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Panfu
Panfu was a massively multiplayer online game for children aged between 6 and 14, involving a virtual world where players could create their own panda and explore the island of Panfu. Players were able to complete quests, play mini-games and chat with other player pandas. According to the creators, about 15,000 players registered daily on the German Panfu. Panfu was made available to the general public on December 1, 2007 – after a beta testing-phase which lasted a month. The servers were taken offline in November 2016 after Goodbeans GmbH filed for bankruptcy in 2015.
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Panfu was a massively multiplayer online game for children aged between 6 and 14, involving a virtual world where players could create their own panda and explore the island of Panfu. Players were able to complete quests, play mini-games and chat with other player pandas. According to the creators, about 15,000 players registered daily on the German Panfu. Panfu was made available to the general public on December 1, 2007 – after a beta testing-phase which lasted a month. The servers were taken offline in November 2016 after Goodbeans GmbH filed for bankruptcy in 2015.
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