The most notable aspect of the upcoming Club Penguin Island was not that it was in 3D, or that you couldn’t even play 99% of the game without a membership (seriously, look it up) – but rather the fact that it was mobile-exclusive. After months of near-constant worry from both army and Club Penguin players, Club Penguin Island was announced in November of that year. However, in 2016 “Project Super Secret” was announced, which naturally had many players worrying again. What was Disney’s plan? To end Club Penguin on browser? As no one really knew, the best option for players at the time was to just continue playing the game they came to love. In a Club Penguin Army Central post, a then-Executive Producer Kingfunks4 covered the topic of CPNext and its potential impact on the army scene.Įvery few months or so, the rumour would start spreading again. Initially, the idea was simply a mobile port of the original Club Penguin title, but as time went on, many players began speculating that Disney had a deeper idea for the game: to completely replace the original Club Penguin with this mobile-exclusive title. Not only amongst the army community, but the wider Club Penguin player base as a whole. In 2013, rumours of a “CPNext” began to spread like wildfire. The deal would see the end of RocketSnail’s reign and the beginning of Disney’s Interactive Studios – a move that not all players supported at the time.Ī Club Penguin player advocating for the “old” Club Penguin – 3rd December, 2012
In the August of 2007, the Walt Disney Company picked up the rights to Club Penguin in a 350,000,000 USD deal, as well as an additional 350,000,000 USD if performance targets were met in the following two years. Players would spend hours upon hours playing classic games such as Aqua Grabber and Card-Jitsu and of course, making new friends along the way. For many of us, including myself, the game served as an escape from the awful real world to a virtual world where fun was at the press of our fingertips. Opened to the public on October 24, 2005, Club Penguin served as a virtual world that allowed millions of people – primarily children between the ages of 6 – 14. Moments like these are always interesting to reflect on, and that’s precisely why this week we will be discussing That Time When Club Penguin closed down… and then closed down again… and one more time. Maybe your second-favourite army was caught multi-logging for the twenty-fifth time this week or maybe that leader you always thought was pleasant turned out to be pretty horrific.
Every few months comes a story that shocks the entire community.
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