Thank you immensely for letting me waddle with you all. I look forward to watching the penguins create new worlds. It was a world, a community that happened to be penguins. This little world has inspired a generation of children to explore, play and create. Let it be your place to come every morning while you figure out what’s next. That feeling is why we built the Kelowna Innovation Centre as a place for you to come and figure it out. Let’s see what you can create! Apps, music, designs, stories, artwork - use your creativity and make something new!įor those of you affected by the layoffs at Club Penguin: I remember when I first left, one of the weirdest parts was not having anywhere to go everyday. To the Club Penguin community - it’s because of you that over 1,000 people got to work on such a special product. Sincere thanks to Lance and Lane for giving over 1,000 of us the best jobs in the world! ❤️ □ Today the CP chapter closes - but the island will live in the community’s memory forever. Over 1,000 people worked on the Club Penguin product in its 13-year lifespan. Sending all my love to you, penguin family! Thanks for sharing these special moments with me on Club Penguin Island – I won’t ever forget them. Wherever you go from here, whatever islands you discover next, waddle on. These last few years of meet-ups, parties, and adventures have been amazing and I’m so fortunate to have shared them with you. They’re a compilation of messages due to the closure, both from the last few days and from when it was first announced. I wanted to share them with you, in case you missed them.
Since then, effort has been invested into cruelly wiping every trace of its legacy online, from the YouTube channel being deleted to social media accounts disappearing.ĭespite this, the people who actually made Club Penguin the magical island it was have all shared some inspiring messages of all the things which both the community and Club Penguin have achieved.
On December 20th, Club Penguin Island sadly closed, marking an end to the official franchise. As such, please don’t think the official Club Penguin brand is returning since the evidence is virtually non-existent, even though I’ve seen many people assume this when it’s almost certainly not true. It is possible that this was just a coincidence that the change occurred at the same time as the takedown requests were filed. The site doesn’t have anything installed, there are no job advertisements, and no trace of the game’s return online. Secondly, there is no solid evidence that Club Penguin Island is returning. I understand why some may assume that this denotes the name of the site in reality, it doesn’t.
Without getting too technical, the main “evidence” appears to be from the website’s markup of a meta tag that says “revised”. Unfortunately, I wanted to make this post to prevent such optimism spreading without a solid basis. This seems minor, but I’ve seen many people drawing conclusions about Club Penguin Island returning, and these rumours have spread rapidly.