12 Facts About Club Penguin

Club Penguin was a massively multiplayer online game, involving a virtual world that contained a range of online games and activities.

The success of Club Penguin led to New Horizon being purchased by the Walt Disney Company in August 2007 for the sum of 350 million dollars, with an additional 350 million dollars in bonuses should specific targets be met by 2009.

Since the Disney purchase, Club Penguin continued to grow, becoming part of a larger franchise including video games, books, a television special, an anniversary song, and an app MMO.

Club Penguin dropped the words "Online Studios" from its name in 2013.

Days before the shut down, Club Penguin announced that on the final day of the game's operation, all users would be given a free membership until the servers were disconnected.

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Research shows that the design of virtual worlds, like Club Penguin, provide children with opportunities to develop literacy and communication skills while having a powerful impact on their social relationships and identity formation.

Some major Club Penguin parties were its annual Halloween and Holiday parties.

Similarly, Brian Ward, a Detective Inspector at the Child Abuse Investigation Command in the United Kingdom, stated that it was good for children to experience a restricted system such as Club Penguin before moving into social networking sites, which provide less protection.

In terms of simple popularity, the rapid growth of Club Penguin suggested considerable success, although there were signs that this was leveling out.

Furthermore, Club Penguin was full of advertisements for their paid membership that repeatedly encouraged children to subscribe in order to gain access to the full range of activities.

Additionally, Club Penguin merchandise was sold through the website and in Disney retail stores that would unlock items and coins in the game.

Disney and Club Penguin have pursued numerous CPPSes and attempted to have them taken down with DMCA notices.