In its early days, Sulake developed and experimented with an open source Java based GNU called FUSE Light, an alternative to Macromedia's Shockwave.

The key difference between the two technologies was that FUSE Light was designed to run on any operating system, while Shockwave was limited to just macOS and Microsoft Windows.

Sulake has also been playing an active role in assisting the police in investigations connected to the theft of online furniture.

[5] In September 2011, Sulake announced Paul LaFontaine as new CEO as the original management team left the company.

[8] In June 2012, Sulake received negative press for ongoing sexual behavior allegations on their most successful website, Habbo.

Channel 4 News identified that Sulake was allowing users to post pornographic and violent messages - despite the fact that Habbo is targeted at young teenagers.