Club Penguin Shutting Down, Replacing with Club Penguin Island

The Club Penguin team have taken to their blog to announce that the long awaited follow up to Club Penguin, Club Penguin Island, will be launching in March.

To that end, the original game, both in browser as well as the app, will be shutting down on 29th March 2017. It has been around for 11 years (since October 2005), and will start holding a party for players from 1st February. Registrations and payments will be ended as follows:

And here’s what you need to know about the closure:

• Memberships for desktop Club Penguin and the Club Penguin app will no longer be available for purchase as of Jan. 31, 2017. From Jan. 31 until Mar. 29, 2017, current paid members can log in and continue to enjoy full-unlimited access until their original membership end date.
• As of Jan. 31, 2017, paid member accounts will no longer be charged a recurring payment for desktop Club Penguin and the Club Penguin app.
• Emails will be sent to current paid members with further information about membership including refund details.
• If you do not currently have a Club Penguin membership, you can continue to log in and enjoy the game as you were previously, until March 29, 2017.

You can pre-register for Club Island Penguin here. You can pre-register up to 16th February, and get some extra goodies for your account.