Habbo Hotel Buys Finnish Social Networking Firm IRC-Galleria

Finnish online community company Sulake Labs, which runs the Habbo Hotel online roleplaying/gaming service, has bought Finnish social network Dynamoid of IRC-Galleria fame. The site will be rebranded by Sulake before being relaunched as an international offering. The new service would target an older audience than Habbo Hotel, which has a core audience of 12- to 17-year-olds.

The service is used by 850K Finns every week and also serves Russian and German audiences, reports Guardian. More details in release.

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