014.
- ^ "Tools to safety surf Habbo". from the original on 7 August 2014. Retrieved 8 August 2014.
- ^ "Hobba - Information and Archives". Habbo Ages. from the original on 17 February 2013. Retrieved 1 October 2008.
- ^ "Twitter / PaulLaFo: @bubblejuice_org @MissyHynes". Twitter.com. 25 June 2012. Retrieved 13 August 2012.
- ^ "Twitter / PaulLaFo: @Pandanized asked about". Twitter.com. 25 June 2012. Retrieved 13 August 2012.
- ^ "Twitter / PaulLaFo: @Nothematic Yes Guardians a". Twitter.com. 25 June 2012. Retrieved 13 August 2012.
- ^ Bowater, Donna (15 June 2012). "Habbo Hotel investor pulls out over pornographic content claims". The Independent. from the original on 14 June 2012. Retrieved 15 June 2012.
- ^ Walker, Peter (14 June 2012). "Habbo Hotel: NSPCC urges government and technology industry to act". The Guardian. from the original on 4 November 2013. Retrieved 15 June 2012.
- ^ a b c d . Blog.habbo.com. Archived from the original on 3 August 2012. Retrieved 13 August 2012.
- ^ . Greatunmute.habbo.com. 20 June 2012. Archived from the original on 14 August 2012. Retrieved 13 August 2012.
- ^ . Parentsummit.habbo.com. 5 July 2012. Archived from the original on 28 June 2012. Retrieved 13 August 2012.
- ^ "Twitter / PaulLaFo: @BronsHabbo Probably tomorrow". Twitter.com. 2 July 2012. Retrieved 13 August 2012.
- ^ "Twitter / PaulLaFo: Habbos, the Scandinavians now". Twitter.com. 4 July 2012. Retrieved 13 August 2012.
- ^ a b . KENS-TV. Archived from the original on 24 August 2008.
- ^ Winkie, Luke (3 February 2021). "#SaveHabbo: Inside the Struggle to Preserve a Beloved Flash Game". IGN. Retrieved 6 August 2022.
- ^ "Habbo: Celebrity Visits". Sulake Corporation. from the original on 18 May 2007. Retrieved 13 May 2007.
- ^ . Sulake Corporation. 17 August 2007. Archived from the original on 14 October 2007. Retrieved 3 July 2006.
- ^ . Archived from the original on 22 May 2006. Retrieved 3 July 2006.
- ^ "Jamelia coming to Habbo UK". HabboxForum. 1 December 2006. from the original on 22 December 2015. Retrieved 14 June 2015.
- ^ "Something on Akon". HabboxForum. 3 November 2006. from the original on 22 December 2015. Retrieved 14 June 2015.
- ^ . Archived from the original on 7 May 2014. Retrieved 31 May 2014.
- ^ "Top 10 sites: chat and instant messaging". Telegraph. Telegraph Media Group Limited. 1 November 2001. from the original on 11 February 2013. Retrieved 18 May 2007.
- ^ "NetGuide Web awards 2006 – WINNERS". NetGuide. ACP Publishing Pty Ltd. 2006. from the original on 29 June 2007. Retrieved 14 May 2007.
- ^ "Technology Fast 500™". Deloitte (in Finnish). from the original on 30 October 2018. Retrieved 18 October 2018.
- ^ . Sulake Corporation. 15 September 2005. Archived from the original on 14 October 2007. Retrieved 12 October 2006.
- ^ Anderson, Dana (27 June 2012). "Habbo". Common Sense Media. from the original on 19 October 2018. Retrieved 18 October 2018.
- ^ "Habbo wins Guardian Award". The Guardian. Guardian News and Media Limited. 25 March 2009. from the original on 3 December 2013. Retrieved 8 August 2014.
- ^ (Press release). Sulake. 29 April 2015. Archived from the original on 8 May 2015. Retrieved 9 May 2015.
- ^ (Press release). Sulake. 29 April 2015. Archived from the original on 1 May 2015. Retrieved 9 May 2015.
- ^ (Press release). Sulake. 29 April 2015. Archived from the original on 7 May 2015. Retrieved 9 May 2015.
- ^ "Puhekupla". puhekupla.com. Retrieved 14 May 2023.