Another online game bites the dust
This is really depressing news. I have just learned that Level Up! Games, the Philippine publisher of popular MMORPGs like Ragnarok Online, RF Online, and Fly For Fun, is shutting down its Pangya servers on January 25.
Wait! Before you go running off to bid all your online Pangya golfing buddies farewell, take note that only the Philippine server will close and not those in other countries enjoying the casual game.
Some highlights of Level Up!’s official closure announcement.
It is with deep pleasure that we wish to express our gratitude to you guys for sticking with Pangya Ph all this time. You, our community, have journeyed with us through thick and thin for 2 years, and we couldn’t have asked for a better community of players.
We here at Level Up! and Pangya Ph are blessed with a strong and solid community of avid Pangsters!
Pangya Ph has been a pioneer of numerous things in the casual gaming scene and we attribute each success and milestone to the people behind the game, especially the Game managers, Community managers and Brand managers that have come and gone to assume the huge task of operating Pangya Ph. Of course, all our efforts would be wasted if we didn’t have a community to keep us alive, happy and whole.
But, as you all know, we have encountered numerous changes lately, not least of which was the merger between Netgames and Level Up! together under ePLDT. Along with this recent development, our company will dedicate itself to continued evolution, ushering in changes and developments to better serve our gaming community and our partners.
Our management has decided not to renew the contract for Pangya, which ends on January 25, 2008. This ends our wonderful partnership with Hanbitsoft and Ntreev our developers from Korea, and unfortunately access to the game we have all come to love and hold dear to our hearts, Pangya Ph.
It pains the Pangya Ph team to see our game come to a close, especially with the kind of community we have. However, with every setting sun, comes a new dawn. We see this as an opportunity for you, our dear community, to explore the other games that Level Up! has to offer. Rest assured that we will properly compensate the remaining in game currency you have as you make that leap to your next Level Up! game.
Sigh. I’m gonna miss Pangya, those magical hole-in-ones and magnificent birdies.
Thanks to the guys at Siliconera for the screenshot.
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1 opinion for Another online game bites the dust
Jenny
Jan 24, 2008 at 2:34 pm
Wow you scared me. I was like NOOOO NOT RO!! Then I re-read it. LOL
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