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Developer(s) | Disney Canada Inc. |
Publisher(s) | Disney Mobile |
Platform(s) | iOS, Android |
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Genre(s) | Massively multiplayer online role-playing game |
Mode(s) | Multiplayer |
Club Penguin Island is a massively-multiplayer online role-playing game for mobile devices, which is the successor to Club Penguin.. The game was released worldwide on March 29, 2017, and is considered a marketing failure.
The game's public beta testing period took place in Australia and New Zealand from December 15, 2016 to its worldwide release, and in Canada from January 13, 2017 to its worldwide release.
The gameplay is similar to that of the original Club Penguin, though it runs on a three-dimensional game engine rather than Adobe Flash Player.
Club Penguin Island received mixed reviews from critics. and mostly negative user reviews upon its worldwide release due to how most of the game's content was restricted without a paid membership and how it took the place of the original Club Penguin upon it's initial release.
The game was originally known under the code name of Project: Super Secret, which was teased in July 2015. On November 17, 2016, the project was revealed to be Club Penguin Island.
The game's closed beta took place between its announcement and December 2016 in North America.
A semi-private "geo-beta" took place in Australia and New Zealand between December 15, 2016 to its worldwide release. This beta was extended to iOS users in Canada on January 13, 2017.
The original Flash game's servers went offline on the day of the game's release, on March 30, 2017, at 12:01:25 AM PDT (7:01:25 AM UTC). Before the servers were cut, protests were held on the original Club Penguin in retaliation to CPI.