Club Penguin set to close on March 29

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"One of the most popular — and most kid-friendly — massively multiplayer online games is going offline this spring. Club Penguin, Disney’s long-running, browser-based MMO, will shut down on March 29 as the company transitions to a mobile-only experience based on the property, according to a post on the game’s website.

Club Penguin Island will replace the current desktop and app-based versions of Club Penguin. The team behind the franchise referred to it as “an entirely new Club Penguin experience for mobile” on its website, although how it differs from the original game is still unknown.

Premium members will be able to keep logging into the browser-based Club Penguin until March 29, according to the site’s shutdown notice. They’ll no longer be charged for the service, however, and no new memberships can be purchased starting today." -Polygon

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ravenol

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mamilos-eso

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Proteus_Jax

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Reminds me of PlayStation Home, when it got shut down. I remember a lot of people getting very angry about the shutdown, because they had put so much money into the social game. I wonder if Disney will have their hands full, trying to explain to kids why they will no longer be able to play something that they paid for. Probably just post a webpage saying "Read the fine print"...