cRO began service on May 20, 2003. It announced on November 1, 2011, that it would be closing down all RO service as of 12/30/2011. At the time of closing, cRO was updated to Episode 13.3 and was hosted by Shanda Entertainment. At the time of the announcement, player data was not going to be preserved for a future Chinese service or transfer to an existing service.