Club Penguin is shutting down for good. Disney, which owns the long-running franchise, confirmed the news today.
Club Penguin was shut down because interest in the game continuously declined, which likely led to a significant decrease in revenue. The main reason was Club Penguin’s (and Disney’s) inability to adapt to a mobile-first world.
The multiplayer online game Club Penguin has been relaunched after being discontinued in March 2017. The creators had announced, in February, that the online community would make a comeback with a revamped one. Is Club Penguin Island shutting down ?
Does Disney still own Club Penguin?
Disney purchased Club Penguin in 2007 and officially shut the game down in January 2017 after it had seen a dramatic drop-off in users over the years, according to Tech, and crunch. Soon after its closure, Disney launched Club Penguin Island, which received plenty of criticism from the old game’s fans for lacking popular features in the original game.
Is Club Penguin the last legacy of its era?
But still, it was the last legacy of an era gone by, one where tipping an untippable iceberg was the biggest problem and where getting banned became a game of its own. Kotaku reported that Disney Canada — where Club Penguin is located — was informed of this closure on Tuesday.
What is the point of Club Penguin?
Club Penguin was a massively multiplayer online game (MMO) where users played as penguins. A player’s character could then play different games, enter a (chat) room, and even adopt pets (called puffles). The game was aimed at a younger audience, namely children aged 6 to 14.
Did Club Penguin have a data breach?
For instance, in August 2019, Club Penguin Rewritten suffered a data breach that exposed four million user accounts. A previous hacking attack in January 2018 had led to 1.7 million accounts being comprised.