World Quest and Please Save My Pandemonium! shut down due to PHP vulnerabilities

Two Japanese games with long-running services have permanently ceased operations following the discovery of critical security flaws in the PHP programming language. World Quest, a virtual travel simulation with a fifteen-year history, announced its immediate shutdown on October 21. Despite emergency patches becoming available for the vulnerability, developers determined that the game's infrastructure was too outdated to implement adequate fixes safely. Prioritizing user data protection, they chose to terminate service rather than risk a compromise.

Similarly, Please Save My Pandemonium!, a mobile fantasy simulation RPG, ended its service after more than ten years on October 22. The developers cited significantly outdated systems that prevented safe mitigation of the PHP issues. Migrating to a modern environment was deemed unfeasible, leading to the decision to close the servers to protect player information. Both studios apologized for the abrupt closures and thanked their communities for their long-term support.