Khan Online Philippines bows out
May 3, 2008 by Joel Tan
Filed under Asian MMO, Asian MMO Players, Khan Online, Level Up! Games, MMORPG, MMORPG News, Perfect World
Sigh. It’s sad to see another MMORPG go to waste because its developer suddenly stopped, hmmm, developing it. First, it was Rush On Seven Episodes Online, more popularly known as Rose Online, not it’s Khan Online.
Frankly, the news that Level Up! Games, Philippine publisher of both games, shut down Khan Online didn’t come as a surprise. Last year, when I was still editing a local online gaming magazine, we were asked (nicely, of course) to scrap a feature on the game. I didn’t receive any explanation for the request, but I got the picture, especially since it came at the heels of the sudden closure of Rose Online.
Here’s an excerpt from Level Up! Games’ open letter to Khan Online players that explains the decision to shut it down:
We would like to give our heartfelt thanks for the unwavering loyalty and support you have shown us for the past three years. Such display of devotion towards the game and its community exemplifies the true spirit of a real Khanatic—hardcore and loyal!
Khan and its community have seen its fair share of changes and cool events throughout these three years together … Sadly, all good things must come to an end.
After much thought, our management has decided to discontinue the contract for Khan due to the lack of developer support, no new content, and patch fixes for in-game exploits or bugs.
It pains the Khan team to have to say farewell to all of you as the journey thus far has been very enjoyable. However, some things must end for new beginnings to take place.
By new beginnings, Level Up! means the campaign to convince Khan players, fondly called Khanatics, to migrate to another online game, Perfect World.
Hopefully, this come-on comes with a guarantee that Perfect World will last longer than Khan.
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