Playforia
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Website type | Online games |
|---|---|
| Available in | English, Finnish, Swedish, Norwegian, Dutch, German, Spanish, Estonian, French, Italian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Hungarian, Turkish, Polish and Russian |
| Owner | Playforia Inc. |
| Creators | Asmo Halinen, Pasi Laaksonen(programming), Janne Matilainen (AD) [1][2] |
| Website | www |
| Registration | Optional |
| Launched | October 10, 2002 [1] |
| Current status | Offline |
Playforia was an online game community created by Finnish game studio Playforia Inc. in 2002.[1] It was one of the most popular online game services in Finland where it was known as aapeli.com.[3][4] The service was available in various languages and offered a variety of Flash and Java-based browser games. As of the end of 2018, Playforia announced to close its web presence on January 7, 2019.
Their final words were:
"As of January 7, Playforia is moving onto greener pastures. Thank you for the amazing experience and all the beautiful memories. May we meet again!
Kind regards,
Sparky and the Playforia Team"[5]
References
[edit]- 1 2 3 Internet Archive Wayback Machine (16 December 2001). "Ihmiset" (in Finnish). Internet Archive Wayback Machine. Archived from the original on December 16, 2001. Retrieved 16 December 2007.
- ↑ Halinen, Asmo (7 October 2008). "Uusien haasteiden pariin". Kirkkaan päivän vaikutukset -blogi (in Finnish). Archived from the original on 2011-09-02.
- ↑ TNS Metrix (28 August 2007). "Suomen WWW-sivustojen viikkoluvut" (in Finnish). TNS Gallup. Retrieved 28 August 2007.
- ↑ Alexa.com (31 March 2008). "Aapeli.com – Traffic details from Alexa". Alexa.com. Archived from the original on May 6, 2023. Retrieved 31 March 2008.
- ↑ "Playforia Closed". www.playforia.net. Retrieved 2026-11-07.